The Sports Media (Sports Radio, Podcasts, Shows, Networks, Etc.) Thread

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The NBA is reportedly seeking to triple their rights fees when contracts expire after the 2024-25 season

Take this with a significant grain of salt, but the NBA reportedly has its sights set extraordinarily high when its existing TV deals expire after the 2024-25 season. Per Jabari Young of CNBC, the NBA will be looking to increase its annual payments from $2.6 billion, and a total of $24 billion...

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ESPN and ABC announce draft coverage teams, with ABC again featuring College GameDay crew

ESPN and ABC confirmed their draft coverage crews, with ABC once again leaning heavily on the college side of the spectrum.

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Dick Stockton retires after more than five decades in broadcasting

Dick Stockton announced his retirement at 78, having worked in sports broadcasting for 55 years and calling just about everything there is.

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Jim Nantz reportedly re-signs with CBS Sports

The slim possibility of Jim Nantz leaving CBS Sports has disappeared. Per the Sports Business Journal, Nantz and CBS have agreed to a contract extension of an unknown length and value that will keep one of the top play by play broadcasters in sports at the network. SBJ also reports that Nantz...

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NBCUniversal to edit out racist and controversial WWE moments before shows are uploaded to Peacock

NBCUniversal will be reviewing WWE Network programming to edit out content that is against Peacock's "standards and practices."

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Rizzoli & Isles???

 

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By far one of their BEST episodes yet.

 

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NBA TV to unveil "Ready or Not: The 96 NBA Draft Documentary"

NBA TV has a two-hour feature on the 1996 NBA draft this Sunday at 8 ET. "Ready or Not: The 96 Draft" features several notable interviewees.

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Houston Chronicle fires reporter Aaron Wilson over comments about Deshaun Watson accusers

Being a reporter means maintaining a sense of balance and objectivity whenever possible. Aaron Wilson, who covered the Houston Texans beat for the Houston Chronicle since 2015, doesn’t appear to have maintained that threshold, and the paper has fired him following an appearance on Boston sports...

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ESPN's upcoming WNBA bubble documentary '144' will premiere May 13

ESPN announced that '144', a documentary look inside last year's WNBA bubble, will premiere May 13 on ESPN and ESPN+.

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ESPN's upcoming WNBA bubble documentary '144' will premiere May 13

ESPN announced that '144', a documentary look inside last year's WNBA bubble, will premiere May 13 on ESPN and ESPN+.

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ESPN's Tim Bontemps tells Brian Windhorst 'you're being a jackass' over LeBron James MVP debate

After a stint with The Washington Post, NBA writer Tim Bontemps joined ESPN in 2018. And while he’s certainly settled into the ESPN family since then, that doesn’t mean family squabbles can’t still crop up from time to time. This past week, Bontemps published a piece on ESPN in which he polled...

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Future of NFL edition of Amazon's All or Nothing is a question

The last NFL edition of Amazon’s All or Nothing docuseries followed the Philadelphia Eagles in 2019, and debuted in 2020. Last year’s NFL season of All or Nothing was cancelled due to the pandemic, though a Tottenham Hotspur edition premiered in the summer and Amazon announced seasons with...

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NFL Network reveals draft week plans, including 80 original hours of coverage

NFL Network promises to air 80 hours of original coverage starting this Sunday and running through the end of next week's NFL Draft.

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