Media reporter for @SBJ. Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech. Sports documentary nut job. Rapidly declining pickup basketball player.
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CBS settles NFL booth, awards JJ Watt multiyear extension as No. 1 analyst
Another win for CAA Sports, which recently landed Joe Buck his extension with ESPN.
Troy Aikman also a CAA client.
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Looks like one door closes for Troy Aikman if he becomes a free agent after this season, as CBS announces JJ Watt will be continue to be its lead NFL analyst as part of a new multiyear deal.
That will include Super Bowl LXII in 2028
Lot of confidence in Watt from David Berson
ICYMI: The debut "Field Pass" alt-cast on ESPN2 for "Monday Night Football," led by Pat McAfee, was easily outdrawn by viewership for NFL Network's alt-cast (Next Gen Stats) for Commanders-49ers
McAfee also WELL below any ManningCast on ESPN2 in 2026
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Pat McAfee, in his debut "Monday Night Football" effort, was actually outdrawn by a Next Gen Stats telecast on NFL Network in Week 6
ESPN: 6.688 million (main)
ABC: 10.312 million (simulcast)
ESPN2: 351,000 (McAfee alt-cast)
NFL Network: 469,000 (Next Gen Stats alt-cast)
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From our @SBJ Colleges Newsletter last night:
Inside the scheduling mad-dash in light of the 24-team CFP. How Big Ten and Big 12 teams that lack P4 nonconference opponents for 2027 are going about fixing their slates.
Story ⬇️
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Pat McAfee's first MNF alt-cast had 351K viewers, according to a source.
That is around half of what the Mannings have received.
ESPN declined to confirm the McAfee numbers, which is not common practice.
Texas still the No. 1 team in college football viewership after Week 7, averaging 8.4 million viewers, per Nielsen data
Gotta imagine, like in the polls, Texas starts slipping on that list
Rounding out top 5: Ohio State (7.5M), Oklahoma (6.3M), Alabama (6.2M), Indiana (6M)
Good start for WNBA Finals, with Dream-Valkyries delivering the best Game 1 audience on record on Saturday, as NBC drew 2.1 million viewers.
Back in 1997, a winner-take-all WNBA championship game averaged 2.85 million on NBC (a series format was adopted in 1998).
I wish my sports law class in law school would have simply been called "The Path to Becoming ESPN General Counsel." Probably would have paid more attention 😂
JOB ALERT: So here's an interesting job for someone.
Disney recently posted an opening for a general counsel with overall responsibility for legal matters affecting ESPN. Reports to the Chief Legal and Global Affairs Officer of The Walt Disney Company.
The hiring range for the position in Connecticut and New York — $475,000 to $600,000 annually.
Details: disneycareers.com/en/job/bri…
Gotta figure Netflix execs look at this kind of chart and think "maybe we need more NFL games to grow this ad tier thing?"
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Amazon is adding the NBA to its local streaming portfolio 📺
The Hawks are the league’s first team to stream games exclusively on Prime Video this season.
The one-year deal reportedly carries a low-seven-figure value and gives Amazon 85% of the team’s digital ad inventory.
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And FWIW: Tampa-St. Pete TV market is ranked No. 11 overall in the U.S.
That's bigger than Phoenix, Seattle, Detroit, Twin Cities, Denver, Miami, Cleveland, St. Louis
Tampa-St. Pete accounts for 1.8% of the entire U.S. TV market, which is more than double K.C.+Cincinnati
You've likely been inundated with ads from the likes of Kalshi, Polymarket and Novig during sports recently (especially MLB postseason).
But for today's three NBA openers on NBC, don't expect prediction market ads
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Coming to a galaxy far, far away....
@ESPN is adding a final alt-cast for @SuperBowl LXI, with a @StarWars animated version set for @DisneyChannel, @DisneyXD and @DisneyPlus
ESPN's animated telecast guru talked to @SBJ about why Star Wars made sense:
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