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Eric Shanks
John Ourand May 19, 2025
As its parentco finally commits to streaming, I had a candid chat with Fox Sports C.E.O. Eric Shanks to discuss the network’s bundled past, its sports and news future, and why the Indy 500 hits different for a Hoosier.
Pete Bevacqua
John Ourand May 15, 2025
Once the domain of backslapping good ol’ boys who excelled at shaking alumni down for donations, big-time college A.D. jobs are increasingly being filled by actual business executives.
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John Ourand May 12, 2025
Live sports may be the last programming category coveted by both linear networks and streamers equally, but given the miasma of confusion on tariffs and the economy, not even the NBA and NFL can get advertisers to throw caution to the wind.
Connor Schell
John Ourand May 5, 2025
Connor Schell, the former Bristol content wunderkind and co-creator of ‘30 for 30,’ has heeded the higher calling of private equity–financed production company glory. With Words + Pictures, which he founded with Chernin Entertainment, he masterminded a new age of sports docs—‘Celtics City,’ ‘Court of Gold,’ ‘Full Court Press,’ etcetera—and figured out a new model in the process.


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John Ourand May 1, 2025
Like other league-owned channels, the 26-year-old NBA TV was ravaged by cord-cutting, and left with little bargaining power in a bundled and streaming world. Now, without any exclusive games of its own, its future is a mystery.
Josh Harris, Muriel Bowser, Roger Goddell, Washington Commanders
John Ourand April 28, 2025
The real story behind the Commanders’ return to D.C. proper is the NFL’s crafty public-private partnership financing structure that facilitates not only the creation of new stadiums, but also the feel-good stories around them.
bob iger
John Ourand April 24, 2025
In a fairly candid set of remarks, Bob Iger laid out an expressly lucid vision for Flagship—not only the product, but also the true stakes of its mission.
John Ourand April 21, 2025
A frank conversation about the future of Major League Baseball fandom with San Francisco Giants C.E.O. Larry Baer and Fox senior V.P. of strategy and analytics Ben Valenta.


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John Ourand April 17, 2025
Sports needs Netflix exponentially more than Netflix needs sports. But with holiday NFL games, Women’s World Cup soccer, and a flirtation with the NBA, Netflix’s heart is growing fonder. And Rob Manfred is waiting by the phone.
Jerry Silbowitz
John Ourand April 14, 2025
UTA’s Jerry Silbowitz candidly breaks down the evolving playbook for building lucrative, long-term, non-leaky sports media careers.
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