Dan Wetzel and SI’s Pat Forde & Ross Dellenger center today’s podcast around all of the different directions that live sports could splinter off into as cable and streaming networks take a bigger slice of the broadcasting pie.
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The Oakland Athletics appear to be significantly closer to officially moving to Las Vegas.
On Tuesday, reports broke that local Clark County officials had expressed concern about the team’s future revenues.
READ: A’S MOVE IN JEOPARDY? VEGAS OFFICIALS REPORTEDLY CONCERNED ABOUT TEAM’S FINANCIAL FUTURE
Given the A’s revenue challenges in Oakland, local authorities had justifiable concern about their ability to meet debt service payments. If the team falls short of revenue goals, it could force the county to step in.
Check out our first batch of draft rankings for the fantasy football wide receivers of 2023!
We are hurtling toward fantasy draft season, so there’s no better time to get an early start with our draft rankings!
As soon as the NFL announced that it had approved a new rule change for 2023 that would enable kickoff returners to call for a fair catch and allow the offense to start with the ball at the 25-yard line, the football world had plenty of strong reactions. Now, the world’s premier football league is catching flak from one of its competitors: the USFL.
The nascent league, which is currently in the second season of its current iteration, posted a strong response defending the traditional kickoff, which it views as a path to the NFL for many players.
Heading home from Minnesota today, and with a bunch of your questions to answer …
From JH (@everydayliner): Based on John Mara’s comments, any chance there’s a rift between owners looking to squeeze out every $ they can and those who still believe there are lines (fan experience, kickoff rules) that shouldn’t be crossed?
In case you missed it, the other day, Giants owner John Mara was asked for his reaction to the Thursday Night Football flex being voted through, and that reaction was pretty sharp.
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F1 journalist Albert Fabrega shared the first glimpse of the long-awaited Mercedes upgrades
Are the sero-pod days at Mercedes finally over?
Ever since the F1 team unveiled their challenger for the 2022 season, the W13 with its distinctive lack of sidepods, that design has faced its share of questions. Mercedes struggled with aerodynamics throughout the 2022 campaign, with both Lewis Hamilton and George Russell dealing with “porpoising” on the track.
The NFL added a new rule this week. On kickoffs, players can call for a fair catch and allow the offense to start on the 25-yard-line, just like in college football. Pat McAfee went OFF on the rule change and tried to get Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott to do the same.
But McDermott wouldn’t take the bait.
“I like the money to stay in my pocket,” McDermott said with a smirk. He’s referencing, of course, a potential league fine if he makes disparaging remarks.
It seems clear, though, that most coaches and league personnel do not like the new rule.
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If Chase Young wants a new deal from Washington, he has to earn it on the field.
After coming into the NFL with high expectations, it feels like Washington Commanders EDGE Chase Young could be on the brink of an exit from the Commanders. In April, the Commanders declined to pick up the fifth-year option for the defensive lineman, and he’ll be a free agent at the end of this year. However, we have seen players excel in contract years, putting together extremely high levels of play en route to a new contract.
LeBron James’ son, USC-commit Bronny, was on the receiving end of some racist comments after he posted photos of himself and his rumored girlfriend going to prom.
Bronny’s date, Peyton Gelfuso, is white.
While most people would respond to that by saying “…and?” the many who would more than likely identify as part of the “tolerant left” were hot under the collar that Bronny wouldn’t have taken a date who was the same race as himself to the dance.
Which is a wildly racist thing to say any way you slice it.