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📰🏟️ Football broadcast battle
Plus:🏌️Banned drivers…
Peter Nowak
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📰🏟️ Concessions arms race
Plus: McLaren’s secret weapon…
MLB
Ballparks are locked in a concessions arms race
The latest MLB rivalry? Ballpark food. Teams are one-upping each other with outrageous menu items—from $100 burger stacks to burritos the size of a bat—all in a bid to win over fans and fatten revenue. Forget peanuts and Cracker Jacks—this is the stadium food era of excess.
Media & Broadcasting
ESPN finally unveils its standalone streaming service
ESPN is going all-in on streaming. The sports giant just announced a standalone service launching before football season—no cable required. It’ll include the full ESPN network lineup, personalized features, and ESPN Bet integration.
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📰🏟️ Saban's New Job
Plus: 🐐MJ in the booth…
College Sports
Co-Chair Saban + the College Sports Commission
Nick Saban will reportedly have a new title—College Sports Commissioner (sort of). If true, he’ll co-chair a new presidential commission tasked with reining in the chaos of modern college athletics, from booster money and the transfer portal to TV deals and athlete pay.
Technology in Sports
Welcome to a new era of play-calling
Texas high school football just took a high-tech leap. A new rule from the UIL will allow every player on the field to wear tech for real-time play-calling—signaling the possible end of traditional huddles and hinting at the sport’s next evolution.
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📰🏟️ Strike Zone Gaslight?
Plus: Play-calling’s new era…
MLB
Is Major League Baseball gaslighting players about strike zone changes?
MLB swears every team was told the strike zone buffer shrank this season. Players, coaches, and execs say… not so much. As blown calls pile up, is baseball heading for another rule shakeup?
F1
Formula 1 is doubling down on the US as sales rumors swirl
Formula 1 just inked a deal to keep the Miami Grand Prix on the calendar through 2041. As the U.S. becomes a cornerstone of the sport, expansion, viewership gains, and sale rumors are shifting F1’s global future.
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📰🏟️ F1 <3 America
NIL executive order incoming?…
Horse Racing
The Kentucky Derby: An event steeped in history and tradition
The 150th Kentucky Derby isn’t just a race—it’s a spectacle steeped in tradition. From legendary trainers to Triple Crown lineage, here’s what to watch in 2025.