Parker Molloy www.wideleft.football
ESPN, the NFL and the Death of Sports Journalism
The NFL sold off elements of its NFL Media arm to ESPN in exchange for a 10 percent stake in the Worldwide Leader's equity. Could this kill sports journalism?
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Josh Allen says the OL bet him that he couldn't work "Galileo" into Hard Knocks while mic'd up. He proved them wrong.
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I wrote about the ESPN/NFL Network acquisition deal and its impact on sports journalism — why, despite the jokes about ESPN being a PR apparatus for the league, it genuinely is a bastion of sports journalism and why that's under threat www.wideleft.football/p/e….
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Josh Allen closing down the last day of training camp with his annual walk around the entire practice field shaking hands with Bills fans.
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Mike Trout’s commitment to the Eagles is so intense he shares a birthday with Jalen Hurts. 😮💨🦅
#gobirds
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Will the NFL owning 10 percent of ESPN impact ESPN's coverage of the NFL?
OF COURSE IT WILL.
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Will ESPN-NFL Media deal impact ESPN's NFL coverage?
For more than 20 years, the NFL owned and operated NFL Network.
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Good morning, it’s Seattle Seahawks game day.
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Getting ready for my draft this weekend, so now is the time to ask me, Bluesky’s ONLY fantasy football guru, all your hardest questions about the upcoming season, which I will answer correctly and in the style of a guy who definitely did NOT bet everything on Tyreek Hill last year
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Brashard Smith tips it to himself on the screen pass, via @Chris_Ains32:
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He's right, because they've long stopped doing journalism. When 2 ESPN reporters wrote League of Denial about the NFL lying to players about concussion, the network ended their involvement in the project. PBS ended up making & airing the documentary. That was 12 years ago.
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ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro says NFL's ten percent stake in network will not affect its coverage of the league. In interview with Richard Deitsch of The Athletic, he also indicated that ESPN does not plan to make significant changes to NFL Network once it acquires the league-branded channel.
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GM Lynch: Brandon Aiyuk (knee) unlikely to be cleared for Week 1, per Cam Inman.
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Coen: Travis Hunter will play both WR, CB in Preseason Week 1.
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MLB: Juan Soto $121.9 million
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WNBA: Kelsey Mitchell $249,244
MLS: Lionel Messi $20.45 million
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Sure, Micah Parsons and the Cowboys might eventually get a deal done.
But no matter how Jerry Jones tries to spin it, there are plenty of bruised feelings right now.
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The first episode of Hard Knocks featuring the Bills was extremely boring. Just like the team surely wanted it to be.
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Bills had a blah Hard Knocks debut
The episode was just as boring as Buffalo wanted it to be.
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Jaxson Dart will play Saturday, Giants otherwise mum on QB plans.
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Jaxson Dart will play Saturday, Giants otherwise mum on QB plans
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Matt LaFleur: We'll "do our best" to get all four QBs meaningful reps this weekend.
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Matt LaFleur: We'll "do our best" to get all four QBs meaningful reps this weekend
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Aaron Glenn plans to play Jets starters vs. Packers on Saturday.
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Aaron Glenn plans to play Jets starters vs. Packers on Saturday
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