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John Ourand @ourand.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

New pod: former WaPo reporter @benjstrauss.bsky.social on paper’s mass layoffs...plus all the sports media news you can use. open.spotify.com/episode/4pvE...

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NFL’s New TV Order

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Jesse Dougherty @jessedougherty.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

All of @postsports.bsky.social's pre-national title game coverage in one place, including work from Chuck Culpepper, @emilygiam.bsky.social, @benjstrauss.bsky.social, @barrysvrlugawp.bsky.social, @briannaschroer.bsky.social + @samaha.bsky.social: collegesportsmoney.substack.com/p/cfp-title-...

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Extra, Extra

... read all about college football ahead of the national championship game.

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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

"Torre has become almost as ubiquitous among online sports fans as Dave Portnoy (Barstool) and Pat McAfee (ESPN), and he has done it in improbable fashion: by morphing from a talking head into an investigative reporter." @benjstrauss.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

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Pablo Torre pushes buttons — and boundaries — to expose sports secrets

With scoops from the NFL, NBA and beyond, Torre’s hit show — and the way he makes it — is ruffling feathers across the sports landscape.

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benjstrauss.bsky.social @benjstrauss.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

NEW: The New York Times has declined to voluntarily recognize the Athletic as part of the Times Guild. In letter to staffers, Times says it would recognize a separate Athletic bargaining unit, a la Wire Cutter. Staffers have petitioned the NLRB for a hearing.

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Mike Vorkunov @mikevorkunov.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

NBA Ratings panic, a tale as old as time March 1991: "NBC's ratings are down 12%...after NBC's four-year, $600 million NBA contract was touted as the deal of the decade." June 1999: "In the first season without (MJ) the ratings fell to their lowest levels in 18 years." July 2007: NBA ratings down

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benjstrauss.bsky.social @benjstrauss.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

What should we know about NBA viewership? And is Cowherd right? www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/...

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benjstrauss.bsky.social @benjstrauss.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

What should we know about NBA viewership? And is Cowherd right? www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/...

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benjstrauss.bsky.social @benjstrauss.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Happy Hannukah! Merry Christmas! I wrote about TV ratings, the *discourse* and the winter of discontent for the NBA. w/ help from Kendrick Perkins, Vincent Goodwill, Brian Scalabrine, Frank Isola, Brian Windhorst. Kirk Goldsberry and Sam Smith www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/...

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NBA ratings are down. Three-pointers are up. And the discourse is everywhere.

It has been a winter of discontent for the league even after it signed 11-year, $76 billion broadcast contracts.

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John Ourand @ourand.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

New pod: WaPo's Ben Strauss on: * The Big Ten media deal * Stephen A * FIFA Women's World Cup media rights * ESPN's Simpsonscast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

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Stephen A. Breaks the Bank & World Cup Media Limbo

Podcast Episode · The Varsity · 12/11/2024 · 41m

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benjstrauss.bsky.social @benjstrauss.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

NEW: I wrote a remembrance of Rudy Martzke, the king of sports media. “I cannot tell you how influential he was," said Mark Shapiro. "He’d be in the corner of the [Super Bowl] parties, everyone was working him, kissing the ring. It was insane!” www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/...

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‘He was the guy’: How Rudy Martzke invented the sports media beat

The USA Today sports-TV columnist, who died last week at 82, was feared by some broadcasters and adored by others.

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benjstrauss.bsky.social @benjstrauss.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

NEW: I hung out with Ohio State fans tired of drinking at 9 am for all their noon games and wrote about the Big Ten TV deal, probably the biggest, most-complicated ever in sports. www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/...

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Rise and whine: Big Ten football fans cry foul over early kickoffs

Fans of Ohio State and other Big Ten schools say they hate noon kick-offs. TV ratings say otherwise.

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