National Football League (NFL)
Jaguars unveil new downtown development plan
NFL team details latest mixed-use proposal following prior legislative defeat
NFL remains fully planning for full stadiums this fall
League, union also set 2022 salary cap ceiling of $208.2m
Sportradar signs marketing data-oriented pacts with Jets, Ravens
Company is back within the NFL after losing the league's global data rights
Davyeon Ross on finding new insights and new markets in sports analytics
In this week's episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Davyeon Ross, co-founder and president of ShotTracker, a sports technology and data and analytics company providing real-time basketball statistics and insights. Eric and Chris also discuss Major League Baseball’s recent domestic rights extension with ESPN, the National Football League’s release of its 2021 regular season game schedule, the pending sale of Major League Soccer’s Orlando City SC, the start of the 25th season of the Women’s National Basketball Association, and the appointment of George Kliavkoff as the Pac-12 Conference’s new commissioner.
Disney remains ‘in conversations’ for NFL Sunday Ticket
Out-of-market package is last major open piece of NFL's US rights inventory
NFL’s 2021 schedule release returns to traditional frenzy
League confirms return to London with two planned games this fall
NFL set to unveil 2021 schedule with extra flourishes
New efforts include unveiling of Week One games on network morning shows
NFL names Hill senior vice president of communications
The National Football League has named Katie Hill as its new senior vice president of communications, an appointment which began on May 3.
2021 NFL Draft ends with event’s third-largest audience
Key league event essentially draws even with 2019 audience
Amazon accelerates NFL Thursday exclusivity to 2022
Company reaches additional rights agreement with league, Fox Sports
NFL Draft outdraws Oscars, secures second-biggest ever audience
The National Football League reaffirmed its position as the most valuable property in the United States media landscape when the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft on April 29 outdrew the Oscars for the…
Amazon hires Patrick as global head of sports marketing
Former Nike executive to market company's expanding sports rights
Comcast executives show changing sentiment toward new NFL rights deal
US-based media giant Comcast, which less than two months ago warned that signing a new NFL rights deal would lead to "tough decisions" elsewhere for the company, now wants to use its renewal with the league as a template for building its sports portfolio. US Editor Eric Fisher reports.
NFL Draft returns to high energy with attending fans
Event for now is most-attended sports function in the US since pandemic started
Chris Halpin on the NFL’s plans with sportsbooks, international growth
In this week's episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Chris Halpin, National Football League chief strategy and growth officer. Eric and Chris also discuss the dramatic rise and fall of the proposed European Super League, Vivid Seats’ plan to go public in a merger with a special purpose acquisition company led by Los Angeles Dodgers co-owner Todd Boehly, and a $80m (€66.1m) round of funding for digital sports media entity Overtime.
NFL, Clubhouse strike content partnership ahead of 2021 NFL Draft
The National Football League and interactive audio chat app Clubhouse have struck an exclusive content partnership ahead of the 2021 NFL Draft, which is being held on April 29-May 1 in Cleveland, Ohio.
NFL signs Valspar as UK sponsor in CSM-brokered deal
The National Football League has signed up paint brand Valspar as a regional sponsor in the UK, in a deal brokered by the CSM Sport & Entertainment agency
NFL schedule release set for May 12
League owners also approve shift in jersey uniform number policy