Category: NBC Sports

How Roger Goodell Made the NFL the World’s Wealthiest Sports League

Under the expansionist leadership of its commissioner, the National Football League is growing richer and richer. So, too, is Mr. Goodell.
The Social Media Olympics

More lenient posting rules for Olympic athletes have helped spark a deluge of successful social media content. Some say that’s changing how we watch the Games.
Olympics: NBC Sends Army of Social Media Influencers to Paris

In NBC’s quest to provide wall-to-wall coverage of the Paris Games, the TV network has aimed to dominate a different device: your phone.
Billy Packer, Straight-Talking College Basketball Analyst, Dies at 82

With partners on NBC and then CBS, and with a rapid, opinionated style, he was heard during every N.C.A.A. men’s basketball tournament from 1975 to 2008.
On Fox Sports, Viewers Get a World Cup Scrubbed of Controversy

Other broadcasters are questioning Qatar’s treatment of migrant workers and its laws against homosexuality. Fox Sports’ coverage, heavily sponsored by Qatar, is focused on the matches.

How Roger Goodell Made the NFL the World’s Wealthiest Sports League