Chuck Todd on Puck’s Grill Room podcast, explaining how he has to set relatives straight on news they’ve heard/read from unreliable outlets because national media has let them down:
“You have to just be satisfied with the actual making of the thing you’re making, as a thing that you want to do and feel proud of… because if the value of it is what strangers’ social attention gets put on it, it’s never, ever going to feel good enough.”
- Chris Hayes
Pat Mahomes Sr. says he was not in the suite where Jason Kelce was shirtless and yelling, contrary to popular belief. But he like the Kelce brothers AND Taylor Swift.
Dean Blandino, the NFL’s former vice president of officiating, says officials have been approached by people attempting to influence outcomes of games.
If MLB takes over local TV rights for some teams and it’s a streaming product, @bryancurtis asks, how can a team generate the same revenue it received from cable? (Via @thepressboxpod)
In light of more layoffs at Sports Illustrated, Dan Le Batard asks what the future is for longform journalism if publishers won’t support it and readers won’t pay for it?
Mike Tirico explains to @DougAndGator971 why #Lions’ SNF intros were so creative and entertaining: Most teams that play on Sunday and Thursday record their intros in August. Detroit did theirs the week of the game.