Daniel Roberts

EIC @FOS. business of sports; media; crypto; books. Boston teams. priors: @DecryptMedia @YahooFinance @FortuneMagazine.
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[Hamish McKenzie @hamishmckenzie]

@hshaban We didn’t pay them anything and there’s no special deal. They’re launching these substacks because they think it’s a good idea. And I agree. It’s a very good idea to build a network of substacks. Networks are powerful.

[Brett LoGiurato @BrettLoGiurato]

A scoop from me: CBS-owned local stations' election coverage will be sponsored by DraftKings, a deal that has stirred concern inside the company. https://t.co/qW8QTBotIf

[Colin Salao @colincsalao]

State Farm Arena right before tip-off.

As @FOS reported, the Dream sold out the 17,000-seat venue.

[JUCOadvocate - Brandon Goble @JUCOadvocate]

The NCAA and Draft Kings pushing for the same thing can’t be a good idea.

[Mit Winter @WinterSportsLaw]

Good look at behind the scenes lobbying surrounding the Protect College Sports Act.

[Colin Salao @colincsalao]

State Farm Arena announced that Enes Kanter Freedom has been given a private suite for Game 3.

The announcement said that Freedom contacted officials to “express concerns about his personal safety.”

“This arrangement is intended to address his security concerns and help provide a safe experience for him and other guests.”

[Daniel Roberts @readDanwrite]

Blake Griffin on LeBron and the helicopter:

"The Fanatics thing, it's already paying for itself. And also, that's LeBron James, you can justify paying him whatever as an endorsement deal. And he's also *doing things* for that deal. Where guys get in trouble is you sign an endorsement deal and you don't do anything... I have no issue... but it has become a major storyline this early in the season" @FOS

[Daniel Roberts @readDanwrite]

.@JeffPassan to @sportsrapport:

"There were things that I regret not looking into when it comes to what the Dodgers did and how they went out and did it, but I don’t think that invalidates some of the points that I was trying to make"

https://t.co/qqd9U8dy90

[Mark Maske @MarkMaske]

The NFL has "no concern" about Troy Aikman's issues with Joe Buck and ESPN. Jerry Jones says he's paying attention to all of it. In @FOS. https://t.co/N9SorpIGjX

[AiDAN @lucenttenebris_]

@readDanwrite @FOS @BenHorney Reigning Finals MVP gets a Polymarket mic on the Roommates Show, then walks past a Kalshi concourse every home game 😹 the prediction market turf war is literally playing out at MSG now

[Daniel Roberts @readDanwrite]

interestingly, MSG has deal with Kalshi and thus a Kalshi-branded concourse; Brunson & Hart go with Polymarket; meanwhile the NBA did not end up making a league-level deal with Polymarket or Kalshi before start of season. follow @FOS and @BenHorney for all prediction mkts news.

[Polymarket Sports @PolymarketSport]

🚨We're honored to announce that the Roommates Show with Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart & Matt Hillman has named Polymarket as their presenting podcast partner for the 2026-27 season.

[Daniel Roberts @readDanwrite]

isn't it obvious (even if they won't cop to it) that The Ringer, which is now explicitly an arm of Spotify, is moving toward being just a podcast/vodcast platform with no written articles? via @DefectorMedia

[Hamza Shaban @hshaban]

A thorough, thinking-out-loud story about the odd situation at the Ringer, where a bunch of its podcasters have started Substacks, but nobody on the inside is explaining why that's happening, or why the website isn't the home of their writing.

https://t.co/rCSeZT08cI

[Daniel Roberts @readDanwrite]

Denny Hamlin reacts to news of CTE in Nascar legend Fred Lorenzen, who died in 2024.

"The sport is as safe as it ever has been. But some of those old guys, man, they just had one little safety belt, I can’t believe they were racing 200 mph in the cars that they were." @FOS

[Dennis Young @dpyoung13]

New emails obtained by @jloesche88 show the powerful Republican network behind the Protect College Sports Act.

On one Saving College Sports call, Jay Paterno joked: “I may be the only Democrat on here.” https://t.co/euMmehRgUp

[Mark Maske @MarkMaske]

The NFL's Hans Schroeder on Troy Aikman and Joe Buck in the Monday Night Football broadcast booth: “No concern. I don’t know if you watched the game on Monday night. It was an incredible game, right? It was an incredible game and incredible coverage by Joe and Troy, just like they always do. And, by the way, also, there’s so many other ways that Disney covered that game. It was the first real McAfee launch, too, adding to that experience. So, look, that’s something… that we’re really not involved with. I think the fans are deserving of first-class game production, which Joe and Troy have, I think, going back to ’02 or something was their first year, a history of doing that as well as anyone. And I think you’ll continue to see them do that as well as anyone. I thought it was awesome Monday night. And so we’re incredibly excited about the year… and the Super Bowl and their coverage and getting them back as far as ESPN’s first ever and ABC’s in a long time. They’re going to do an unbelievable job.”

[Jon Loesche @jloesche88]

Newest for @FOS

New records obtained by FOS show Saving College Sports communicating with influential conservative political figures, a DraftKings executive, university leaders, and conference commissioners.

https://t.co/tG5lh8kM8y

[Daniel Roberts @readDanwrite]

Watch my full conversation with Blake -- from the Clippers/Ballmer punishments to LeBron in Philly to the Amazon NBA crew to his new late-night show -- on the latest episode of Portfolio Players:

https://t.co/Ravm2nmCjL

[Daniel Roberts @readDanwrite]

Blake Griffin on Clippers cutting Chris Paul last season at 11pm on the road:

"Disappointing. You'd think they knew what they were getting. I was kind of confused at where the disconnect was—this is who he's been his whole career, he's a talker... to see it end like that was disappointing." @FOS