The National Football League’s deal with Walt Disney in which it will gain an equity stake in ESPN in return for prime media assets is expected to face scrutiny from the U.S. Department of Justice, ...

The agreement between the NFL and ESPN is "non-binding," because it is non-approved by the federal government. The league has commenced the process of securing Uncle Sam's blessing. Via Reuters, the ...

The NFL is acquiring a 10 percent equity stake in ESPN, but one veteran journalist at the Worldwide Leader isn’t worried about a potential conflict of interest. ESPN senior writer Don Van Natta Jr.

For more than 20 years, the NFL has owned and operated NFL Media. The conflict of interest resided in plain sight. And few seemed to regard it as the problem that it was, and is. With the NFL in the ...

ESPN will no longer be broadcasting NFL Monday Night Football games at the same time. The sports network has been screening simultaneous games since the 2021 season but president Jimmy Pitaro has ...

The NFL’s digital revolution is raising prices and watering down the fan experience, writes Andrew Perloff. Football on TV as we know it has already peaked. The NFL is undergoing a digital revolution ...

What should fans take away from last week's announcement of a new, deeper alliance between the NFL and ESPN? It’s simple! Roger Goodell explained it all in an interview with ESPN on Tuesday. “I’m most ...

If/when the “non-binding agreement” between ESPN and the NFL becomes final and binding, the NFL will own 10 percent of ESPN. As recently explained, that will inevitably impact the manner in which ESPN ...

Launch weekend for ESPN’s brand new direct-to-consumer streaming app just got a bit bigger. The company announced on Tuesday that it would stream five NFL preseason games this Saturday, August 23, to ...