Eric Fisher
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Newsletter writer at Front Office Sports. Veteran journalist. Proud alum of St. Bonaventure University.
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While Congress turns up the heat on MLB, the league is satisfied with its recent rule changes. frontofficesports.com/manfred-defe...
Manfred Defends MLB Prop-Bet Rules As Congress Turns Up Heat
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said the league will cooperate with a new congressional inquiry relating to gambling and integrity in baseball, but no additional rules are planned.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
While Congress turns up the heat on MLB, the league is satisfied with its recent rule changes. frontofficesports.com/manfred-defe...
The new MLB national rights deals, after months of anticipation are finally done. NBC and Netflix are in, adding ~$250 million in rev per year between the two, & ESPN is back, paying about the same $550 mil/year as before, but for vastly different rights. frontofficesports.com/mlb-finalize...
MLB Finalizes Short-Term TV Rights Deals, Adds NBC and Netflix
After many months of anticipation, Major League Baseball has formally unveiled a set of short-term national media rights.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The new MLB national rights deals, after months of anticipation are finally done. NBC and Netflix are in, adding ~$250 million in rev per year between the two, & ESPN is back, paying about the same $550 mil/year as before, but for vastly different rights. frontofficesports.com/mlb-finalize...
The Queens casino dreams of Mets owner Steve Cohen are on a potential glide path to happening. frontofficesports.com/cohens-8b-ca...
Cohen’s $8B Casino Clears Hurdle After USTA Dispute Resolved
An $8 billion casino complex in New York by Mets owner Steve Cohen and Hard Rock Entertainment is now a potential glide path to happening.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The Queens casino dreams of Mets owner Steve Cohen are on a potential glide path to happening. frontofficesports.com/cohens-8b-ca...
A further look at the Disney-YouTube TV deal from over the weekend. frontofficesports.com/youtube-tv-g...
YouTube TV Gains Full ESPN DTC Access in Far-Reaching Deal
YouTube TV’s multiyear carriage agreement with Disney, reached after 15 difficult days of a channel blackout, is aimed at pushing boundaries in television distribution.
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November 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
A further look at the Disney-YouTube TV deal from over the weekend. frontofficesports.com/youtube-tv-g...
The Bears have stalled somewhat in their push to build a new stadium and mixed-use development, but they are stacking up wins faster than expected. frontofficesports.com/bears-are-st...
Bears Stacking Up Wins on the Field While Stadium Plans Stalling
While the Bears are trying to move forward off the field with their stadium pursuit, the NFL team is making big progress on the field.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The Bears have stalled somewhat in their push to build a new stadium and mixed-use development, but they are stacking up wins faster than expected. frontofficesports.com/bears-are-st...
More consolidation is potentially coming to local-TV station ownership, with plenty of implications for sports media. frontofficesports.com/sinclair-scr...
Sinclair-Scripps Deal Would Make Another Sports Giant on Free TV
Yet another wave of consolidation is approaching the television station business, with more implications for sports media.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
More consolidation is potentially coming to local-TV station ownership, with plenty of implications for sports media. frontofficesports.com/sinclair-scr...
After a torrid start, college football viewership across all networks has tapered off. Still up slightly. frontofficesports.com/college-foot...
College Football Viewership Increases Taper Off
A softer part of the college football season has resulted in a smaller increase in viewership compared to last year.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
After a torrid start, college football viewership across all networks has tapered off. Still up slightly. frontofficesports.com/college-foot...
What's old is new as both NBC Sports and Versant brought back legacy sports media brand names this week. frontofficesports.com/nbc-sports-v...
NBC Sports, Versant Bring Back Old Media Brands
Two sports media brands used for many years by NBC Sports are making comebacks, but in a dramatically changing corporate structure.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
What's old is new as both NBC Sports and Versant brought back legacy sports media brand names this week. frontofficesports.com/nbc-sports-v...
Major League Soccer is moving its schedule to the internal fall-to-spring standard in 2027. frontofficesports.com/mls-votes-to...
MLS Votes to Align With Global Soccer Calendar Beginning in 2027
Major League Soccer has formally approved a historic shift of its calendar to the international fall-to-spring standard.
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November 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Major League Soccer is moving its schedule to the internal fall-to-spring standard in 2027. frontofficesports.com/mls-votes-to...
A big shift in how the MLS-Apple deal operates. frontofficesports.com/mls-folding-...
MLS to Fold Season Pass, Shift All Games to Apple TV in 2026
Major League Soccer is ending its MLS Season Pass streaming subscription product and will make games available through Apple TV service.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
A big shift in how the MLS-Apple deal operates. frontofficesports.com/mls-folding-...
The Padres are up for sale. Worth noting that we had similar announcements in Minnesota, Washington, and Anaheim without deals ever happening. This one feels different for several reasons, though. frontofficesports.com/padres-up-fo...
Padres Officially for Sale As Seidlers ‘Explore Strategic Options’
The Padres are up for sale, with the Seidler family making a surprise announcement of its intent to “explore strategic options.”
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November 13, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The Padres are up for sale. Worth noting that we had similar announcements in Minnesota, Washington, and Anaheim without deals ever happening. This one feels different for several reasons, though. frontofficesports.com/padres-up-fo...
Come for another round of hacky Scott Boras jokes, stay for some more serious chat on the player market, the Blue Jays, and prop bets. frontofficesports.com/scott-boras-...
Boras Expects Blue Jays to Spend Big, Calls for Prop-Bet Ban
Scott Boras is back with hacky puns, but baseball’s most powerful player agent will again influence a the free-agent market.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Come for another round of hacky Scott Boras jokes, stay for some more serious chat on the player market, the Blue Jays, and prop bets. frontofficesports.com/scott-boras-...
Though negotiations are continuing between Disney and YouTube TV, and Bob Iger had a somewhat hopeful tone, the ESPN parent company is still preparing for a potentially extended blackout with the No. 4 U.S. pay-TV distributor. frontofficesports.com/disney-warns...
Disney Warns YouTube TV Blackout ‘Could Go for a Little While’
ESPN parent company Disney said that its carriage standoff with YouTube TV, which reached a 14th day Thursday, “could go for a little while.”
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November 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Though negotiations are continuing between Disney and YouTube TV, and Bob Iger had a somewhat hopeful tone, the ESPN parent company is still preparing for a potentially extended blackout with the No. 4 U.S. pay-TV distributor. frontofficesports.com/disney-warns...
As expected, Paul Skenes is the NL Cy Young Award winner. On his future in Pittsburgh. frontofficesports.com/pirates-gm-r...
Pirates GM Rebuffs Paul Skenes Trade Talk As Frustrations Mount
Pirates ace Paul Skenes is a virtual lock to win the National League Cy Young Award, but the chances of his remaining in Pittsburgh are less certain.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:59 AM
As expected, Paul Skenes is the NL Cy Young Award winner. On his future in Pittsburgh. frontofficesports.com/pirates-gm-r...
ESPN parent company Disney reports fiscal fourth-quarter earnings in the morning, and the ongoing standoff with YouTube TV looms large. frontofficesports.com/disneys-yout...
Disney's YouTube TV Blackout Looms Over Earnings
Disney’s quarterly earnings reports, always closely watched events in the media business, will take on a particularly heightened level Thursday.
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November 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
ESPN parent company Disney reports fiscal fourth-quarter earnings in the morning, and the ongoing standoff with YouTube TV looms large. frontofficesports.com/disneys-yout...
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe is talking about putting a roof on Arrowhead Stadium, but the Chiefs' stadium deliberation remains a complex one involving both the Show Me State and neighboring Kansas. frontofficesports.com/missouri-gov...
Missouri Governor's Latest Pitch to Chiefs: Add a Roof, Not a Move
As Missouri tries to keep the Chiefs from moving across the state border, Gov. Mike Kehoe is proposing putting a roof on the venue.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe is talking about putting a roof on Arrowhead Stadium, but the Chiefs' stadium deliberation remains a complex one involving both the Show Me State and neighboring Kansas. frontofficesports.com/missouri-gov...
Paul Skenes is a virtual lock to win the NL Cy Young Award later today. His future in Pittsburgh? Perhaps less certain. frontofficesports.com/pirates-gm-r...
Pirates GM Rebuffs Paul Skenes Trade Talk As Frustrations Mount
Pirates ace Paul Skenes is a virtual lock to win the National League Cy Young Award, but the chances of his remaining in Pittsburgh are less certain.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Paul Skenes is a virtual lock to win the NL Cy Young Award later today. His future in Pittsburgh? Perhaps less certain. frontofficesports.com/pirates-gm-r...
New Rockies POBO Paul DePodesta says he's a "sucker" for the challenge of rebuilding the long-struggling Rockies. With the tire fire he's leaving in Cleveland still burning, there are some that might use other words. frontofficesports.com/depodesta-on...
Paul DePodesta on Move to Rockies: 'A Sucker for a Challenge'
Newly hired Rockies president of baseball operations Paul DePodesta said he is a “sucker” for the task of rebuilding MLB’s worst team.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
New Rockies POBO Paul DePodesta says he's a "sucker" for the challenge of rebuilding the long-struggling Rockies. With the tire fire he's leaving in Cleveland still burning, there are some that might use other words. frontofficesports.com/depodesta-on...
Disney CEO Bob Iger avoided the elephant in the room—the company's ongoing dispute with YouTube TV—during an on-air interview in the Manningcast last night. frontofficesports.com/disneys-iger...
Disney’s Iger Avoids YouTube TV Dispute During ‘MNF’ Segment
Bob Iger did not address the YouTube TV dispute during an appearance on Monday Night Football, but the dispute is causing more friction.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Disney CEO Bob Iger avoided the elephant in the room—the company's ongoing dispute with YouTube TV—during an on-air interview in the Manningcast last night. frontofficesports.com/disneys-iger...
MLB and the league's authorized sportsbook operators have imposed new limits on pitch-level prop bets in the wake of indictments of two Guardians pitchers. frontofficesports.com/mlb-caps-pit...
MLB Caps Pitch-Level Prop Bets at $200 After Guardians Indictments
Major League Baseball has unveiled a nationwide plan with top sportsbooks to restrict proposition bets on the sport.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
MLB and the league's authorized sportsbook operators have imposed new limits on pitch-level prop bets in the wake of indictments of two Guardians pitchers. frontofficesports.com/mlb-caps-pit...
Another big media company earnings call came and went without specific bread crumbs about the future of Warner Bros. Discovery, but Paramount, a known suitor, said it will be "opportunistic" about potential M&A. frontofficesports.com/ellison-sign...
Ellison Signals ‘Opportunistic’ Moves, Highlights CBS Sports Success
CBS Sports parent company Paramount is looking to be “opportunistic,” but it did not mention Warner Bros. Discovery in its first post-merger earnings report.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Another big media company earnings call came and went without specific bread crumbs about the future of Warner Bros. Discovery, but Paramount, a known suitor, said it will be "opportunistic" about potential M&A. frontofficesports.com/ellison-sign...
The kids are alright. A youth movement is taking hold in the NHL. frontofficesports.com/three-former...
Three Former No. 1 Picks on Rookie Deals Shake Up the NHL
A youth movement is quickly taking over the National Hockey League and reshaping the face of the sport.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The kids are alright. A youth movement is taking hold in the NHL. frontofficesports.com/three-former...
Donald Trump is inserting himself again in the Commanders’ development of a new stadium, and no surprise, not everything coming out of the White House is factual. frontofficesports.com/trump-tries-...
Trump Tries to Reassert Influence Over Commanders New Stadium
Presidential politics have potentially returned to the Commanders’ forthcoming $3.8 billion stadium and mixed-use development in D.C.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Donald Trump is inserting himself again in the Commanders’ development of a new stadium, and no surprise, not everything coming out of the White House is factual. frontofficesports.com/trump-tries-...
Munetaka Murakami has posted to MLB clubs. His talent is intriguing, and he is poised for a nine-figure contract, but there are also plenty of questions surrounding the situation. frontofficesports.com/munetaka-mur...
Munetaka Murakami Is Next Potential Japanese MLB Superstar
The next potential Japanese superstar in Major League Baseball is now available to the 30 clubs.
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November 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Munetaka Murakami has posted to MLB clubs. His talent is intriguing, and he is poised for a nine-figure contract, but there are also plenty of questions surrounding the situation. frontofficesports.com/munetaka-mur...
Former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue, who died today, leaves an extensive and complex legacy. frontofficesports.com/paul-tagliab...
Paul Tagliabue, Who Oversaw Massive Growth of NFL, Dies at 84
The former NFL commissioner died Sunday, leaving an extensive and complex legacy as one of the most influential figures in league history.
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November 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue, who died today, leaves an extensive and complex legacy. frontofficesports.com/paul-tagliab...