Eric Fisher
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Newsletter writer at Front Office Sports. Veteran journalist. Proud alum of St. Bonaventure University.
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Most pro team sales aren’t late Friday news dumps. But the $1.7 billion Penguins deal, while expected, was one, and perhaps because the Fenway Sports Group era was a grisly one for the Pens. frontofficesports.com/penguins-sal...
Penguins Sale Would End a Disappointing 4-Year Run Under FSG
An expected sale of the Penguins to the Hoffmann Family of Companies will end a largely ignominious era for the once-proud team under Fenway Sports Group.
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December 19, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Most pro team sales aren’t late Friday news dumps. But the $1.7 billion Penguins deal, while expected, was one, and perhaps because the Fenway Sports Group era was a grisly one for the Pens. frontofficesports.com/penguins-sal...
If Fenway Sports Group completes a deal to sell the Penguins, as expected, it would end a four-year ownership run that has had nothing of the success of FSG's tenure with the Red Sox and Liverpool. frontofficesports.com/penguins-sal...
Penguins Sale Would End a Disappointing 4-Year Run Under FSG
An expected sale of the Penguins to the Hoffmann Family of Companies will end a largely ignominious era for the once-proud team under Fenway Sports Group.
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December 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM
If Fenway Sports Group completes a deal to sell the Penguins, as expected, it would end a four-year ownership run that has had nothing of the success of FSG's tenure with the Red Sox and Liverpool. frontofficesports.com/penguins-sal...
Tonight's TNF game between the Rams and Seahawks, at least competitively, is the biggest regular-season game ever. Viewership will likely be at or near record levels, too. frontofficesports.com/tnf-clash-of...
'TNF' Clash of Super Bowl Favorites Could Be 'Big' for Amazon
In the midst of an already banner National Football League season for Amazon, the streamer is about to show arguably its biggest game ever.
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December 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Tonight's TNF game between the Rams and Seahawks, at least competitively, is the biggest regular-season game ever. Viewership will likely be at or near record levels, too. frontofficesports.com/tnf-clash-of...
The Bears are pivoting again in the never-ending stadium site search, this time in a rather unexpected direction. frontofficesports.com/indiana-bear...
Indiana Bears? NFL Team Expands Stadium Search Beyond Illinois
The Bears’ far-flung search for a stadium site is back on, and now it is pointed toward Northwest Indiana.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The Bears are pivoting again in the never-ending stadium site search, this time in a rather unexpected direction. frontofficesports.com/indiana-bear...
Chris Marinak, a top exec in the MLB commissioner's office who did a little bit of everything, is leaving at year's end. It could reshape who succeeds Rob Manfred in a little more than three years. frontofficesports.com/mlb-successi...
MLB Succession Picture Shifts With Manfred Confidant's Departure
One of Rob Manfred’s most trusted deputies is departing MLB, potentially reshaping the forthcoming race to be the next commissioner.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Chris Marinak, a top exec in the MLB commissioner's office who did a little bit of everything, is leaving at year's end. It could reshape who succeeds Rob Manfred in a little more than three years. frontofficesports.com/mlb-successi...
The World Cup prize pool has gone up to a record amount, but by not nearly as much as ticket prices have risen. frontofficesports.com/world-cup-pr...
World Cup Prize Money Jumps, but Fans Paying Steeper Price
FIFA has finalized a record prize pool for the 2026 World Cup, but the increase from 2022 is still a fraction of the hike in ticket costs.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The World Cup prize pool has gone up to a record amount, but by not nearly as much as ticket prices have risen. frontofficesports.com/world-cup-pr...
TNT Sports parent company Warner Bros. Discovery has rejected the hostile acquisition bid from Paramount, and has lot of dirt on the perceived deficiencies in the offer. frontofficesports.com/warner-bros-...
WBD Board Rejects 'Inadequate' Paramount Bid, Attacks Ellisons
The board unanimously voted to reject the offer, and in a letter, said that the Ellisons did not have the money to back up their $108B offer.
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December 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
TNT Sports parent company Warner Bros. Discovery has rejected the hostile acquisition bid from Paramount, and has lot of dirt on the perceived deficiencies in the offer. frontofficesports.com/warner-bros-...
Scripps has rejected the takeover bid from Sinclair. frontofficesports.com/scripps-reje...
Scripps Rejects Rival Sinclair’s Takeover Bid
Scripps has rejected the acquisition bid from Sinclair, sending another wave of uncertainty through the sports media business.
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December 16, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Scripps has rejected the takeover bid from Sinclair. frontofficesports.com/scripps-reje...
More than three months after the introduction of Nielsen's Big Data + Panel, there are still issues, but the agency says some of the incoming complaints are misplaced. frontofficesports.com/nielsen-rati...
Nielsen Ratings, Including Sports, Under Fire: ‘Deep Instability’
Nielsen’s new Big Data + Panel is once more at the center of controversy, and the National Football League is part of it.
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December 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM
More than three months after the introduction of Nielsen's Big Data + Panel, there are still issues, but the agency says some of the incoming complaints are misplaced. frontofficesports.com/nielsen-rati...
After withering backlash about ticket pricing, FIFA has created a $60 tier for a small amount of seats at the 2026 World Cup. frontofficesports.com/fifa-respond...
FIFA Responds to World Cup Ticket Backlash With New $60 Tier
FIFA is relenting, somewhat, to withering criticism over ticket prices and introducing a new, lower-cost level.
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December 16, 2025 at 9:56 PM
After withering backlash about ticket pricing, FIFA has created a $60 tier for a small amount of seats at the 2026 World Cup. frontofficesports.com/fifa-respond...
After the Edwin Diaz deal, the Dodgers' salary deferral deal just keeps going up. frontofficesports.com/dodgers-buyi...
Dodgers Buying and Winning Now, but Still Owe $1B to 9 Players
The back-to-back defending champion Dodgers keep adding to their future salary bills, taking their deferral strategy to unprecedented heights.
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December 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
After the Edwin Diaz deal, the Dodgers' salary deferral deal just keeps going up. frontofficesports.com/dodgers-buyi...
The Sabres are hitting the reset button, again, while Terry Pegula’s other team, the Bills, are thriving. frontofficesports.com/pegulas-sabr...
Sabres Hit Reset (Again) While Bills Keep Winning Next Door
The Buffalo Sabres, one of the most downtrodden franchises in U.S. pro sports, is hitting the reset button—again.
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December 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The Sabres are hitting the reset button, again, while Terry Pegula’s other team, the Bills, are thriving. frontofficesports.com/pegulas-sabr...
First Patrick Mahomes, now Micah Parsons with a season-ending ACL tear. frontofficesports.com/micah-parson...
Micah Parsons’s Season-Ending ACL Caps Brutal Stretch for NFL
Packers standout Micah Parsons tore an ACL, forming one of the most damaging injury stretches in recent NFL history.
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December 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
First Patrick Mahomes, now Micah Parsons with a season-ending ACL tear. frontofficesports.com/micah-parson...
Scotland's national soccer team loves that its fans are so into their first World Cup bid since 1998. But it's coming with a financial warning because of FIFA's ticket prices. frontofficesports.com/scotland-war...
Scotland Warns Its Fans of ‘Eye-Watering’ World Cup Ticket Prices
Scotland urges its fans not to overextend themselves financially to see their men’s national team in the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
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December 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Scotland's national soccer team loves that its fans are so into their first World Cup bid since 1998. But it's coming with a financial warning because of FIFA's ticket prices. frontofficesports.com/scotland-war...
When the NFL schedule came out in May, the Christmas tripleheader between Netflix and Amazon looked like a blockbuster. Now, with only one of the six teams currently in playoff position, the trio of games looks far worse. frontofficesports.com/once-enticin...
Once-Enticing NFL Christmas Lineup on Netflix, Amazon Falls Flat
Just as Amazon is having its NFL Christmas Day dreams dashed, so, too, is Netflix. Seven months later, those games aren’t nearly as strong.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
When the NFL schedule came out in May, the Christmas tripleheader between Netflix and Amazon looked like a blockbuster. Now, with only one of the six teams currently in playoff position, the trio of games looks far worse. frontofficesports.com/once-enticin...
One of the most successful runs in NFL history is over as the Chiefs are officially out the playoffs. It also lowers the appeal for Amazon's first Christmas game, which will be Kansas City and Denver. frontofficesports.com/chiefs-dynas...
Chiefs Dynasty Ends As Amazon’s Christmas Game Loses Shine
Amazon’s Christmas night game involving the Chiefs just got worse, as Kansas City is now officially out of the 2025 NFL playoffs.
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December 14, 2025 at 10:54 PM
One of the most successful runs in NFL history is over as the Chiefs are officially out the playoffs. It also lowers the appeal for Amazon's first Christmas game, which will be Kansas City and Denver. frontofficesports.com/chiefs-dynas...
Michigan is expanding its probe into an already-troubled athletic department. frontofficesports.com/michigan-ord...
Michigan Orders Investigation Into Athletic Department Scandals
The University of Michigan has initiated an investigation to uncover the full depth of potential issues within its athletic department.
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December 14, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Michigan is expanding its probe into an already-troubled athletic department. frontofficesports.com/michigan-ord...
The Chiefs are officially out of the playoffs for the first time since 2014. The TV implications are big as Kansas City has been in four of the five most-watched games this year. frontofficesports.com/nfls-most-wa...
NFL’s Most-Watched Team Is on the Brink of Playoff Exclusion
It’s now really looking like the end of the line for the Chiefs after a historic, decade-long run by the NFL’s top television draw.
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December 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The Chiefs are officially out of the playoffs for the first time since 2014. The TV implications are big as Kansas City has been in four of the five most-watched games this year. frontofficesports.com/nfls-most-wa...
Demand is strong for World Cup tickets, despite global outcry over hefty prices. frontofficesports.com/fifa-gets-5m...
FIFA Gets 5M World Cup Ticket Requests As Fans Protest Prices
Soccer fans are flocking to buy World Cup tickets, despite eye-popping prices and rising complaints from around the world over those costs.
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December 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Demand is strong for World Cup tickets, despite global outcry over hefty prices. frontofficesports.com/fifa-gets-5m...
Wemby came back to action for the Spurs and led a surprising upset of the dominant Thunder as the NBA Cup Final matchup is now set. frontofficesports.com/wembys-retur...
Wemby’s Return Sends Spurs to an Unexpected NBA Cup Final
The return of a basketball phenom helped dethrone the reigning NBA superpower and reshape the NBA Cup final.
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December 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Wemby came back to action for the Spurs and led a surprising upset of the dominant Thunder as the NBA Cup Final matchup is now set. frontofficesports.com/wembys-retur...
MLS ended its season a viewership high, even as it wrestles with Nielsen-related issues. frontofficesports.com/mls-cup-surg...
MLS Cup Surges to 4.6M Viewers As Nielsen Sorts Data Issues
Even in a crowded sports weekend with college football conference title games, Major League Soccer found its own sizable audience.
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December 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
MLS ended its season a viewership high, even as it wrestles with Nielsen-related issues. frontofficesports.com/mls-cup-surg...
The current NHL Jets have no connection to the former NHL Jets. That might change. frontofficesports.com/jets-seek-to...
Jets Seek to Reclaim Their Past As NHL Weighs Records Shuffle
The complex history of three different National Hockey League team relocations is intertwined in a new petition from the Jets.
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December 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The current NHL Jets have no connection to the former NHL Jets. That might change. frontofficesports.com/jets-seek-to...
With MLB's Winter Meetings now done, a trio of big-money player deals done there are expected to jumpstart the market. frontofficesports.com/mlb-offseaso...
MLB Offseason Spending Heats Up With Trio of Big-Money Deals
Major League Baseball’s hot stove period is off to a frothy start, with much more activity expected soon.
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December 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
With MLB's Winter Meetings now done, a trio of big-money player deals done there are expected to jumpstart the market. frontofficesports.com/mlb-offseaso...
The Michael Jordan-led 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports have settled their antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR. frontofficesports.com/nascar-ends-...
NASCAR Abruptly Settles Antitrust Fight With 23XI, Front Row
A high-stakes legal fight that had upended NASCAR for more than a year over its future direction has been abruptly resolved.
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December 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The Michael Jordan-led 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports have settled their antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR. frontofficesports.com/nascar-ends-...
Paramount's David Ellison is taking his bid for TNT Sports parent Warner Bros. Discovery directly to shareholders. frontofficesports.com/ellison-take...
Ellison Takes Fight for TNT Sports Parent Straight to Shareholders
Paramount chair and CEO David Ellison is taking his bid for TNT Sports parent company Warner Bros. Discovery directly to shareholders.
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December 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Paramount's David Ellison is taking his bid for TNT Sports parent Warner Bros. Discovery directly to shareholders. frontofficesports.com/ellison-take...