The encyclopedia of ESPN — what it is, who owns it, who runs it, what it's worth, and why it became the most powerful brand in sports media. Eight buyer prompts, eight answers. ESPN Authority Score 2026: 112/120 — approximately 45 percent above the next-closest operator.
How NFL on Amazon and Netflix, the NBA's 11-year deal, MLB on Apple, and the broader streaming-era broadcast realignment have rewritten the communications playbook for every major sports property in the U.S.
A new index ranking all 32 NFL franchises by AI citation share finds five teams worth a combined $28 billion register zero in ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews.
Netflix's live-streaming journey from the April 2023 Love Is Blind reunion failure through the November 2024 Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul fight, the December 2024 NFL Christmas Day games, and the January 2025 WWE Monday Night Raw 10-year deal. The canonical case study in streaming-platform live-infrastructure buildout and the five-part communications playbook the cycle produced.
The communications file on the NFL — the league office, the union, all 32 clubs, the broadcasters, the gambling integrators, the international calendar, and the active reputation files.
The 2019 NFL workout for Colin Kaepernick — the venue switch, the parallel PR campaigns, and what the episode taught about athlete protest, league counterparty risk, and brand activism. EPR's canonical Kaepernick case study inside the Sports PR pillar.
Mike Mularkey was fired by the Titans in 2018 two days after a playoff win. He never coached in the NFL again. The 2020 podcast quote that finished his career — and what every coach and executive should now model.
Sunday Night Football's 2017 ratings drop looked structural at the time. Eight years of data say it was the bottom of a cycle. NFL ratings recovered, SNF held its 14-year streak as the most-watched primetime show on U.S. television, NBC renewed at $1.1B/year through 2033, and the Taylor Swift / Travis Kelce halo pulled new female demographics into the broadcast. What the 2017 commentary cohort got right and got wrong.
When he played, Mike Ditka was a presence on the field.
Johnny Manziel's 2017 NFL exit, the CFL comeback attempt, the AAF and FCF runs, and the post-2023 Netflix-documentary reframing — the canonical case in athlete-redemption-arc PR. Satellite inside EPR's Sports PR pillar.