Adam White

ESPN college basketball analyst @JayBilas tells FOS that college athletes "still don't get their value" when it pertains to NIL. "In no multi-billion dollar sport do the coaches make more than the players."

"A writer, frankly, did some things he should not have." SI EIC says Parker Loverich is a real person (not an AI byline, which SI was using as of 2023) and that SI has ~200 (!) affiliate sites it doesn't operate. maybe that's the problem? a la Forbes? frontofficesports.com/sports-illustr…

Philadelphia's Fan Fest is free and open for 39 days. Its train is $2.90 to matches and $0 back. How is the city doing it? The host committee tells me it started fundraising in 2020, and its private funding total will come out to about $60-$65 million. frontofficesports.com/philadelphia-f…

Sports Illustrated is defending its editorial standards after an alleged plagiarism incident involving one of its affiliate sites. Editor-in-chief Steve Canella spoke with FOS about the incident and how readers should differentiate SI’s legacy brand from its affiliate network.

Former Utah alum and NBA executive Dave Checketts isn’t a fan of Utah’s historic private equity deal with Otro Capital. “So they kind of sold off their future."

LSU is building a team of ex-pros in Baton Rouge, putting Will Wade in the spotlight again. "Wade is taking guys who are 25. His mindset is, ‘Let's make a judge turn me down,'" one GM told FOS.

Joey Chestnut will not be punished by the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating contest after he pleaded guilty to striking another man, Nathan's and Major League Eating tell me and @BenHorney. Chestnut was involved in a March bar altercation while intoxicated. @FOS frontofficesports.com/nathans-hot-do…

Utah alum and longtime sports exec Dave Checketts recently told @FOS that Utah "sold off their future" with the Otro Capital private equity deal. Meanwhile, the deal--announced 6 months ago--still hasn't been fully executed and signed, @FOS has learned. frontofficesports.com/former-nba-exe…

I asked Sports Illustrated's editor-in-chief Steve Cannella about if the gambling story taken down due to alleged plagiarism was written by a real person or AI, how the affiliate program works, how they monitor standards, and more frontofficesports.com/sports-illustr…

Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest won’t bar 17-time champion Joey Chestnut from competing this year despite his recent guilty plea to misdemeanor battery. “This incident has nothing to do with Nathan’s," their spokesperson told FOS.

NFL CIO on league's attitude toward AI on the field, on @femalequotient panel: "You have to be extremely careful when implementing technology into a game that is driven by the human side... Will this hurt or help? ... Everybody was in love with the chain gang coming out, right?"

American billionaire Stan Kroenke’s professional sports teams have now won titles across the MLS, NHL, NFL, NBA and English Premier League. ⚽️ Colorado Rapids: 2010 🏒 Colorado Avalanche: 2001, 2022 🏈 St. Louis/L.A. Rams: 2000, 2022 🏀 Denver Nuggets: 2023 ⚽️ Arsenal FC: 2026

NEW: Amid scandals tied to traditional sports betting and prediction markets, Mark Cuban says sports betting itself "is not the problem.” "It’s the prop bets that are the problem," Cuban told @FOS during the latest episode of Portfolio Players. Story: frontofficesports.com/mark-cuban-bet…

The NHL Coaches' Association issued a statement pushing back on the Golden Knights for blocking former head coach Bruce Cassidy from interviewing for other jobs after they fired him in March. More on this story from @meredithturits ⬇️

Pro sports has been rocked by gambling scandals and the rise of prediction markets, but Mark Cuban says the problem isn’t betting itself: “It’s the prop bets that are the problem,” he tells FOS. frontofficesports.com/mark-cuban-bet…

Brian Flores has subpoenaed 25 additional NFL teams as part of his long-running discrimination lawsuit against the league. The move brings nearly the entire NFL into Flores’s case over alleged racist hiring practices. @KaplanSportsBiz explains the situation ⬇️

Opinion: The NFL is “tempting fate” as it pushes for a major reset of its media rights deals. The league is reportedly seeking roughly 50% increases as early talks begin—potentially lifting CBS’s Sunday package to more than $3 billion annually.

ESPN isn’t being shy about its attempt to break Fox’s Super Bowl viewership record of 127.71 million viewers. During Disney’s upfront presentation, NFL Live host Laura Rutledge said ESPN wants to deliver the most-watched Super Bowl ever.

The bipartisan college sports bill authored by Sens. Maria Cantwell and Ted Cruz is expected to address issues including the transfer portal, the potential for pooling CFB media rights and include language on athlete employee status. My story: frontofficesports.com/as-score-act-v…

News: Bussin' With The Boys (@BussinWTB) is launching a new NASCAR show — Racin' With The Boys — with Omaha Productions frontofficesports.com/bussin-with-th…