Daniel Roberts

"It’s the age of authenticity... Also, it’s done tastefully. No one is offended, right? It’s just funny. Young people like it." A look at the strategic shitposting of Polymarket and Kalshi: frontofficesports.com/kalshi-polymar…

Cool wrinkle in the new WNBA CBA

The WNBA and WNBPA just announced the tentative deal on a CBA. The term sheet, which was signed a short while ago, will be voted on by the players and the BoG. As previously reported, it is a seven year deal with an opt out after six. $7 million salary cap in year one, up from $1.5 million in 2025.

NEW: Kalshi has been ordered to stop offering sports, political, and entertainment event contracts in Nevada for at least two weeks. Big (temporary) win for Nevada and its gaming regulator, which previously secured a similar ruling against Polymarket. frontofficesports.com/judge-temporar…

I'm told union staff has held multiple hour and a half long meetings for players, educating them on the details of the term sheet. These meetings are open to entire player membership. The term sheet will be voted on by players & BoG "soon" and will last a couple of days.

A "life skills" university with 6,500 students and a $70,000 cost to attend is upending March Madness. The school chartered students across the country to watch their first-ever upset win in the NCAA tournament.

NEW: Tom Dundon is on track to assume majority control of the Portland Trail Blazers before the calendar turns to April, and his group will pay for 80% of the team in the first part of the multi-stage deal, @FOS has learned. Reporting w/ @Alex__Schiffer: frontofficesports.com/tom-dundons-gr…

“They were the four people who put in hours upon hours on the streets of New York reporting all this out... they would finish their reporting deep into the night, 3am, 4am” @richarddeitsch @AnnieCostabile @alexaphilippou @DougFeinberg @ClassicJpow open.spotify.com/episode/3ekzME…

agree w this from @benjstrauss: "I remain fascinated by [son of Starbucks founder Howard Schultz] Jordan Schultz. Why the son of a legitimate billionaire is committed to the insider game of NFL reporting." frontofficesports.com/ben-strauss-wa…

The team playing Ark. on Sat. bills itself as the 'premier life skills university.' Campus has 2 fine dining options free to students, called 'learning labs' so students 'develop life skills including business and social etiquette.' @FOS frontofficesports.com/high-point-mar…

News: President Trump has issued his executive order directing the Secretary of Commerce, FCC chairman, CFP, and TV networks to create an exclusive broadcast window for the Army-Navy game. The order comes two months after Trump's initial announcement. frontofficesports.com/trump-vows-to-…

NEW: Following a failed bid for the soon-to-be New Orleans Pelicans, former NBA commissioner David Stern helped RAJ Sports buy a stake in the Sacramento Kings. “He said to my dad, ‘I may have something better for you," Lisa Bhathal Merage tells @FOS. frontofficesports.com/raj-sports-kin…

Sent to cover the Super Bowl by WaPo, then laid off while there. glad @benjstrauss landed on his feet -- all of 1 month later. Good Q&A with @MMcCarthyREV about what Ben will and won't do at ESPN. frontofficesports.com/ben-strauss-wa…

very embarrassing, cringe

Just in: CBS News execs tell employees that layoffs are happening today. "These are very hard choices and today is a difficult day," Bari Weiss and Tom Cibrowski say.

NEW: Between the unrestricted transfer portal and NIL/rev-share deals, it's never been more difficult for underdogs to succeed in March. And yet, several underdogs are alive and well. VCU, Texas, and High Point (Cinderella candidate?) all won today. frontofficesports.com/march-madness-…

The dreaded March Madness dinner lull

Venezuela's win over the USA in the World Baseball Classic final drew a record 10.78M viewers on Fox and Fox Deportes. frontofficesports.com/wbc-title-game…

NEW: At least one athlete at Texas A&M was the subject of a College Sports Commission investigation into allegedly unreported NIL deals. A Texas A&M spokesperson tells @FOS the inquiry has been resolved. frontofficesports.com/texas-am-athle…

Rep. Rick Larsen (D, WA), Congressional Soccer Caucus co-chair, told me Trump's threat to the Iranian team's safety is "disappointing." "This is the World Cup, and the teams should feel safe playing the games in the country where they're taking place."frontofficesports.com/washington-rep…