• Adam Kilgore (Washington Post)

• Juan Rodriguez (Sun Sentinel)

• Mark Bowman (MLB)

• Ryan Lawrence (Philadelphia Daily News)

• Adam Rubin (ESPN New York)

How much did they invest? Read more

So why did you sell 538? That's your brand, you built that. When you leave, it's ESPNs. Why not rent it out? I'm sure they'd be happy to do that licensing deal. Why sell now? Do you feel you're at your peak in market value? Read more

Two points on this one. She got that salary pre-recession, pre-crash. Had she re-signed, I doubt it would have matched. But! SI still does hand out enormous salaries. Well, at least to one person. Peter King makes about $1.5 million per year. Read more

ESPN's full statement: "The ESPYs is the premier multi-sports award show celebrating sports and athletic achievement on many levels. It also honors courage, perseverance and the unique ability of sports to inspire us. The ESPYs also serves as a cornerstone for having raised over $100 million dollars for cancer… Read more

Well, it's not just the NBA. Daytime SportsCenter's ratings are down 11 percent through mid-May. Between SC and the daytime shows, is there any bit of programming that's on ESPN and ESPN2 that feels inspired right now? Not asking that rhetorically. Curious. Read more

And it's worth repeating this once more: Advertising makes up only 25 percent of ESPN's revenue. So long as we're paying cable bills, ESPN will be just fiiiiiiiine. But so long as Disney keeps putting out flops, they better not lose one bit of that 25 percent. Read more

One more issue: Disney's movie business. The Lone Ranger was a complete disaster. So was John Carter. So, it's on ESPN to keep that revenue pouring in, and at the same clip it has over the last few years. Disney really needs it (all the more so because Bob Iger is out in a year and wants that stock price at all-time… Read more

I think it's impossible to put the blinders on for this one. If we assume that Rhodes's personal life has been an open secret—indeed, there's evident to believe it was!—then it's fair to say Jenkins was taking a swipe at him. If Jenkins has said "man up" or talked about other "women" players, I'm all ears. Read more

One footnote on Jenkins that isn't discussed enough: He basically called Kerry Rhodes a fairy back in 2010 after the Jets got rid of him. Well, here's the exact quote: Read more

An attendee writes: Yes, he was bad but...he had notes! Notes or no notes? Up for debate now. Based on everyone's account, sounds like it would actually be worse if did have a speech prepared. Read more

In his presser, Rafa refuses to talk about his knee. Read more

Make that: Rafa is down two sets and a break. Read more

You can also add in Rutgers for me. Dickey's got Columbia too, so that drops us a few notches lower, Burke. Read more

This might be ESPN's dream. ABC can have its basketball, air the chase on ESPN. No split screen, necessary. Which, btw, the split screen I found to be the most infuriating was not the OJ chase but the Jets division clinching game against the Bills in '98 that kept getting interrupted by Dan Rather/Clinton impeachment… Read more

Clubbing with Hernandez! Just so I can learn about more about the gangs of Bristol Read more