There may be no bigger winner this sports season than Peacock. The NBCUniversal-owned streaming service, which already has managed to exclusively broadcast an NFL playoff game and carry the Premier League’s biggest clubs, is now set to show Caitlin Clark’s likely historic moment on Thursday night. The Iowa women’s basketball megastar is in line to … Read more
Chris “Mad Dog” Russo isn’t buying what the NFL is selling in terms of streaming. The well-known sports talker is still enraged weeks later about the NFL’s decision to air the Chiefs-Dolphins wild-card round playoff game on the NBCUniversal-run platform, Peacock. Russo has not been alone in his dismay over the NFL’s decision to broadcast … Read more
The NFL’s decision to broadcast the Chiefs-Dolphins wild card game exclusively on Peacock — which requires viewers to pay for a subscription — has received additional backlash ahead of the game, with Rep. Pat Ryan (N.Y.) blasting the NFL and NBC in a letter addressed to commissioner Roger Goodell and NBC Sports president Rick Cordella. … Read more