John Skipper’s abrupt exit opened the door for ESPN to strike a UFC deal
Skipper reportedly "wasn’t a fan of the sport and didn’t believe it fit into ESPN’s schedule."
Skipper reportedly "wasn’t a fan of the sport and didn’t believe it fit into ESPN’s schedule."
"We were trying to figure out where he was and how we could get a satellite feed to him so that he could watch his Ducks game in a hotel in Prague. I believe we succeeded."
"When a booth is functioning on all cylinders, there's this nice symbiotic dynamic between the producer and the people in the booth. ...You're just vibing. That's what we're trying to get to, and it has to happen organically."
The latest edition of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast with Richard Deitsch dropped on Thursday and his guest was Sports Business...