A chart: Stephen A. Smith’s 5-year $100M deal with ESPN puts him at No. 3 among the highest-paid sports media personalities in America, behind Charles Barkley and Tom Brady.
A chart: F1 Drive To Survive continues to be the most-watched Netflix sports documentary in 2024.
[OC] F1 Drive To Survive Season 6 was the most-watched Netflix sports documentary in 2024
A chart: The NFL Salary Cap has increased from $224.8 million in 2023 to $279.2 million in 2025, the largest 2-year increase in history.
[OC] The NFL Salary Cap has increased from $224.8 million in 2023 to $279.2 million in 2025, the largest 2-year increase in history.
A Chart: Lakers vs. Mavericks averaged 2.5M viewers, the largest NBA audience on cable since Opening Night.
[OC] Luka and LeBron’s Lakers vs. Mavericks averaged 2.5M viewers, the highest NBA audience on cable since Opening Night.
A Chart: Luka and LeBron’s Lakers vs. Mavericks averaged 2.5M viewers, the highest NBA audience on cable since Opening Night.
[OC] Since drafting Steph Curry in 2009, the Warriors' valuation has grown from $315 million to $8.8 billion to become the most valuable team in the league today.
A chart: The 2025 NBA All-Star game was the second least-watched in history
A chart: Since drafting Steph Curry in 2009, the Warriors' valuation has grown from $315 million to $8.8 billion to become the most valuable team in the league today.
[OC] Down 13% vs. last year, this year's NBA All-Star game was the second least-watched ever
[OC] This year, the WNBA Finals hit the million viewer mark for the first time in over two decades
[OC] At just 17.5%, tennis players receive the smallest share of total revenue of the sport, compared to all other major sports.
[OC] Alcaraz is the highest-paid tennis player in 2024. Nadal and Osaka, despite playing very little, feature in the top 10 largely due to their endorsements.
[OC] In celebration of Rafael Nadal's retirement this week, I made a chart to show his remarkable win-loss record on clay, through two decades of his career.
Derrick Rose says he was “shocked” at the news & says “it hurts, he jump started my career again. He took a chance on me.”
Derrick Rose: “This is home for me. I’ll never leave Chicago.”
NBA All Star voting has begun
Derrick Rose on the love he gets from Chicago: "It means a lot. Especially being a Chicago kid. The way that I play is the Chicago way of playing basketball. I'm happy I still got fans there. My love for Chicago will never go anywhere."
It begins:"Embiid: Role since Butler trade 'frustrates me'"
Thibs on Derrick Rose's leadership: “He’s got great awareness, saying the right thing at the right time to someone … but doing it in a positive way. Because leadership is not just about confronting somebody, it’s inspiring them and also about lifting them up..."
GAME THREAD: HOUSTON ROCKETS (11-11) @ MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES (11-12) - (DECEMBER 3RD, 2018)
