Ryan Glasspiegel

1 week ago | frontofficesports.com | Ryan Glasspiegel

When the NBA showed player introductions at the NBA Finals for the first time in over a decade earlier this week, prolific social media personality “World Wide Wob” quipped that “NBA Twitter” might as well have a Board of Governors vote.

1 week ago | frontofficesports.com | Ryan Glasspiegel

The sports world got sticker shock Wednesday when ESPN reported that the Bussfamily sold its majority stake in the Lakers to Dodgers owner Mark Walter at a valuation of $10 billion. The Athletic later reported that the valuation could reach $12 billion. Several factors contributed to the astronomical figure, as the Celtics just recently sold for $6.1 billion, and Walter and his partners had purchased 27% of the Lakers from AEG in a deal that valued the team at $5 billion in 2021.

1 week ago | frontofficesports.com | Michael McCarthy |Ryan Glasspiegel

Laura Okmin, the third-longest-tenured sideline reporter in NFL history, is leaving Fox Sports. During an exclusive interview with Front Office Sports, Okmin said it was her choice to leave her TV job so she could focus on her company, GALvanize, which trains and mentors young women entering the sports world, as well as projects inside and outside the football world. She says she’ll continue covering the NFL postseason and Super Bowl for the Westwood One radio network.

1 week ago | basketball.realgm.com | Ryan Glasspiegel

Caitlin Clark's return to game action for the Indiana Fever against the New York Liberty following a quad injury averaged 2.2 million viewers on ABC, making it the third-most-watched WNBA game ever on the network. The game drew 76 percent more viewers than the average WNBA game on ABC last year. The WNBA had a decrease in ratings as Clark was out for five games with her injury.

1 week ago | frontofficesports.com | Ryan Glasspiegel

Ja Morant disputes Stephen A. Smith’s assertion that NBA players don’t feel safe in Memphis. In a First Take segment Tuesday where the prompt was whether the Grizzlies should move on from Morant and embark on a deeper rebuild after trading Desmond Bane to Orlando for a package including four first-round draft picks, Marcus Morris advocated for absolutely not trading Morant while Markieff Morris wondered what the plan would be in dealing him in away.