The Varsity
* Ilan Ben-Hanan (
@IBH) —an SVP of programming & content strategy, is the most senior ESPN executive to be laid off this week.
* Will regulators get behind YouTube's pending deal with the NFL?
* Casey Wasserman is on Capitol Hill trying to salvage the funding he’s spent years putting together for LA28, per
@LACaldwellDC.
*
@DylanByers on Russini-gate: "This is going to accelerate the process of integrating The Athletic more" into NYT standards.
* Monumental Sports hires
@doriancraft to call Mystics games.
Plus, how much longer is Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund willing to continue pumping billions into its quixotic bet on LIV Golf, as the Iran war dislocates sporting events like Formula One and Fanatics flag football?
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