10/23/26 - JJ Watt Takes CBS Chair, FIFA Rights Shake-Up, Small-Market World Series

JJ Watt officially named CBS Sports’s lead NFL analyst, replacing Tony Romo NFL considers letting TV viewers watch and hear instant replay reviews Fox could be cut from World Cup as FIFA looks to bundle English and Spanish rights White Sox co-owner Mat Ishbia tells FOS he backs an MLB salary cap and floor ahead of looming labor stoppage FOS reporter Eric Fisher previews the small-market Rays-Brewers World Series from American Family Field Knicks fans name their newborn son Knickson Fyve Make sure to subscribe and follow Front Office Sports across socials to stay up-to-date on the latest conversations around the business and culture of sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ESPN’s Jeff Passan tells FOS that Rays-Brewers small-market World Series won’t stop the MLB lockout Maryland fires Mike Locksley, owing him nearly $10 million, the first FBS head coach let go this season Ohio State–Indiana and Notre Dame–BYU deliver huge college football TV ratings Atlanta Dream sell out 17,000-seat NBA arena for Game 3 of WNBA Finals FOS reporter Ellyn Briggs on how Jaguars fans can pay $5,904 to spend eternity at the stadium Watching every NBA game this season will cost you up to $771 Make sure to subscribe and follow Front Office Sports across socials to stay up-to-date on the latest conversations around the business and culture of sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NBA Hall of Famer Tracy McGrady tells FOS the Clippers’ punishment was “warranted” Adam Silver says LeBron’s Fanatics helicopter breaks no NBA rules Long-shot Brewers and Rays leave sportsbooks sweating after starting season at 35-to-1 and 80-to-1 odds to win World Series FOS reporter Mark Maske joins from NFL owners meetings on league clearing the Eagles on Jalen Hurts, plus 49ers owner Jed York returns from suspension Jay-Z reportedly picks himself for Super Bowl LXI halftime as U2 lands Thanksgiving Eve game Make sure to subscribe and follow Front Office Sports across socials to stay up-to-date on the latest conversations around the business and culture of sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jalen Hurts’s season ends with blood clots, putting the Eagles’ $255M QB on the sidelines Florida opens college basketball season as preseason AP No. 1 New York launches 88-person committee to explore 2042 Winter Olympics bid World Series Game 1 tickets top Super Bowl prices in Milwaukee FOS editor-in-chief Dan Roberts on tickets to Knicks’ banner-night opener Tuesday against LeBron and the Sixers averaging nearly $4,000 Dan Patrick says Colts reached out to Peyton Manning about GM job, ownership stake Make sure to subscribe and follow Front Office Sports across socials to stay up-to-date on the latest conversations around the business and culture of sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NBA bans first basket bets and under-heavy parlays ahead of Tuesday's tipoff Cathy Engelbert says the next WNBA commissioner needs "very thick skin" Michigan benches $10M NIL quarterback Bryce Underwood, freshman Tommy Carr rallies win FOS NFL reporter Mark Maske on Troy Aikman no longer consulting with the Dolphins and civil unrest in Paris ahead of the NFL’s first game in France Five of AP's top seven college football teams lose, most since the poll began in 1936 Make sure to subscribe and follow Front Office Sports across socials to stay up-to-date on the latest conversations around the business and culture of sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

College Football Playoff nears deal with ESPN to expand to 24 teams in 2027 Jon Rahm leaves LIV Golf with no extra money, forfeiting over $100M Infantino apologizes to FIFA Council, but European leaders still want answers NBA’s official Instagram apparently hacked to promote a crypto memecoin Troy Aikman eyes his “next landing spot” amid Joe Buck rift, with FOS reporter Ryan Glasspiegel Hall of Famer Amar’e Stoudemire graduates police academy, joins Miami-Dade Schools Police Make sure to subscribe and follow Front Office Sports across socials to stay up-to-date on the latest conversations around the business and culture of sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blake Griffin tells FOS the Clippers’ record $30 million fine “fits” Joe Buck and Troy Aikman have had tension behind the scenes as Aikman waits on a new ESPN deal FIFA set to change the rule that let Folarin Balogun dodge a suspension in World Cup SEC refuses to drop its LSU lawsuit, citing the conference’s “stubborn refusal” to follow rules Elle Duncan says covering the WNBA has become “toxic” ahead of the Finals Pablo Torre buys a mechanical bird from Kelly Clarkson’s feud for charity, after teasing the news at FOS’s Tuned In event Make sure to subscribe and follow Front Office Sports across socials to stay up-to-date on the latest conversations around the business and culture of sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ESPN’s Chris Berman believes Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest slowed the NFL’s 18-game push Court unseals Korn Ferry memo on Brian Flores, first reported by FOS WNBA moves Finals dates so the Dream can play at State Farm Arena Mike Tirico defends NBC’s Michael Jordan interview as “completely worth it” and discusses why fans should care about the 2028 L.A. Olympics Pablo Torre says NBA owners contacted him about LeBron’s Fanatics helicopter Make sure to subscribe and follow Front Office Sports across socials to stay up-to-date on the latest conversations around the business and culture of sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Quinn’s job security in doubt after Commanders’ overtime clock blunder Atlanta Dream may host WNBA Finals in league’s smallest arena James Madison pays $23M to join the American Conference Kentucky owes LSU $500K after fans storm the field after surprise win Editor in Chief Dan Roberts previews FOS’s Tuned In event happening today in New York City featuring Pablo Torre, Chris Berman, Mike Tirico and more. Michael Jordan’s 1998 Finals jersey sells for record $14 million Make sure to subscribe and follow Front Office Sports across socials to stay up-to-date on the latest conversations around the business and culture of sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MLB owners propose eight fewer regular-season games, with top seeds picking their playoff opponents Caitlin Clark defends Kelsey Mitchell, who is noncommittal on returning to the Fever NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman says the league will expand to 20 teams and beyond Shaquille O’Neal tells FOS he doesn’t believe Charles Barkley is leaving Inside the NBA FOS reporter Ben Horney on NFL asking the Supreme Court to decide the regulatory status of prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket Joe Buck to guest-judge Dancing with the Stars’s first Super Bowl Night Make sure to subscribe and follow Front Office Sports across socials to stay up-to-date on the latest conversations around the business and culture of sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices