The Varsity

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Puck Sports Correspondent John Ourand and a rotating cast of industry insiders take you deep inside the executive suites and owner boxes that run the entire sports business. You’ll hear interviews with everyone from players to network execs and everyone in between. The Varsity is an extension of John's private email for Puck by the same name. New episodes publish twice-weekly, every Wednesday and Sunday.

Episode Date
The NFL's Trust Issues
Apr 23, 2025
The Varsity Live From SF!
Apr 20, 2025
Everyone Watches Women’s Sports
Apr 16, 2025
Sports TV in the McAfee Era
Apr 13, 2025
The ESPN Migration
Apr 09, 2025
Gary Bettman: O Canada!
Apr 06, 2025
Marchand, Round 2!
Apr 02, 2025
Gary Danielson’s Final Analysis
Mar 30, 2025
The Sports Streaming Battle Royale
Mar 26, 2025
Can Netflix Outpace YouTube?
Mar 23, 2025
Do the Wright Thing
Mar 19, 2025
TNT's Life After NBA
Mar 16, 2025
LIV and Let Die
Mar 12, 2025
Women’s Soccer’s Billion-Dollar Glow-Up
Mar 09, 2025
A New D.C. Sports Monopoly?
Mar 05, 2025
Coming to America: World Cup Edition
Mar 02, 2025
The MLB-ESPN Breakup Song
Feb 26, 2025
Big East Hoop Dreams
Feb 23, 2025
UFC Rights Fights, F1 Deal Heat & ESPN’s Media Moneyball
Feb 19, 2025
Grant Hill From the Owner's Box
Feb 16, 2025
Shams’ Art of the Scoop
Feb 12, 2025
NBC Sports in The Big Easy
Feb 09, 2025
In Goodell We Trust?
Feb 05, 2025
Hoop Talk With Stan Van!
Feb 02, 2025
The NFL’s Streaming Playbook
Jan 29, 2025
Netflix’s UFC Gamble & ESPN’s Streaming Calculus
Jan 26, 2025
College Football's Billion-Dollar Gold Mine
Jan 22, 2025
ESPN's Staying Power & NFL's Global Gridiron
Jan 19, 2025
Iger’s Fubo Curveball & The TikTok Endgame
Jan 15, 2025
The Golf Revolution Will Be Televised!
Jan 12, 2025
Hubo? Fulu? Inside a Shock Streaming Mashup
Jan 08, 2025
The Billion-Dollar Business of the College Football Playoff
Jan 05, 2025
Introducing: Office Ladies 6.0
Jan 03, 2025
PGA of Arabia
Jan 01, 2025
SVP!
Dec 29, 2024
2024 Wrapped: Sports Media Edition
Dec 25, 2024
The Tao of Talent Management
Dec 22, 2024
The Belichick Whisperer
Dec 18, 2024
The ESPN Fantasy Draft
Dec 15, 2024
Stephen A. Breaks the Bank & World Cup Media Limbo
Dec 11, 2024
No NFL, No Glory
Dec 08, 2024
Marchand!
Dec 04, 2024
The Live Sports Streaming Playbook
Dec 01, 2024
Media Merger Mania & The Celtics L.B.O.
Nov 27, 2024
The ESPN-TNT Crossover
Nov 24, 2024
Netflix’s Fight Night & Zaz’s NBA Play
Nov 20, 2024
Getting Up With Greeny
Nov 17, 2024
NFL Growing Pains
Nov 13, 2024
Trump Merger Mania
Nov 10, 2024
Woke Fox Sports & Locker Room Politics
Nov 06, 2024
NASCAR's Next Gear
Nov 03, 2024
Amazon’s Crap Shoot & MLB’s Fall Classic Magic
Oct 30, 2024
Smoltz's Double Play
Oct 27, 2024
College Sports’ Big Money Era
Oct 23, 2024
Manfred’s MLB Magic
Oct 20, 2024
Jack Nicklaus’ N.I.L Nightmare
Oct 16, 2024
Inside Woj’s ESPN Exit
Oct 13, 2024
The MLB-ESPN Showdown & Shams’ Side Step
Oct 09, 2024
OK, Boomer
Oct 06, 2024
Apple’s MLS Gambit & Bezos’ Sports Fantasy
Oct 02, 2024
Gary Bettman on the NHL’s Media Moves
Sep 29, 2024
The Tao of Woj & More Zaz Woes
Sep 25, 2024
Snoop, Léon & An Olympics Postmortem
Sep 22, 2024
Charter Martyrs, Zaz’s News Cycle & RSNapalooza
Sep 18, 2024
The Disney Deal, Zaz’s MFN & Lax God Paul Rabil
Sep 15, 2024
ESPN Economics & Brady’s Big Fumble
Sep 11, 2024
The WNBA’s Cathy Engelbert on Caitlin & the $200M Deal
Sep 08, 2024
The DirecTV Gambit & Bundle Extinction Events
Sep 04, 2024
Jimmy Pitaro on the NBA Deal, Stephen A., Flagship, Venu, McAfee & ESPN’s Future
Sep 01, 2024
Peyton Manning on NIL, Brady, ManningCast, Belichick & More
Aug 28, 2024
Introducing The Varsity with John Ourand
Aug 13, 2024