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Why Amazon Prime Video has officially reached the ESPN, Fox, NBC, CBS & TNT level. The surprising results of the Marchand PrimeTime Schedule Ratings™. The Sunday setback. How Netflix got what it wanted from the NFL. The next great NBA TV star. Shams vs. Amazon.

Why Gary Bettman was so right on John Tortorella. What to make of the Derek Jeter in the booth. And the ever popular “Cakes are Baking” game.

It is a 36-minute edition of Andrew Marchand & Jon Meterparel: Everybody Loves Sports Media.

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RUNDOWN ….

* HEADLINES: Why Amazon Prime Video has arrived in sports

* How the NFL is letting Netflix have the strategy it wants

* The schedule did not favor Sunday afternoons

* Gary Bettman puts John Tortorella & Las Vegas in the media penalty box

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* WHAT’s UP/WHAT’s DOWN: NFL Schedule Release, NBC MLB Booth, Chargers Social Media, Udonis Haslem

* THE QUESTIONS

* Evaluating Amazon Prime Video’s first year with NBA games

* The Steve Nash issue

* Shams vs. Amazon on the MVP story

* The NBA has found their next TV superstar … MJ, LeBron and now

* NBC’s Michael Jordan is compared to the Great Gatsby by Meterparel

* The surprising result of the official Marchand PrimeTime Schedule Ratings™

* The impact of CBS, Fox, Red Zone and Sunday Ticket

* NFL must be careful not to lose scarcity

* The lessons of the Premier League

* The big reason Bettman had to put the hammer down on Tortorella

* The hypocrisy of Tortorella and others

* Assessing the Ronda Rousey event for Netflix

* What to make of the Derek Jeter, David Ortiz, Alex Rodriguez and Kevin Burkhardt Fox Red Sox-Yankees booth for June 6

* The new viral term of “Grand Sham” for when a teams is on four different platforms in four days

* How about a “Triple Clown” when it is three

* Papa Clicker on WFAN’s Steve Somers’ book

* How Papa Clicker listened to Somers under the covers

* Cakes are Baking Game: Jim Nantz … Reggie Jackson … Ron Mercer

* “Off the Record” with Matt Hong on June 9th

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* On Deck: Gabe Spitzer is The Main Event