Thursday, January 31, 2019
The
NBA’s announcement that
J. Cole will headline the entertainment portion of the
All Star Game telecast provides further evidence of
Interscope’s continuing domination of top-tier televised sports programming.
The year started with a performance by
Imagine Dragons during halftime of the
CFP Championship Game on
ESPN, while
Maroon 5 will headline
Super Bowl LIII on
CBS this Sunday and
TNT will air the NBA All-Star Game on 2/17. No matter the network, Interscope appears to have a lock on the biggest sports telecasts.
Signal-caller
Steve Berman modestly brushes off comparisons of his post-season record with that of
Tom Brady, while head coach
John Janick points out that he’s seven years older than
Rams wunderkind
Sean McVay.
