Ryan Glasspiegel on ESPN Layoffs, Ryan Clark, Sophie Cunningham, Tom Dundon

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comA lot of fascinating ESPN dynamics to discuss this week. Ryan and I get into the nitty, the gritty and so much more. Topics! Include!* The dynamics of Ryan Clark’s ESPN firing* Inside the bizarre race between OutKick and Andrew Marchand to break ESPN’s biggest layoff story* Is ESPN quietly becoming less political—or is something else really happening?* The real forces behind ESPN’s layoffs—and why Disney deserves more of the blame than McAfee* Why losing your ESPN job isn’t the career-ending disaster it used to be* How YouTube completely changed the economics of sports media careers* Sophie Cunningham is now probably more famous than A’ja Wilson* Why the WNBA keeps making decisions that seem to work against its own popularity* Could Sophie Cunningham become an even better player now that she’s become a cultural phenomenon?* Can the Blazers really leave Portland—or do NBA expansion economics make relocation almost impossible?