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07-05-2025
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Yahoo Pitches Partnerships With Kevin Durant's Boardroom, Chef Nick DiGiovanni to Advertisers
Today, at Yahoo's NewFronts presentation, the company announced a slate of partnerships as well as new content and talent—but it's also celebrating a major milestone: its 30th anniversary. 'Yahoo isn't just on the internet—it is the internet,' Rob Wilk, chief revenue officer at Yahoo, said in a statement. 'And we've never been more energized about what's ahead.' Among its key announcements, Yahoo revealed that Yahoo Sports is working with Boardroom, the media network co-founded by Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman, which covers the business of sports, entertainment, and culture, for a content partnership that will give fans a better understanding of players and storylines in the sports and business world. The collaboration will feature a two-part initiative, which is set to launch later this year. The initiative includes a new multi-platform video series titled Network with Rich Kleiman, hosted by Kleiman, and a dedicated Boardroom hub, which will showcase clips and episodes of Network with Rich Kleiman while also including Boardroom's original reporting and features. Yahoo announced partnerships with Nick DiGiovanni, Amy Robach and TJ Holmes, and Deena Margolin and Kristin Gallant. Aaron Idelson, Courtesy of Yahoo On the Yahoo News side, the brand is leveraging its content with new partnerships, including a tie-up with celebrity chef and MasterChef finalist Nick DiGiovanni, who will bring his signature culinary food content to Yahoo's readers. Yahoo News is also collaborating with Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes, who will write Ask Amy & T.J., a new weekly column launching in early June. The former broadcasters and current podcast hosts will offer candid tips and advice on love and relationships — and even respond to readers' questions and queries directly.
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07-05-2025
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Francisco Lindor: Boardroom 1-on-1 extended interview
The New York Mets shortstop sat down with Rich Kleiman of The Boardroom to discuss his rise to becoming one of the faces of Major League Baseball, how the Mets turned around the franchise and so much more. View more Video Transcript I'm addicted to baseball. Advertisement I live it. I breathe it. I, I eat it. It's basil, basil, baseball. Every time you're in New York, there's always pressure. Pressure is a is a great opportunity to create something special. We don't have the luxury of like um trying this new thing in 2 weeks I haven't got a hit. You gotta perform every day. What's up everybody and welcome to another boardroom cover story for our April cover story we have the honor to have an interview today with a very special guest somebody that means a lot to me being that I am a lifelong Met fan, so please welcome to the show. The New York Mets' leadoff hitter, shortstop, All-Star, and I say future MVP my friend Francisco Lindor. Advertisement Thank you, brother. Thank you. I appreciate it what's up, man. Welcome to the show. Thank you, brother. Thank you, excited to be here. Let's talk about uh New York right now. Um, you know, Obviously ending last season was exciting. I was at opening day and I could feel the excitement in the stadium. It was almost like a continuation of October. Do you feel this extra kind of sense of pressure maybe or that the expectations have risen after you guys' performance last year? I mean, every time. You in New York there's always pressure you know I love it. I, I think it's pressure is, it's is a great opportunity to create something special, you know, so, um, coming into this year, I mean, we, yeah, the, the pressure it's that we got to win, but that was the same thing in 2021, 2022, 23, 24, now 25, you know, it's just. Advertisement We gotta get it done, you know, we have to, and we all, we, we are all working towards that and um I feel like the city deserves it, the organization deserves it, and the players deserve it as well so um but nothing's gonna be given we gotta work for it. So no added pressure, not really at the end of the day. I gotta go out there and get it done no matter what. Even if we win this year, you know, there there's still pressure like the Dodgers won last year, they still got pressure. Yeah, you know, so it's just like every time you get put in a in a in a place to create something special, there's always going to be pressure. Advertisement But you guys made clearly. Made noise in the offseason. When a player like Juan Soto comes into a lineup, is there an adjustment? I know in the NBA, even when there's a successful team, right? When you join a team and a superstar comes and joins a roster, there are certain things that you have to kind of account for and just a change in dynamic or chemistry. How has that been early? and what as a leader of the team do you try to take into account in that process? Yeah, for a guy like Soto, it's all about making him feel comfortable, making him feel like this is also his team, you know, like he's going to be here for a very long time. Advertisement So you want to get him to feel that. He's part of everything we're trying to accomplish and he's gonna help us accomplish the ultimate goal which is winning. uh, he's been fantastic. He's a guy that's been the same person from day one, that he shoulded up in spring training to yesterday, you know, I, I'm sure it'll be the same person today. uh I. I appreciated where he has gone about it. I appreciate that he's not trying to do anything extra, and he, he had obviously one year already in New York, so he kinda understands the, the, the land, you know, he understands how this is, but. You just got to make him feel like. Advertisement This is his home because he truly is his house. You know he's going to be here for a very long time. And you also obviously are only a few years from signing your contract. I'm sure there's information you could give him um on just like how to kind of block out that noise, knowing that this is like a long time. You have a long time here. Um, have you felt that role as a leader grow over your last kind of few years here? Yeah, for sure. I mean, Soto has done a fantastic job of not letting the contract get in his. Way as of right now. But the most important thing when you sign a contract like that, it's you can't make up. Advertisement All the expectations in one year, you know, it's gonna be, you do a year after year after year after year and eventually. People are gonna look back and say. It was worth it, you know, but you can't go out, even if you win MVP your first season with the new contract. You gotta still come back the next year and do it again, you know, so it's a lot about staying the course, you know, taking it day by day, living in the moment and not letting the outside, um. Noise get inside the house. Well, you know what one thing Nets fans will always love about him is that he left the Yankees. I'm sure I'm sure they love that he'll have that for the rest of his career. Advertisement Yeah. And obviously getting Pete Alonzo back. I think as a Met fan, that was something from an emotional standpoint that everybody felt was really important. Did you feel the same and and did you feel that excitement once you guys finally figured that out? Yeah, once he decided to sign with us, it lengthened our lineup. You know it's like to have a guy like him, he's a fantastic person and he's a great hitter. So when everything came down to He's signing with the Mets. Obviously, from the outside looking in, it looks amazing because Selfishly makes the team better, you know, so it's like, hell yeah, now we, now we go, we continue our journey, we continue to, to grow, and then I'm sure from the Mets fans' point of view. Advertisement He's a homegrown player and Mets fans love homegrown players and they, they embrace them like no others, and it's, it's. He's gonna be the home run leader in the franchise. So it's, you know, you have a guy that you drafted and he becomes their home run leader in the franchise as it don't happen, that don't happen too often. When you think about your lineup, obviously now people see your lineup and it's as formidable as any lineup in the league, and then when you Read the kind of analysis of the team, they talk about the pitching staff and how that's a concern. Is it a concern for you? Do you guys pay any attention to that? Advertisement Not for me, not for me, because I'm not a GM, uh, I'm just a shortstop. No, but I feel like we have a really good pitching staff. It's just we don't have the big time names that other teams have, but I mean, we Senga is an all-star. Banaya has been fantastic. Clay Holmes is an all-star, but now he's starting, you know, we have other guys are Peterson, it's up and coming, McGill up and coming, you know, we, we have, we have what it takes, you know, we just don't have a lot of the track record that all the teams have in their pitching staff and the big time names, but. Our pitchers have been fantastic, you know, I mean, they were one of the reasons why we made it all the way last year, you know. Advertisement And honestly, there were times when the Mets had Big names at 1 through 5 and we'd win 70 games. So you know I think like you said it's about having a deep bullpen, having a great pitching staff that's playing up and I'm sure they hear the chatter too, which is 100% got to be motivating you know I mentioned the crowd it was pretty insane um. And obviously, when you come up to bad that moment, that's become a real memorable moment, I think having you come to Bat, having the entire crowd sing My Girl. What was that playoff run like for you in terms of like moments in your life to see how electric the crowd became? Advertisement It was sick. So when you put a walkup song. The most of the guys they put it because they're vibing to the song, they like the song. And they want the fans to engage with it. And when you give vibe to the song and the fans get behind it and you start winning, you know, it's like, yeah, it feels good. It feels good that we at last year during the playoffs we had this fantastic aura, you know, like the fans will bring it. It was just like, we're at home, we're not gonna lose, you know, it's like. We have true home field advantage, yes, as well, you know, where it's like the crowd, it's just like you got 40,000 people pulling in one direction, you know, and then you have the players pulling the same direction as 40,000 people. Advertisement It's it's a strong force without question. Growing up in New York, outside of you know one or two years, it's been a Yankee town, but during the playoffs last year. I was really loud to anyone that would listen to me telling me that I was feeling a shift. I was at City Field for all the games first Dodgers, Phillies, and then I went to the World Series night and day. But did you feel that chatter and that idea that people were talking about you guys now as much, if not more, than they were talking about your crosstown rivals? I feel like the atmosphere. I feel like City field is becoming. The place to be, you know what I'm saying like it it's so you have there's certain places around the league that yeah there's a game, but it's more of an event. Advertisement It's almost like basketball like when you go to a basketball game there's a game, but it, it feels like an event. It feels like something special is happening and that's kind of how it feels at Citi Field right now and uh how it felt last year where it was, it was. A baseball game, but it felt more than a baseball game. It felt like people were just like it was the place to be, you know, and that's kind of how he feels this year and I think that maybe that's why you, when you, when you're experiencing and feeling the shift, it's maybe that's what you are feeling like it's it's almost the place to be, you know, if there's something happening and there's 5 things happening, which one are you gonna pick? Advertisement Citi Field. I'll go to Citi Field, you know it's like, yeah, that's what happens when a team's in the playoffs in New York. In general, that becomes the talk of the town, but when the environment becomes almost like a music festival, which is what that felt like, it's where everyone wants to go. So then you have like Novice fans that are just going to Citi Field because they don't want to miss the moment. Correct. I think a lot of this has also obviously aligned with new ownership, right? And I've represented Kevin for almost his entire career and I know the difference between having a great owner. You could feel it because there's no stone unturned and changes to an in game experience, to the accommodations, to the commitment to spending on players is obvious and. Advertisement It can be motivating, and I know you have a good relationship with the whole family. Is that as good as it seems from the outside? 10 100%. It's something that You know that whole family is putting just as much energy and effort that the players are putting into it, you know, so it's it, you know, they want to make this place one of the craziest, best places. In the league, you know, in the world, and, and but they're doing it step by step. They're not cutting steps, you know, because when you start cutting steps, eventually comes back to bite you. So like they're doing it step by step. You know it's almost like. Advertisement They, they're learning. They're figuring things out and they're doing it the right way, you know, you have Alex taking care of the families, you have Steve overseeing pretty much everything. You have Josh, you know, doing media and making sure that people that Matt's name is it continues to grow with the right people and alongside the right places, um, and then, and then you have the front office that's putting the team on the field. And then you have the players that are just just as excited as ownership in front office being a Met, you know, um, so it's, it's a good thing. There's a good thing happening lifelong Mets fans. Advertisement Yeah, no, for sure. I mean, they, when you, when they're fans of the organization. And they have the willingness and the desire to improve the organization. Magical things can happen, yeah, and that's what they've been doing. They're, they're from day one, they said that they were going to do certain things and they have every year they have continued to Do it, yeah, every year they put the same amount of effort, you know, and I don't think it, it's gonna stop even when we went, yeah, you could tell, I mean that that man wants to win at all costs, yeah. When you have a great year like you did last year and you go into the offseason, do you have certain things that you go, OK, I want to improve upon this in my game, and that becomes the focus obviously alongside the rest of your offseason plan. Advertisement Yeah, yeah, it does. It's a blessing and a curse, you know, because when you get so addicted to improving and getting better. Sometimes you forget what you're doing right and you're so caught up in doing and fixing what you weren't as good that it gets to a point where it's like, oh damn, I gotta, I gotta go back to what I do right, you know, and then build off that so it's a fine balance it's a fine line of do I wanna improve in what I did bad. And sacrifice a little bit of the things that I did very good or should I just continue to work at what I did very good and give a little bit more time on what I did bad, you know, and, and that's kind of how I went about it this offseason whereas like the things I did a little bit bad, you know, I just work at them but get better at the things that I did really good. Advertisement And do you watch film of yourself every night, every night after every game, after every game, yeah, yeah, cause I, I. I got to see how they're pitching me. I got to see what I'm doing. You know, for me, I look at my mechanics, are they in the right spot? Are they not in the right spot? Why did they break down or why were they so good, you know, yeah, it's a lot of that comes with the mindset, but. I just like seeing it. I like studying. I'm in school every time I'm on the field. And do you have film on all the pictures too so you can watch their whole techniquets and stuff, all the pictures. I have how they. How they work, you know, and then I try to study and figure out what the stri is, you know, if they're trying to go up, up, up, down, or if they're trying to go in in a way, as they're pushing north, south, east, west. That's amazing. And I think it's interesting about baseball, it's probably different than most other sports is the amount of in-season adjustments that players make at times, like players actually making changes in their batting stances throughout the season. Is that something that's challenging as a player, or is that the type of thing that when you're slumping or if a hitting coach kind of tips you off to something, then you are able to kind of make that shift during the season? Yeah, so I guess it's like anything in life when Sometimes I have my hands here and I drop them a little bit. In my mind, I feel like they went all the way down here. I look at the film and I'm like you know it's like, but it felt good. So. We play every day, so it's not like other sports where you have to wait 3 days to make the adjustment. We play every day. So you have the opportunity to try things out. What you can't fall into is changing every single day. Yeah, if you find something, stick to that and just give it a week, give it two weeks, you know, this is, they say 21 days is what creates a habit, really, the thing they say is 21 days you create a good habit and it takes, I think 1 day to break it. So it's like don't go every other day trying new things, you know, just try find something, stick to that, try it for a week and a week and a half, you know, but it's all based results, so we don't have the luxury of like um trying this new thing and then 2 weeks I I haven't got a hit, you know, you gotta, you gotta perform every day. How stressful is it throughout a 162 game season when you're going through a bit of a slump as a player? When I was a younger player, it was very stressful. Sleepless nights, you know, as, as I get older, I have learned to compart life, you know, I just find. Buckets of like, I, I'm home, I'm with my girls now with my son, um. Let me just, let me be a dad. Well before it was just basically base base baseball I couldn't fall asleep. I still have those nights, but it's less, um. The wear and tear in your body, that's what, that's when Baso becomes a little more tough. Do you think having and congratulations on the birth of your son, do you think having this this part of your life now, married, three young kids has been an incredible balance for you overall in your life? I'm living the life I always wanted. Um, I'm. I've told people I'm peeing in life in a way, you know, because like, I got an amazing wife, I got 3 kids, um, I'm playing in amazing place, every year is all winning, every day is all winning. Um, so, yes, I'm in a fantastic place right now, I think. My girls and now my boy, they brought a fantastic balance. I'm addicted to baseball. Yeah, you know, I, I live it, I breathe it, I, I eat it. I it's baseball, base, baseball. So having a family. On my own It almost like helps me get away from baseball. Yeah, and my hope is my girls are into music, dancing, you know, all the sports, so I can. Go outside of baseball and do other things with them, otherwise it'd be baseball, baseball, baseball. But you also have so many other interests, right? Like I would say that you're widely considered the most stylish guy in the league. You're somebody who, you know, has such an incredible kind of relevance or I'd say cultural relevance that transcends the sport. How do you also add that level of a kind of. Focus because those are things that are real for you and you've built a good business for yourself. Um, how does that fit into a schedule as long as the baseball season? Yeah, well, it's, it almost become a lifestyle. It becomes part of who you are, you know, and like going to other businesses, it's, you hope that. It's not disrupting the main thing that I do, which is baseball. So you gotta incorporate into your lifestyle, you know, make it part of your routines. Yeah, like for me, um, I love clothing, I love dressing up. I'm looking at different textures and pieces, and I send it to um Alan, my style coach, and I used to be like, hey, what you think about this? That's I'm seeing something like this, and then. I want to go into the coffee area so then I just everywhere I go I look at the coffees and I ask questions about it, but it, it becomes part of like I'm always drinking coffee in the morning, so why not learn about it while I'm drinking it, you know, um, same thing with real estate, um. Everywhere I go there's there's real estate. Life is a real estate. So I'm always like, I, what's what's in here? I'll just go in the app and look it up and send it to the people that are helping with it and just learn about it and uh figure out, you know, how much it costs and why it costs that much and just. You almost make it part of your daily routines, make it, make it part of your lifestyle. What's a style coach? It's the guy that helps me. Pick out my outfits and helps me understand silhouettes, textures, and he he essentially helps me. Look clean. Yeah. So it's almost like a level up from even just a stylist because it's an education. It's like a whole understanding of something you love. 100%. Um, for me, like for some reason like when I hear stylist, it rings like you just someone just bringing your clothes and it's, it's coaching is more about teaching, you know, it's about, uh, showing you the way, um, seeing potential and showing people how they can improve in certain areas, you know, um. And so I feel like just like anything was Francis was a baseball player, he has a batting coach pitchers have pitching coaches, you know, you have coaches in every stage of your life and so um the same thing in fashion, you know, there's there's levels to everything and what I love about working with Francisco is, uh, one, he, it's, it's a collaboration like I said, it's uh it's never, it's always a conversation. Um, it's never just, you know, I bring something and it's like this is it, you know, it's always like explain to me why you see this and I explained to him why this works and how the different ways we can wear it and then with Francisco I like that. It's not about just buying all the newest things like he likes old things likes Vince's things he uh he's open to repeating his outfits, you know, it's not about, you know, having one piece and um every, every event is in the piece, you know, uh, if, if you pay attention to Francisco style evolution through the years, you know, we, we do a lot of remixing, you know, that's to be, that's what I think fashion is fashion isn't about, uh, it's not about brands, it's not about peace, it's about style. I don't, I don't like going to things without understanding them, without. Living with with no knowledge, you know, I just, if I'm gonna do it, I got to learn about it. I wanna be a little bit more educated, and that way eventually I can just Help others, yeah, you know, that's that's the hope, you know, the hope is that in life you learn enough about something that you can pass it around with my kids or my kids' friends or a teammate, you know, and just because I, I feel like we don't, we don't get to where we are with our mentors. Uh we always. Look up to somebody. We always say, OK, I want to get there. We always have a north and I'm sure I'm the north for other people and I'm sure it'll be like that hopefully for the rest of my life and. Some people are gonna get close to me and then I'll just teach him and they'll be the north for somebody else. And then you mentioned coffee and real estate, very interesting, um. When you start to learn what it is that you like love about coffee, I think it's fascinating. It's the way people that drink wine that want to make that uh uh you know, a hobby of theirs, but is coffee and real estate then things that you say, OK, I've learned about this, how do I make this part of my portfolio, how do I make this part of my business. And then to that point. In the NBA especially I would say, but it's starting to obviously infiltrate other sports. There's this almost pressure. Now that young players feel that it has to be a focus that business and building what it is that's like the enterprise around you, which I think every player at every level has the potential to do and should explore if they want to. Is it chatter in the clubhouse about business now more so than earlier in your career? Has it become part of what baseball is? Well, you talk about it, but it's not, it hasn't become. The thing, you know, it hasn't, it hasn't got there like I think fashion is trickling down into baseball a little bit more now, you know, it's one of those where guys are there's more talks about outfits. Um, and I think. There is talks about among business like. About businesses, but it's only the older players, you know, I think in in a few years it's going to be like now there's more players you know talking about is the talk in the clubhouse you know it's not just let's just talk about this picture. Let's talk about this picture. OK, now we got time. Let's talk about, hey, what do you do off the field and um our, our life is so known out there so publicly known that. We should break up the stereotype of not talking about our personal lives ever since I. Met my wife and got kids. I don't mind sharing, you know, my, my life with my teammates, you know, like, man, last night I didn't really sleep you know or like last night I went out with my wife. We had found this fantastic restaurant, you know, I think you should hit it up, you know, it's just and I think it's comes with age, but. I wish I would have done that a little earlier in my career. But you're young still and it, it's probably almost a blessing right? that you were so laser focused earlier in your career and now you're able to, like you said, compartmentalize different things. Um, yeah, I've said this a second ago about like how I see it and see you as probably the most culturally relevant player in baseball, and it has to do with how you carry yourself, how you dress, you know how you. How you kind of talk about the things that are important to you and then also I just think that there's always an intangible, right? And when you look at other sports, the ones that have that, you know, just have it. And in baseball I think there's been. A lacking of that for a while like I worked closely with Major League Baseball and I think they can feel the moment right now for the sport, but um there's still like a long way to go for that to kind of cross over the way the NBA culture has forever and you know the NFL is a different animal. What do you think the sport can do um you obviously being a big part of it, what can the sport do to kind of continue to grow that cultural relevance in basketball. There's less players. And most of the time, you can correct me if I'm wrong, I'm not crazy familiar with the sport, but most of the players are there for a couple of years together. Yeah. So it's like a little cloud that goes everywhere in baseball, it's like a lot of transactions up and down, up and down, players come from different places and and. In baseball, there's a lot of different culture. I think it's a little bit more. Um, diverse in baseball than it is in basketball, football, and any other sports. Um, you have the language barriers as well. So I, I. I think the most important thing that baseball can do is to educate their players, to help them put them in places where they can get a little bit of information and So they can also touch, you know, like sometimes things seem so far-fetched in life that you don't think you can do it. You know, we have a lot of athletes have been trained to like. The sport that you're in, yeah, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, and then. Other things seems a little bit far fetched, yeah, you know, and so by getting the the education and like just being exposed to. Other different things, um, it might help them feel like they can touch it and then a little more achievable. I think that's a great, great point. Um the access and just the idea that it's possible, right, comes from being in the room with certain people and listening and being curious. You know there was a team in 1986 in New York. The Mets were about as culturally relevant and it's been almost 40 years and people still talk about that team. Do you like as a Met, do you still hear about That era and they're around. They're around. They come around. You have the Darryl Strawberry, you have that group that saw Doc yesterday. They come around and you see them and you feel their presence. And then As a fashion person, some of their likes. Dressing up and likes bringing different eras and culture together. You look at their style, you look at how they dress, you know, and it's like damn, I want to do that. I'm incorporate that and that's, you know, it's you bridging the gap, you know, and I, I told him, I told. Players that played before me, they set the path for me, you know, they, they did it. I'm not trying to do anything different. I'm just whatever they did, I'm gonna follow it, you know, and just at the end of the year I'll have a good season and at the end of my career I'll have a good career, but it's already there, you know, like it's very few guys like Otani might be the only one that. Has a different path than everybody else. You know, it's like you don't, you don't see what the time he's doing. Do his peers think he is that incredible? He is, I mean, he's elite a pitching elite uh hitting elite are running. So it's like, all right, you find the most elite runner and he can match up. You find the most elite hitter and he can match up and you find the most elite. Pitch ain't gonna match up, you know, um. It, it, it's, it's fantastic. It's, it's great to watch. With that being said, we're playing a sport any any any given day you can beat anybody. So, well, speaking of that, the Dodgers, I just saw Bryce Harper the other day talk about how, um, you know, anyone that complains about the Dodgers and and their quote unquote super team or losers, um. I would assume obviously what they did doesn't bother you. You like the challenge, um. But when you watch it from the outside, like what do you see? Is it just they have no holes, but you still got to go and line up and you got to compete? I mean, we all got holes, you know, we all have weaknesses. My dad always tell me. Baseball, the ball comes in a, the ball is round and and it comes in a square box. Doesn't make sense. It doesn't make sense, but it still happens. So at the end of the day, the Dodgers are doing what's best for the organization. The Mets are doing what's best for the organization. Phillies doing what's best for the organization. Teams that are not doing what's best for them. That's their problem, you know, uh, I'm worried about what we have here. Um, I appreciate what the Dodgers are doing, you know, they're, they want, they're not satisfied, and they want to continue to put the best products on the field, and I'm sure the Mets are gonna do the same thing, and the Phillies and Yankees, you know, they, I feel like they improved their team as well, and there's there's a lot of teams, the league got tougher, you know, the. Teams improved themselves and that's good. That's what you want. Yeah, I agree. And honestly, you know, from experience, super teams or whatever that means, it doesn't always work. It's chemistry and it's timing and there's luck involved and you know I imagine nobody in your position, right, sees them as unbeatable. That's not how you approach. Not at all. Not at all. Not at all. I mean. They still got to play the game and so do we, you know, it's. I've been in really good teams that sucked. I've been in bad teams that were great, you know. So yeah, at the end of the day, it's one of those where you got to go out and show up and post up and we'll see what happens. You almost won a World Series in Cleveland last year was a special year. Is that what motivates you? Is it, is it just one of those things where like, you're not gonna let yourself not win one in your career? Not 100%, not 100%. I'm going. All the way until I win one, and then when I win one. Enjoy Have a couple of glasses of wine and say, right, to the side, let's go into the next, you know, and, and that's what real competitors do, you know, they accomplish something and then they go on to the. The next season, you know, cause. Nobody cares about what you did the year before. I want it. I'm in a great spot to get it. And I feel like winning with this organization is gonna be something that will last forever, for sure. Well, congratulations again on your family growing. Good luck this year, man. I'm gonna be at as many games as I can and and if we do win it, I'm, I'll have a glass of wine with you at 2 or 3 or 4 as well. This has been Boardroom's April cover story with the one and only Francisco Lindor. Go to download, watch, subscribe, see y'all soon. Peace.
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- Axios
Exclusive: Yahoo Sports partners with Boardroom to boost content strategy
Yahoo Sports on Tuesday announced a new deal with Boardroom, a media company co-founded by Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman, to co-produce a new video series hosted by Kleiman and to launch a content hub. Why it matters: The partnership is the latest in a slew of content deals Yahoo has inked since hiring former ESPN executive Ryan Spoon in 2023. How it works: In brokering content partnerships with reputable third-parties, Yahoo Sports has been able to expand its editorial offerings outside of its typical syndication model. "All of the partnerships that we have done have been very selectively specific around emerging, important verticals where there are great lead partners who are experts in access, opinion, analysis, reach and work together there," Spoon told Axios. Zoom in: The new video series, "Network with Rich Kleiman," will feature conversations with athletes and other sports figures about the workings of their business ventures. The episodes will be available on the new Boardroom hub on Yahoo Sports' website, along with other Boardroom content. Episodes will also be on Boardroom's site and YouTube. "With Yahoo, we get great infrastructure and great expertise," Kleiman told Axios. "For us, the ultimate goal is to continue to grow this brand and to scale it in as many different places as we can." Both companies will sell sponsorships and share the revenue. Zoom out: Over the past two years, Yahoo Sports has inked several content partnerships to enhance its coverage of specific beats. Last year, it partnered with The Athletic to create a women's sports hub that both outlets can monetize. Yahoo also launched partnerships with OneFootball for soccer coverage, The Hockey News for hockey coverage, Ariel Helwani and Uncrowned for combat sports and Motorsport Network for racing. The company expanded its coverage of sports collectibles by partnering with cllct, Sports Card Investor and Mantel. It partnered with BetMGM for Yahoo Sportsbook. The big picture: The deal with Boardroom, announced ahead of Yahoo's annual NewFront presentation to advertisers Tuesday, underscores the evolution of Yahoo Sports under its new owner, Apollo Global Management. At the NewFront presentation, Spoon will share that Yahoo Sports' audio and video consumption has more than doubled in the last year and that "Network with Rich Kleiman" is its 12th new original show since 2024.
Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Yahoo Sports and Boardroom Announce New Content Partnership Exploring the Business and Culture of Sports
The partnership includes a new multi-platform video series co-produced by Yahoo Sports and Boardroom and hosted by Rich Kleiman NEW YORK, May 6, 2025 - Yahoo Sports and Boardroom, the premier media brand co-founded by Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman covering the business of sports and entertainment, have announced a content partnership that will help fans better understand the key players and storylines moving the business and culture of sports forward. The announcement was made at the 2025 Yahoo NewFront in New York City. The collaboration includes two major initiatives, both set to launch later this year: Network with Rich Kleiman : A new multi-platform video series co-produced by Yahoo Sports and Boardroom. Hosted by Kleiman, the show will spotlight in-depth conversations with prominent sports figures, focusing on their business ventures and personal passions. A dedicated Boardroom hub: This new destination on the Yahoo Sports website will showcase full episodes and clips from Network with Rich Kleiman alongside original reporting and features from Boardroom. 'As Boardroom continues to grow, we're grateful to partner with a like-minded brand like Yahoo Sports and bring our athlete and executive interviews to their extensive audience,' said Boardroom CEO and co-founder Rich Kleiman. 'We're looking forward to bringing Network to life and to shining a light on stories at the intersection of sports and culture.' 'We are thrilled to team up with Boardroom and launch a new online destination and video series that helps fans go deeper into the business and culture shaping the sports world,' said Ryan Spoon, President of Yahoo Sports. 'There is immense interest and appetite in off-field and off-court news, perspective, and trends. Boardroom excels in these areas with smart, entertaining content and we are excited to collaborate together on coverage that goes beyond the box score.' Network with Rich Kleiman marks the 12th new original show Yahoo Sports has launched since the beginning of 2024. It will record from the Yahoo Sports studios in New York City and also be available to watch on A premiere date will be announced later this spring. ### About Yahoo For 30 years and counting, Yahoo has served as a trusted guide for hundreds of millions of people globally, helping them achieve their goals big and small online through our portfolio of iconic products. For advertisers, Yahoo offers omnichannel solutions and powerful data to engage with our brands and deliver results. About Boardroom Boardroom is a media brand co-founded by Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman that focuses on the intersection of sports, entertainment, and business. Boardroom's media arm produces daily and weekly newsletters along with premium content showcasing how athletes, executives, musicians, and creators are moving the business world forward. Boardroom's network reaches over 52 million unique visitors each month, delivering a powerful blend of premium content and immersive experiences. Boardroom's signature events – including the annual CNBC x Boardroom Game Plan Summit, NBA and WNBA All-Star weekend activations, and other tentpole moments like F1 Miami, US Open, and Art Basel – consistently attract an elite network of athletes, entertainers, and entrepreneurs who are shaping the future of business. Boardroom Sports Holdings invests in emerging sports teams and leagues, including the Major League Pickleball team, DC Pickleball Team, NWSL champions Gotham FC, and MLS' Philadelphia Union. Recent film and TV projects under the Boardroom brand include the Academy Award-winning Two Distant Strangers (Netflix), the critically acclaimed scripted series Swagger (Apple TV+) and Emmy-nominated documentary NYC Point Gods (Showtime). This June, Boardroom will launch Boardroom Members Club, an exclusive membership community designed to provide unparalleled networking and experiences for professionals across industries.
Yahoo
13-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Carmelo Anthony: NBA All-Star Game has lost its competitive nature
The 10-time NBA All-Star sat down with Rich Kleiman to reflect on his time in the league's midseason showcase and what the league can do to bring back interest in the game. View more What was the all star experience like for you? You always seemed like you enjoyed it and owned it, um, and what do you think about this format and if it even is fixable from that regard? The All-Star game that I remember growing up and looking at was like. You know that the players wore their own uniform, you know, they wore their team uniforms, whatever you represented your team. It was the, the competition was there like the intentions was there, right? Everybody was competing, everybody knew what time it was, everybody knew this is what we gonna do, but 4th quarter come, we locking in. And I, I just think over the years it just became, I don't wanna say watered down, but it just became more of a, not intentional from, from the player standpoint in competition. It was like, I remember being in locker rooms like people were really, really mad at like the west or the east, you know what I'm saying, like, yo, we're gonna shut them down. We ain't like it was real strategy going into all-Star games, so. You know, I, I think that the competitiveness has, has died down in the All-Star game. The All-Star game now they're trying. They trying new formats and, you know, one format ain't working, they gonna try something new, but it's like that's the, that's the society we're in, you know what I mean? It's constant turnover, it's constant. You can't stay still, you can't sit still. You got to constantly build, you gotta Take the fans into account. You gotta take fan experiences into account. So I think that's what we're seeing right now. I wonder if it has more to do with how desynthesized society is right? with social media and the access to content at all times because you see with the NFL when there's so few of something and the stakes are so high, everybody's really compelled and locked in. I can't tell if it's the fans that may be over all star, right? And the players can maybe pick up on it a bit like it all just doesn't feel like it has any urgency around the game. When I was younger, I agree with you. Like I would watch a game that was the only time you were going to see something like this and the players kind of fed off of the fact that the the fans are that way, but the first half of the All-Star game is crickets in the crowd. There's a disconnect between. What the players want and what the fans want, yeah, right, and nobody is really. The the the players not saying what they want until something is presented to them and they're like, no, no, we don't wanna do that. Like we don't like that idea. Then the fans don't know what they want, right? They don't know if they wanna go back to the old format when the old format was a couple years ago. They were, they ain't like that. They said scrap the All-Star game, scrap All-Star weekend like. It's a lot that goes on, but the thing is, it's too much money involved. You know, you know what's happening. It's too much money involved to just scrap all of that, so you gotta keep finding ways to engage the fan and, and, and, and to get those eyeballs. So, you know, this new format, let's, let's see, let's see if it works, you know what I mean? Like I don't, I don't know if it's gonna work. It's interesting, but let's let's let's see if it I think it would have been better just from the amount of heat last year got if they just left it alone, to be honest with you, and go back to just play everybody heard it. It was loud and clear, right? I think everybody heard like the fans, the league, everybody was off of it. They probably should have just let the players do do you know it's interesting. Close
