Welcome back to The Varsity, my twice-weekly private email covering everything that happens in the front offices and executive suites of the sports business. I am writing today from Puck’s airy Tribeca offices. I’ll be in Bristol over the next two days to run tabs at ESPN. Stop by and say hello if you’ll be there for media day, too.

It may be the final week before Labor Day, but we’re fully entering the meat of the sports media calendar. I have a jam-packed newsletter, so tell Marchand to stop selling those autographed bibles and let’s get to it…

1. Peyton on Belichick: The Varsity, Puck’s creatively titled inaugural sports business podcast, doesn’t launch until Wednesday (sign up for it here), but I conducted my Peyton Manning interview this morning and want to offer a sneak preview. Naturally, part of our conversation focused on...