By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years
NBC Sports Group announced a 10-year contract extension to televise Notre Dame football games Thursday, doubling the length of its previous agreement.
NBC is all in with the English Premier League.
NBC Sports Group kicks off more than 200 programming hours of motorsports coverage with this weekend's Formula One season opener.

NBC officials said at a news conference Tuesday that the network will televise events the night of Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. That night's coverage will include slopestyle snowboarding, likely starring American boarder Shaun White.
The next time Notah Begay is inside the ropes on the PGA Tour, he'll be holding a microphone instead of a golf club.
Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel says he's sorry about the fuss about his swearing. He also says don't be so sensitive.

Taylor Swift will co-host the Grammy nominations television special.
NBC's networks will televise the English Premier League under a $250 million, three-year deal that begins next season.
NBC Sports Group signed a four-year deal with Formula One for the exclusive U.S. media rights to the world's most popular global motorsports series.
The cable sports channel Speed will no longer air Formula One races after this season, ending a 17- year partnership.

A look at media coverage of the London Olympics:

The Colonial Athletic Association announced a five-year television package with the NBC Sports Group to handle the conference's national football and basketball rights.
Less than a year ago, Tom Brady, Logan Mankins, Osi Umenyiora and seven other players filed an antitrust suit against the NFL, a key moment in a convoluted and contentious labor dispute between the union and league that threatened to cut short _ or even wipe out _ the 2011 season.
Less than a year ago, Tom Brady, Logan Mankins, Osi Umenyiora and seven other players filed an antitrust suit against the NFL, a key moment in a convoluted and contentious labor dispute between the union and league that threatened to cut short _ or even wipe out _ the 2011 season.
With NFL games enjoying seemingly invincible ratings while most everything else on TV goes down, down, down, the league's traditional broadcast partners embraced a deal that sends their rights fees up, up, up.