When Amazon Prime Video became an exclusive partner with the NFL in 2022 — the first time a streaming service received a full, exclusive package of NFL games — the buzzword in the sports media industry was “proof of concept.

The fight Friday night between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul experienced streaming problems according to many viewers on social media. Many viewers took to Twitter/X and Bluesky to express their frustrations with streaming and buffering problems before and during the fight.

Back when I was an idiot teenager, a friend and I decided to raid his mother’s liquor cabinet and pilfer a splash of alcohol from six or seven very different bottles. Next we poured all of it into a half-empty soda bottle, shook it vigorously, and sipped ...