Sports & Scars
Media Kit 2026
Partnership & sponsorship overview

Sports
& Scars

Long-form investigative sports documentaries — the deaths, downfalls and scandals the highlight reels leave out. A three-channel network built on the stories behind the game, across YouTube and Facebook.

35.7M
views in 90 days across YouTube and Facebook, with 1.15M hours watched and a 99.5K Facebook following.
Skates & Scars
Hockey · NHL
Baseball & Scars
Baseball · MLB
Football & Scars
Football · NFL
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Sports & Scars
The network
01What we make

One voice, three arenas,
a hard-to-reach audience.

Sports & Scars produces cinematic, long-form documentary storytelling about the darker side of hockey, baseball and football — the careers that ended too soon, the scandals that got buried, the human cost behind the box score. Two platforms, one voice: YouTube carries the long-form documentaries and the living-room audience; Facebook drives huge Reels reach and a fast-growing following.

35.7M
Views in 90 days · YouTube + Facebook
1.15M
Hours watched across both platforms
99.5K
Facebook followers network-wide
+15.5K
New YouTube subscribers in 90 days

Why advertisers care ·

01Adult men, at scale. ~87% male and 79% aged 25–64 — a demographic that is expensive and difficult to reach at volume elsewhere.
02A living-room audience. On YouTube, roughly 46% of watch time happens on connected TV — full-screen, lean-back attention.
03Reach and depth together. Facebook Reels deliver mass discovery (29.4M views in 90 days) while YouTube holds viewers for 12-to-18-minute stories.
04Two markets in one buy. Strong United States reach plus an unusually deep Canadian footprint driven by the hockey channel.

The network at a glance ·

◆Skates & Scars — the flagship. 22.1M Facebook + 2.43M YouTube views, and a 72.4K Canada-led following.
◆Baseball & Scars — the most TV-first. Highest connected-TV share on YouTube, plus 3.49M Facebook views.
◆Football & Scars — the fastest riser. 3.84M Facebook views and a following up 3,000%+ in 90 days.
→Bundled or à la carte. Sponsor the full network for reach, or a single sport to match your category.
Data: YouTube & Facebook analytics · trailing 90 days02
Sports & Scars
Mission & values
02What we stand for

The stories behind the game —
told with depth and dignity.

Mission ·

To tell the human stories behind the game — the careers cut short, the downfalls, the scandals that got buried — with the depth, rigor and care they deserve. We go past the box score to the person inside it.

Vision ·

To become the definitive home for investigative sports storytelling — the place fans go when they want the whole story, not just the score, across every sport that leaves a mark.

Our values ·

◆The whole story, not the highlight. We go past the box score to the person inside it. The aftermath is the story.
◆Dignity over spectacle. We deal in death, addiction and disgrace — unflinchingly, but never ghoulishly. Respect for the subject and their family is non-negotiable.
◆Documentary, not rumor. We report. Claims get sourced and context gets earned. Slower and right beats fast and wrong.
◆Craft that earns the couch. People choose us on the living-room TV and give us their full attention — cinematic pacing, real writing, no clickbait.
◆We don’t let stories get buried. Part of the job is memory — the people and events the game quietly forgot.
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Reach
03Across platforms

Two platforms, one audience.

The same stories run in two formats. YouTube is where the full documentaries live — long watch times, connected-TV viewing, a loyal subscriber base. Facebook is the discovery engine — short Reels that reach millions and convert into a fast-growing following.

YouTube90 days
Views6.33M
Hours watched349.5K
New subscribers+15.5K
Thumbnail impressions39.9M
Long-form documentaries. ~46% of watch time on connected TV — lean-back, full-screen attention.
Facebook90 days
Views29.4M
Hours watched802.5K
Followers99.5K
1-minute views6.78M
Reels-led discovery — 78–90% of reach comes from Reels, feeding rapid follower growth.
35.7M
combined views and 1.15M hours watched across YouTube and Facebook in the last 90 days, reaching a shared audience of adult sports fans in the US and Canada. Facebook brings the scale; YouTube brings the depth.
Data: YouTube & Facebook analytics · trailing 90 days04
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Audience profile
04Who is watching

A grown, male, North-American
audience that watches on the big screen.

YouTube figures below are weighted by views across all three channels over the trailing 90 days. Facebook’s audience skews the same way — older-leaning, and concentrated in the US and Canada.

Where they watch · device

Television 45.8%
Mobile 35.6%
Computer 12.6%
Tablet 5.9%

Where they live · top geographies

United States64.4%
Canada25.1%
United Kingdom · Australia · Sweden~4%

How they engage · monthly audience

New viewers — discovery engine71%
Casual viewers27%
Regular viewers2%

Gender · views

Male 87.4%
Female 12.3%

Age · 79% are 25–64

46%

of all watch time is on a television. This is not a thumb-scrolling, sound-off feed audience. People choose these documentaries on the largest screen in the house and give them their full attention — the closest thing on YouTube to broadcast viewing.

YouTube audience · views-weighted across three channels · 90 days05
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Channel 01 · Hockey
Hockey · NHL

Skates & Scars

The flagship channel and deepest catalogue. The most loyal audience on the network, and the only one that leads in Canada.
YouTube · 90 days
2.43M
Views · 90 days
142.5K
Hours watched
+4,829
New subscribers
16.4M
Impressions
Facebook · 90 days
72.4K
Followers
22.1M
Views
4.83M
1-minute views
595.5K
Watch hours

Top videos · last 90 days

1He Won the Stanley Cup With $15 Million in the Bank — Now He’s Homeless501K
2The Man Who Bought an NHL Team With $80 Million He Didn’t Have257K
3The ‘Golden Boy’ the NHL Wants You to Forget144K
4The $6 Million NHL Enforcer Who’s Homeless and Missing138K
5The NHL Star Who Threw It All Away for a Babysitter128K

Audience snapshot

Male88.0%
Core age 25–6480.2%
Canada47.7%
United States39.9%
Television watch time41.3%
Avg. view duration3.5 min
Audience skew
The network’s most Canada-first and most loyal audience — regular viewers (5.2%) and subscriber watch time (14.4%) both run highest here. Ideal for brands targeting Canadian men or hockey culture specifically.
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Sports & Scars
Channel 02 · Baseball
Baseball · MLB

Baseball & Scars

The most television-first channel on the network — 53% of watch time on connected TVs, a genuinely lean-back US audience.
YouTube · 90 days
1.22M
Views · 90 days
72.4K
Hours watched
+4,342
New subscribers
8.1M
Impressions
Facebook · 90 days
9,356
Followers
3.49M
Views
819K
1-minute views
62.4K
Watch hours

Top videos · last 90 days

1He Admitted His MVP Season Was a Lie. It Killed Him Anyway211K
2He Threw 99 MPH and Won Two World Series. One Moment Erased All of It.190K
3The MLB Outfielder Killed by His Own Brother176K
4He Was Eliminated From the Playoffs, Dead Four Days Later133K
5The Greatest Pitcher of His Era Died Alone in the Sky60K

Audience snapshot

Male85.7%
Core age 25–6478.9%
United States87.8%
Canada2.4%
Television watch time53.2%
Avg. view duration3.6 min
Audience skew
The most US-concentrated and most TV-native channel — 53% of watch time on connected televisions. Best fit for US brands wanting broadcast-style attention.
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Channel 03 · Football
Football · NFL

Football & Scars

The biggest swings. Fewer titles, larger individual hits, and the oldest, most US-weighted audience on the network.
YouTube · 90 days
2.68M
Views · 90 days
134.6K
Hours watched
+6,357
New subscribers
15.4M
Impressions
Facebook · 90 days
17.7K
Followers
3.84M
Views
1.13M
1-minute views
144.6K
Watch hours

Top videos · last 90 days

1The ‘Cleared’ QB Who Was Stretchered Off Four Days Later511K
2The ‘$58M Quitter’ Who Was the NFL’s Most Honest Player389K
3The Super Bowl Champion Whose Brain Matched Junior Seau’s357K
4The Fastest Man in the NFL Can No Longer Hold a Cup308K
5The NFL Career That Cost Him His Life at 33190K

Audience snapshot

Male88.0%
Core age 25–6476.5%
United States85.0%
Canada7.1%
Television watch time46.8%
Avg. view duration3.0 min
Audience skew
The oldest audience on the network — 35.8% are 55+, the largest 45–54 block, and a US-first base. Strong for brands targeting mature male consumers with real spending power.
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Work with us
05Partnership

Ways to run with the network.

Integrations are woven into the story, not bolted on. We keep sponsors to a small number of category-exclusive partners so your message lands with weight rather than getting lost in an ad break.

01
Host-read integrations
A 60–90 second read written in the channel’s voice, placed at the natural break in the story.
02
Full-video presenting sponsor
Open and close billing on a single documentary, across one channel or all three.
03
Series or season sponsorship
Category exclusivity across a run of videos for sustained presence over a campaign.
04
Network bundle
One campaign spanning hockey, baseball and football for combined US + Canada reach.
→Get in touch
Email
hello@sportsandscars.com
Website
sportsandscars.com

All performance figures are drawn from YouTube and Facebook analytics for the trailing 90-day period. YouTube subscriber figures represent net new subscribers gained in that window; Facebook follower counts are current totals. Network audience percentages are weighted by each channel’s share of views. Facebook views and watch time are reported as the platform measures them and include Reels.

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