Up & Adams · launched from zero

Kay Adams

@heykayadams

Rob launched the Up & Adams YouTube channel with Kay Adams, working with the show's social and production teams, then handed it off. It has since grown into one of the biggest daily shows in sports media.

Rob's role

Launch
Launched the channel from zero and led it through year one before handing off to the appropriate internal teams.
Production
Produced and directed branded content with Kay across the FanDuel portfolio.
After year one
Consulted on channel strategy as the show scaled.
Where news breaks
The show became a destination moment: Gronkowski chose Up & Adams to reveal his FanDuel partnership after the viral "I'm kind of bored" tweet, covered by the New York Post.
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Kay in short form

Clips from across Kay's platforms and the show. Rob helped make and plan some of these during his time running the channel.

The early lives

Launch-era live stream

Live programming from the channel's first stretch, when Rob was launching and running the show's YouTube presence. Gronk on NFL return options, Tom Brady, and the FanDuel partnership.

Where news breaks

Gronk on NFL return options, Tom Brady, and the FanDuel partnership

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The big episodes

Most-watched on the channel

Radio Row, Super Bowl LVII

Gronk, Christian McCaffrey and Budda Baker join Kay in Arizona

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Radio Row, day two

Sean Payton, Josh Jacobs, Cam Jordan and Mark Ingram II join Kay

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Free agency week

Devin McCourty and Thomas Dimitroff join, plus huge NFL trades

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Calvin Johnson joins

Megatron plus the latest from NFL free agency

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Peyton Manning

Setting the record straight about coaching Arch Manning

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With Bussin' With The Boys

Kay asks the Boys about Bad Bunny getting the halftime show

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The Futures Day crossover

Gronk, Bussin' With The Boys, and Josh Pate on the Up & Adams Futures Day livestream

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Behind the scenes

On set, from Rob's own coverage

On location

Kay at Giants training camp, Up & Adams field coverage

Field interview

On-location setup at Giants camp

The GIFs

Up & Adams on GIPHY

Part of FanDuel's GIPHY library that Rob built, a billion-view channel. Kay's Up & Adams reactions turn up in texts and group chats. See the channel →