CYNOPSISSPORTS 06.21.16 Good morning. It’s Tuesday June 21, 2016, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. Game 7 proved its mettle, as ABC’s coverage of the NBA game drew an average audience of 30,799,000 viewers to the network, ranking as the most-watched NBA game since Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals, according […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 06.20.16 Good morning. It’s Monday June 20, 2016, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. As we head into June 23, aka the date of the Cynopsis Sports Business Summit and our eSports Conference, one element we are always proud to offer is our Hall of Fame. Honoring people who have taken […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 06.17.16 Good morning. It’s Friday June 17, 2016, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. Lots of news surrounding China yesterday. FIBA announced a long-term deal with Wanda, via its subsidiary Infront Sports & Media, that will see Wanda serve as the federation’s worldwide exclusive partner for the sale and marketing of […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 06.16.16 Good morning. It’s Thursday June 16, 2016, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. Turner Sports’ NBA staple Craig Sager is on his way to cover the NBA Finals for the first time. ESPN announced that Sager will join its broadcast team for Game 6 on ABC at 9p tonight where […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 06.15.16 Good morning. It’s Wednesday June 15, 2016, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. NBC Olympics delivered a look at the set design for NBC’s daytime and late night studio this summer, located on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach. The beach studio will consist of two sets; one indoor and one […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 06.14.16 Good morning. It’s Tuesday June 14, 2016, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. While a slate of states ponder regulation roles for daily fantasy sports, now comes word that DraftKings and FanDuel, the two biggest daily fantasy sports companies, are exploring a merger. Bloomberg reports that no final transaction has […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 06.13.16 Good morning. It’s Monday June 13, 2016, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. With the Olympics around the corner, global basketball association FIBA is harvesting the growth of the sport around the world, not only seeing record attendance and play in multiple continents, but also locking in new deals in […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 06.10.16 Good morning. It’s Friday June 10, 2016, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. ESPN extended Dick Vitale’s contract through the 2018-19 season, adding an additional year to his nearly 40-year run. Vitale will continue to be assigned to some of the network’s key games, including regular-season action primarily on ESPN […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 06.09.16 Good morning. It’s Thursday June 9, 2016, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. A US blowout over Costa Rica in the 2016 Copa America handed FS1 with an average of 1.6 million viewers on Tuesday night, according to Nielsen, to rank as the most-watched men’s soccer match in the network […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 06.08.16 Good morning. It’s Wednesday June 8, 2016, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. The NBA became the first organization to surpass two billion loops on Vine, according to Twitter, with the milestone coming six months after the league hit one billion loops in December. The most-looped Vine to date during […]