CYNOPSISSPORTS 12.22.15 Good morning. It’s Tuesday December 22, 2015, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. The world of FIFA and its corporate sponsors took another rough hit as longtime president Sepp Blatter and UEFA president Michael Platini were barred from the sport for eight years by the FIFA Ethics Committee on Monday […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 12.21.15 Good morning. It’s Monday December 21, 2015, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. With 2016 around the bend and the Rio Summer Games looming, NBC Sports Group and NBCSN President Jon Miller is starting the New Year with a bang, courtesy of the Winter Classic. The NHL tradition has scored […]
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM CBS SPORTS NETWORK Bowl Season kicks off tomorrow AutoNation Cure Bowl San Jose State vs. Georgia State Tomorrow 7 ET CBS SPORTS NETWORK The 24-hour home of CBS Sports CBSSportsNetwork.com. CYNOPSISSPORTS 12.18.15 Good morning. It’s Friday December 18, 2015, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. Only […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 12.17.15 Good morning. It’s Thursday December 17, 2015, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. Adrian Wojnarowski is getting his own Vertical. The NBA reporter is working with Yahoo Sports to launch a new basketball site dubbed The Vertical in early 2016, "bringing together an elite group of NBA journalists, insiders and […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 12.16.15 Good morning. It’s Wednesday December 16, 2015, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. The Masters is shaking up its broadcast philosophy, as Canada’s CTV, TSN, and RDS agreed to a new media rights package with Augusta National Golf Club to become the exclusive Canadian broadcasters of the famed tournament. The […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 12.15.15 Good morning. It’s Tuesday December 15, 2015, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. With an eye toward the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, TiVo Research and RealityMine locked in a partnership with NBCUniversal to mine "comprehensive single-sourced cross-platform measurement" throughout the Summer Games, spanning Aug. 5-21. The alliance will create an […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 12.14.15 Good morning. It’s Monday December 14, 2015, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. With recent news that Activision Blizzard, EA and Turner Sports were all making big moves into the eSports game, eyeballing an estimated 335 million eSports fans around the world by 2017, industry leader ESL has been making […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 12.11.15 Good morning. It’s Friday December 11, 2015, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. Another big player is beefing up the eSports frontline, with Electronic Arts announcing that Peter Moore will become Executive Vice President and Chief Competition Officer for Electronic Arts, spearheading the company’s new eSports-driven EA Competitive Gaming Division, […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 12.10.15 Good morning. It’s Thursday December 10, 2015, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. The 2015 college football season cleared the uprights for FOX Sports, which posted ratings increases for the sports this year, topped by last weekend’s Big Ten Championship Game. The Michigan State win drew 9.8 million viewers to […]
CYNOPSISSPORTS 12.09.15 Good morning. It’s Wednesday December 9, 2015, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. Showtime is taking boxing to a whole new arena, announcing that last Saturday night’s main event between WBA Middleweight World Champion Daniel Jacobs’ and previously undefeated challenger Peter Quillin is now available with 360-degree video from ring-side. […]