Cynopsis: Esports

01/14/15: Ohio State delivers a cable record to ESPN, FOX Sports cued up for playoff record, The Whistle Sports Network cashes in

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CYNOPSISSPORTS 01.14.15 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, January 14, 2015, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing.  The inaugural College Football Playoff National Championship saw its debut game boost ESPN to the largest audience in cable history, according to Nielsen. Monday’s telecast averaged 33,395,000 viewers with an 18.2 US household rating, setting new records […]

01/13/15: ESPN, Tennis Channel serve up Australian Open; CBS scores with Colts upset; ESPN launches The Stuart Scott Memorial Cancer Research Fund

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CYNOPSISSPORTS 01.13.15 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, January 13, 2015, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing.  ESPN and Tennis Channel are serving up the Australian Open starting this weekend. ESPN’s coverage begins Sunday at 7p, with over 100 live hours on deck on TV and WatchESPN and 800 hours slated from a record […]

01/12/15: Mike McCarley talks shop as Golf Channel tees off on year 20; Katy Perry gets some company; NFL Honors has a new face

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CYNOPSISSPORTS 01.12.15 Good morning. It’s Monday, January 12, 2015, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing.  As Golf Channel prepares to hit 20 years on Jan. 17, the network is hitting 2015 on a four-year ratings run, and has drawn the most-affluent audience in all of television for both total day and primetime […]

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01/09/15: ESPN gives Oregon/Ohio State the Megacast treatment; USOC taps Boston as potential 2024 host; MLS gets a new spin on health

Tony Washington (91) of the University of Oregon Ducks kissing the Leishman trophy after winning the Rose Bowl Game Presented by Northwestern Mutual

CYNOPSISSPORTS 01.09.15 Good morning. It’s Friday, January 9, 2015, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing.  The first-ever College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&T will see ESPN deliver a CFP Megacast with over a dozen ways to follow the big game across its platforms. In addition to the traditional telecast on […]

01/08/15: MLS plots year 20; ESPN beefs up doc slate; Anheuser-Busch readies for the Super Bowl

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CYNOPSISSPORTS 01.08.15 Good morning. It’s Thursday, January 8, 2015, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing.  MLS opened the books to season 20, announcing its 2015 schedule which marks the first of an eight-year television and media rights partnership with ESPN, FOX Sports and Univision. The new season will offer a record amount […]

12/23/14: The UFC finds a northern home; NLL lays out 2015 broadcasters; NASCAR races to a new record

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CYNOPSISSPORTS 12.23.14 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, December 23, 2014, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing.  The UFC has some new digs. The MMA powerhouse stuck a multi-year deal with Canada’s TSN, RDS, and Fight Network for Canadian media rights to UFC global events. The agreement will see Bell Media’s TSN and RDS […]

12/22/14: Jeffrey Schwartz plots the rise of Yahoo! Sports Radio; Thursday Night Football wraps up with a bang; Carnival sailing into the Super Bowl

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CYNOPSISSPORTS 12.22.14 Good morning. It’s Monday, December 22, 2014, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing.  Amid the sports talk radio wars, Yahoo! Sports Radio has continued to shake up the ranks, adding heavyweights to its executive roster as well as to the microphone, most recently announcing the additions of Anthony Pepe, Matt […]

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