Thursday October 14, 2021 Good morning! It’s Thursday, Oct. 14 and this is your weekly Esports Brief. A new era for 100 Thieves, which jumped into the peripherals business with the acquisition of Higround, a technology hardware company specializing in design-forward gaming keyboards. To drive the initiative, Higround recently hired former HyperX executive Baron […]
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Monday October 11, 2021 FIFA is postponing the Club World Cup until early 2022 as a result of challenges linked to the pandemic, according to the AP. Coronavirus restrictions led to Japan withdrawing from staging the seven-team tournament, initially set for this December. The report states that FIFA is now exploring PROGRAMMING FOX […]
Friday October 8, 2021 TBS’s coverage of the 2021 National League Wild Card, which saw the Dodgers topple the Cardinals, ranked as the second most-watched Wild Card telecast in the network’s history, averaging 6.7 million viewers, for a 41% rise over the 2019 NL Wild Card on TBS. The live game telecast peaked […]
Thursday October 7, 2021 Good morning! This is your weekly Esports Brief. Twitch confirmed that the platform was hit by a data breach on Wednesday, as headlines showcased information from an anonymous hacker who claimed to have leaked data that included the company’s source code, payments to content creators as well as unreleased […]
Wednesday October 6, 2021 Turner Sports opened the doors to the next installment of Capital One’s The Match, this time pitting rivals Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka in a head-to-head showdown. The event will be carried on TNT and run 12-holes the day after Thanksgiving, on Nov. 26 with live coverage beginning at […]
Monday October 4, 2021 MLB has its postseason contenders locked and loaded as the race for the NL West crown and AL Wild Card race weren’t settled under the last day of the season yesterday. The results? A classic Yankees/Red Sox brawl for the AL Wild Card Game at Fenway Park on Tuesday at 8p […]
Friday October 1, 2021 Super Bowl LVI has its halftime performers locked in as Pepsi, the NFL and Roc Nation locked in a quintet of artists. The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show will see Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar take the stage at SoFi Stadium in […]
Thursday September 30, 2021 Good morning! This is your weekly Esports Brief. EA is giving a facelift to its FIFA 22 Global Series, opening the doors to teamplay as well as new competitions. In what will be the publisher’s largest celebration of FIFA to date, EA’s marquee esports competition kicks off in December […]
Wednesday September 29, 2021 The NFL is reportedly jumping into the NFT realm, with SBJ reporting that the league will announce a deal with Dapper Labs, which backed the hit NBA Top Shot initiative, for an NFT marketplace. The report states that Dapper Labs will become the NFLPA’s second largest licensing partner behind […]
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