Monday February 10, 2020 Looking at life outside the ballpark, athlete agency Rep 1 is coming off of its third annual REP 1 Athlete Summit, with the goal of informing, educating, and preparing clients for their lives outside the lines. This year’s attendees included football and baseball athletes such as James Connor, Cooper […]
Friday February 7, 2020 Labor peace for Major League Soccer for the next five years as MLS and the MLS Players Association struck an agreement in principle for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement that will begin with the upcoming season. The deal is subject to approval by the MLS Board of Governors and […]
Thursday February 6, 2020 Spotify is adding Bill Simmons’ The Ringer under its umbrella, with the sports website and podcast network featuring over 30 shows, run and owned by Bill Simmons. Spotify will hire Simmons and all of his approximately 90 employees once the deal closes, likely in the first quarter of 2020. “With […]
Wednesday February 5, 2020 Sportradar is broadening its run with MLB, launching a brand-new virtual baseball in-play offering for licensed gaming operators in the US and across the world. The virtual baseball in-play game is the first Sportradar virtual gaming solution developed in association with a major US sports league. Featuring official MLB […]
Tuesday, February 4, 2020 The Chiefs’ comeback win over the 49ers in the Super Bowl tipped FOX’s presentation upwards, as the game topped 102 million across FOX, FOX Deportes and streaming platforms, that is up slightly over the cumulative number of last year’s game to rank as the tenth most-watched Super Bowl of […]
Monday, February 3, 2020 While the Chiefs laid claim to a Super Bowl win, the brand bowl of Super Bowl spots drew the public’s attention with a roster this year that saw 137 celebrity appearances in 58 of 94 spots, comprised of 64 actors, 29 athletes, 20 musicians, five comedians, eight TV personalities, […]
Friday, January 31, 2020 As we hit Super Bowl weekend, Cynopsis caught up with Jeff Jonas, Managing Director, Global Business Development at Intel Sports to talk about the brand’s partnership with the league, how NFL Labs and Intel Sports have been working together to understand the needs of the league and fans for […]
Thursday, January 30, 2020 Penn National Gaming is buying in on Barstool Sports Inc., picking up a minority share of the company for $163 million. The 36% stake would give Penn National exclusive rights to use the Barstool brand in its sports-betting products with plans to increase its stake to around 50% for […]
Wednesday, January 29, 2020 The Pac-12 locked in a multi-year partnership with Redbox as a major new official partner of the Conference and its member universities. With the partnership, Redbox will serve as an official partner for all Pac-12 Championship events beginning this year and including the upcoming 2020 Pac-12 Men’s and Women’s […]
Tuesday, January 28, 2020 FOX Sports is going big from Miami as the network prepares for its presentation of Super Bowl LIV on Sunday, marking its ninth Super Bowl overall and offering more than 100 hours of programming across FOX, FS1 and FOX Deportes. Super Bowl Sunday alone will see FOX carry more […]
