Next month sees the Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship hit Philadelphia from May 30-31, as the sport continues to find footholds stateside. United World Sports, which oversees the event as well as the growing Cynopsis Sports spoke with Jonathan First, President of United World Sports, about the growth of the sport and what lays ahead. […]
The Final Four rallied up a huge spike for coverage across TBS, TNT and truTV on Saturday, scoring 41.7 million total viewers who watched all of part of the coverage. That marks a rise of 24% over year-ago numbers based on Nielsen Fast Nationals. The Kentucky/Wisconsin game averaged 22.6 million total viewers for a 39% […]
CBS Sports lined up its coverage plans for The Masters, marking the 60th consecutive year broadcasting the famed event. The company tees off programming with the third-round of the tournament on Saturday, April 11 at 3p, with Final-round 18-hole coverage slated for Sunday at 2p. For the 30th consecutive year Jim Nantz will cover the […]
Daily fantasy sports destination DraftKings locked in a multi-year expansion of its exclusive partnership with Major League Baseball, naming DraftKings as the league’s “Official Daily Fantasy Game.” Through the new agreement, DraftKings will offer co-branded MLB daily fantasy games, as well as unique games and fan experiences. MLB also will promote DraftKings across its media […]
The NHL is officially on the clock for its post-season, with NBC Spots Group detailing its coverage plans for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. For the fourth straight year, every NHL Stanley Cup Playoff game will be presented nationally with as many as 105 playoff games and potentially more than 260 hours of programming starting April […]
There’s a new partner for FOX Sports, with AOL announcing a video content partnership with the company to distribute video that includes content from @TheBuzzer, Garbage Time, various FOX Sports Digital Originals, and select game highlights. As part of this deal, AOL and FOX Sports will work to co-develop content experiences tied to major sporting […]
More details for this weekend’s Final Four action with TBS tipping off at 6p, and pregame beginning at 3p. CBS takes the reigns for the National Championship on Monday at 8:30p. Microphone duties will see Jim Nantz call the action with analysts Grant Hill and Bill Raftery with reporter Tracy Wolfson. On Saturday’s Team Stream […]
ESPN.com is getting an overhaul for its 20th anniversary today, “re-engineered to deliver a more personal, elegant and lively sports experience to fans with greater personalization and functional design across devices anytime, anywhere.” For the first time, the company will publish its flagship digital property in “editions” launching in the U.S. and U.K. simultaneously, with […]
Boxing deals continue to surge as truTV locked in Top Rank to deliver a live Friday night primetime boxing series that launches on May 1 at 10p. The new show, in association with Turner Sports and HBO Sports, launches just ahead of the Floyd Mayweather/Manny Pacquiao PPV fight and will feature a card offering two […]
WWE saw WrestleMania 31 become the highest grossing live event in its history as it broke the attendance record for Levi’s Stadium. The annual event grossed $12.6 million, according to the company, as 76,976 fans from all 50 states and 40 countries converged on the venue. WrestleMania 32 takes place on Sunday, April 3, 2016 […]
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