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NFL Grants 54 College Players Special Eligibility for Draft

​NEW YORK –– The National Football League announced the names of 54 players who have been granted special eligibility for the 2024 NFL Draft and four underclassmen who have fulfilled their degree requirements with college football eligibility remaining and are also eligible for selection in the April 25-27 Draft in Detroit, MI. Thirty-four players applied […]

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Peacock Playoff Game Draws 27.6 Million Viewers

In the fourth-coldest NFL game ever Saturday night, two-time Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes led the Kansas City Chiefs to a 26-7 win over the Miami Dolphins in front of more than 71,000 fans who cheered in below-zero weather. It was also the NFL’s first-ever exclusively live streamed playoff game on Peacock, owned by Comcast. […]

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Bills-Steelers Game Moved to Monday Afternoon

The NFL playoff game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Buffalo Bills has been postponed from Sunday to Monday afternoon at 4:30 p.m due to blizzard conditions. Erie County is in a travel ban on Saturday night due to the snow and winds. All traffic on roads including highways and the NYS Thruway is banned in […]

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Yankees’ New Signee Soto to Get $31 Million in 2024

The New York Yankees have come to terms with Juan Soto, acquired from the San Diego Padres in a trade last month, for a one-year $31 million contract according to MLB.com. The amount sets a new record for the largest one-year deal for an arbitration-eligible player, beating Shohei Ohtani’s $30 million from last year. Soto, left-handed […]

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College Football Championship Draws 25 Million Viewers on ESPN

ESPN said its Monday night broadcast of the College Football National Championship between Washington and Michigan drew 25 million viewers. Michigan won the national title with a convincing 34-13 win. The complete seven-game College Football Playoff and New Year’s Six averaged 15.1 million viewers, the best in five years and fifth highest in the 10-year […]

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ESPN Signs Deal to Broadcast 40 NCAA Championships

ESPN and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) have reached a new, eight-year agreement beginning Sept. 1, 2024, for NCAA championships media rights. The deal includes domestic rights to a record 40 NCAA championships – 21 women’s and 19 men’s events – and international rights to those same NCAA championships plus the Division I men’s […]

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Lions-Cowboys Game on ESPN/ABC Draws 25.6 Million Viewers

A special Saturday night edition of ESPN’s Monday Night Football between the Detroit Lions at Dallas Cowboys delivered an audience of more than 25.6 million viewers for the second consecutive game and for the third game in the span of six weeks. The Lions-Cowboys audience of 25,663,0000 viewers (ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPN+, and NFL+) joins […]

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Knicks Make Trade With Toronto Raptors

NEW YORK – The New York Knicks have made a trade with the Toronto Raptors just before the New Year. The Knicks will receive  three players: OG Anunoby, Precious Achiuwa and Malachi Flynn in exchange for RJ Barrett, Immanuel Quickley and a 2024 second-round draft pick from the Detroit Pistions. “We’re ecstatic to welcome OG, Malachi, and Precious to the Knicks family,” […]

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Monday Night Football Game Draws 27.2 Million Viewers

Santa helped bring a big gift to ESPN’s Monday Night Football. ESPN’s Monday Night game on Christmas night between two of the NFL’s top teams– the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers — brought in more than 27.2 million viewers (ABC, ESPN+ and ESPN Deportes), as the 2023 season continues to re-write the Monday Night Football record […]

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NBA Names President of New Business Ventures

NEW YORK – The National Basketball Association (NBA) has promoted Amy Brooks to become its first-ever President, New Business Ventures.  Brooks, who most recently served as the NBA’s President of Team Marketing & Business Operations (TMBO) and Chief Innovation Officer, will be charged with identifying new domestic and global revenue-generating business opportunities for the NBA in […]

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ESPN Reports 19.4 Million Viewers for Eagles-Seahawks Monday Night Game

ESPN’s Monday Night Football game between the Philadelphia Eagles at the Seattle Seahawks delivered an audience of more than 19.4 million viewers, becoming the most-watched Week 15 MNF game in the ESPN era (2006 – present). The audience of 19,403,000 (ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, and NFL+) is up 21% year-over-year from Rams at Packers, which also aired on […]

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ESPN to Air 40 College Football Bowl Games

There are 43 college bowl games this postseason in Division I football and 40 are on ESPN networks or ABC. ESPN owns and operates 17 bowl games through its ESPN Events division with several games beginning Saturday. Bowl Season begins today, Dec. 16, with the Myrtle Beach Bowl (11 a.m., ESPN) in Conway, S.C., the […]

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NFL Network to Broadcast Tripleheader Saturday

There’s three NFL football games this Saturday Week 15 and all are being broadcast exclusively on NFL Network. These are the NFL Network broadcast teams for the three games: Chris Rose and Jason McCourty, along with Steve Wyche on the sidelines, will call the Minnesota Vikings versus Cincinnati Bengals game at 1 p.m. ET. Rich […]

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SUNY Cortland, UAlbany Football Teams Battle for National Titles

Two New York college football teams — SUNY Cortland and University at Albany — are on the hunt for national titles in their division, a very rare event for the state. SUNY Cortland (13-1) is playing tonight against North Central College (IL) in the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl — Division III football’s national championship game […]

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Belmont Stakes to Be Held at Saratoga Race Track in 2024

Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the Belmont Stakes will be held at Saratoga Race Course in 2024 while Belmont Park, the Long Island home of the third leg of the Triple Crown, undergoes renovations. “As part of the exciting modernization of Belmont Park, Saratoga now adds to its storied history by hosting the 3rd leg […]