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Warner Bros. Discovery Sports, in association with Position Sports and the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, announced that the 2023-24 college basketball season will tip off on its networks and streaming platform Max with the exclusive presentation of the 2023 Hall of Fame Series Las Vegas on Monday, Nov. 6, from T-Mobile Arena. ESPN has traditionally aired college basketball tip-off […]
The NBA has unveiled the official courts that teams will play on for the first ever NBA In-Season Tournament, which tips off on Friday, Nov. 3 with a doubleheader on ESPN as the Knicks visit the Milwaukee Bucks at 7:30 p.m. ET and the Denver Nuggets host the Dallas Mavericks at 10 p.m. ET. The […]
ESPN had its most-watched NBA opening night in 11 years and its second-most watched opening night ever, according to Nielsen. Viewership for the season-opening doubleheader was up 80 percent from last year. The first two games of the season on ESPN Wednesday generated an average audience of 2,756,000 viewers, up from 1,532,000 viewers in 2022. […]
ESPN’s new lead NBA broadcast team makes its debut this Friday on the ESPN2 sports cable network in a preseason game between the Golden State Warriors at the Los Angeles at 10:30 p.m. Eastern time. Long time play-by-play man Mike Breen is joined by Doris Burke and former NBA player and coach Doc Rivers. ESPN […]
NEW YORK — With the Super Bowl set for Las Vegas this winter for the first time, the hometown Raiders return to the #1 position for NFL tickets according to Stubhub. This is the second time the Raiders are on top since relocating to the entertainment capital, besting the always top-selling Dallas Cowboys by 30%, who […]
The payouts for the 2023 US Open tennis championship in Flushing will total $65 million, a new all-time high for the tournament. This year’s total marks an 8% increase from 2022’s total of $60 million, and includes $3 million awarded to the men’s and women’s singles champions. That sum is a 15% increase from the $2.6 million taken […]
The National Basketball Association has released the voting totals and voter ballots for annual awards for the 2022-23 NBA regular season, as selected by a global panel of 100 sportswriters and broadcasters. The balloting was tabulated by the independent accounting firm Ernst & Young LLP. NBA Clutch Player of the Year VOTING TOTALS | VOTER BALLOTS Winner: De’Aaron […]
The New York Yankees will open the 2023 regular season at Yankee Stadium on Thursday, March 30, with a 1:05 p.m. game against the San Francisco Giants. What’s unusual about this Opening Day game is the Yankees will face San Francisco in the opener for the first time in franchise history. It marks just the second […]
The 2022 US Open will award more than $60 million in total player compensation for the first time in the event’s history, topping the record-breaking $57.5 million number from 2021. The two-week event at the National Tennis Center in Flushing ends this Sunday and the winner of the men’s and women’s singles final will each […]
ESPN has re-signed senior writer and injury analyst Stephania Bell to a new, multi-year contract to remain with the company. Bell joins NFL insider Field Yates, writer and analyst Mike Clay, and NFL writer and analyst Matt Bowen in re-signing with ESPN this NFL offseason, in addition to fantasy and sports betting analyst Liz Loza […]
ARMONK, NY — IBM and the United States Tennis Association (USTA) have announced a five-year renewal of their longstanding, 30-year partnership. From the launch of USOpen.org in 1995 to the introduction of the mobile app in 2009, and last year’s debut of the IBM Power Index with Watson, IBM and the USTA have collaborated for more than three decades, […]
The National Football League has launched its own streaming service, NFL+, and is now charging fans to view local and national games that had been free the last few seasons on NFL and Yahoo apps. NFL+ is available in the NFL App across all app stores for $4.99/month or $39.99/year. Fans can upgrade to NFL+ Premium for $9.99/month […]
FLUSHING, NY — Caesars Entertainment and the New York Mets have announced a multi-year partnership to make Caesars Sportsbook an Official Sports Betting Partner of the team. In addition to a variety of VIP experiences and hospitality assets for members of the industry-leading loyalty program, Caesars Rewards, this partnership features plans to open a new […]
With the new season starting today, the New York Yankees have announced a variety of new dining options available to all Yankee Stadium guests throughout the 2022 season. Brand new partners serving up their most popular items include New York traditions Streetbird by Marcus Samuelsson and The Halal Guys. They join a lineup of returning partners that were […]
Apple has announced the lineup of broadcasters and production enhancements for “Friday Night Baseball,” which starts today only on Apple TV+. Fans can access “Friday Night Baseball” games and additional content, including new exclusive programs such as “Countdown to First Pitch” and “MLB Daily Recap,” beginning today in the Apple TV app. The games will […]