Could some NBA, NHL and MLB games next year be served up akin to a Las Vegas sportsbook screen, with changing odds and heavy gamblers comped the subscription to the service? That is the vision at least outlined Wednesday by Chris Ripley, CEO of Sinclair Broadcast Group, whose Bally Sports
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Sports on TV: U.S. Gold Cup victory earns solid viewership despite Olympic competition
Outside of the Olympics and MLB, the sports television schedule for major events has been modest. One highlight has been the biennial CONCACAF Gold Cup soccer tournament, which wrapped up Sunday with a young United States side upsetting a veteran Mexico team 1-0 on Miles Robinson’s extra-time goal in front
The verdict on the Olympics? Many of you aren’t watching — 13 thoughts on the coverage from Tokyo so far
As we hit Day 13 of the Olympic Games, here are 13 thoughts/items on the broadcast coverage of the Tokyo Olympics so far: 1. When I previewed NBCUniversal’s massive Olympic coverage for a story that ran on July 21, I highlighted the corporate messaging from the company: They believed the
Q&A: ESPN analyst Rick DiPietro on NHL buyouts, Simone Biles, and the story behind his Twitter handle
On a midsummer afternoon, far from any arena or radio studio, Rick DiPietro was just a father dealing with some broken marine equipment. It was a jet-ski that was the problem. “Decided to kick the bucket,” he said “It was a mess.” They had to tow it to shore to
What Olympic TV life is like across the border: An American watches CBC’s coverage, a Canadian watches NBC’s
Interviewing ESPN and other sports media executives was not my childhood dream. (Godspeed to any young sports media savant who does have this dream.) No, when I was younger I set a goal of covering at least one Olympic Games as a writer. Watching athletes from across the globe compete
Breaking down the USMNT’s support for USWNT in equal pay fight; more takeaways from new legal filings
On Friday, as the U.S. women’s national team was advancing to the semifinals of the Olympic tournament over the Netherlands via penalty kicks, four amicus briefs were filed with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of the USWNT players’ appeal in the equal pay lawsuit against the U.S.
The value of Olympic gold: How a recipe of success, attention and strategy can lift unknowns and make lifetime stars
From Sunisa Lee to taekwondo, an Olympic gold can mean a lifetime of opportunity for athletes. If the stars align.
How the CBC’s Byron MacDonald seems to know everything about literally every Olympic swimmer
One by one the swimmers stride across the pristine blue carpet, over the Olympic rings and into Byron MacDonald’s rapid-fire introduction. The CBC analyst might list their past victories as they reach their race lane, but he is just as likely to name their pets, their parents or trivia about
Appeals court declines to take on NFL concussion settlement’s ‘race norming’
A federal appeals court this week declined to wade into the race norming controversy buffeting the NFL concussion settlement, ruling the issue first had to play out at the district court level. The decision comes as the NFL, class counsel and attorneys for retired African-American players have been in court-supervised
Steve Sabol was ‘the Steven Spielberg of the NFL’ and now he has a home in the Hall of Fame
At NFL Films headquarters in Mt. Laurel, N.J., Stevel Sabol’s desk remains undisturbed, with his favorite aphorism still on it: Did you make someone laugh? Steve Sabol would surely enjoy these next two weeks as he and the members of the Class of 2020 officially take their place among the