UPDATE: ESPN’s live coverage of the first and second rounds of the Masters Tournament on Thursday and Friday, April 11-12, attracted the largest two-day average viewership for the 3 p.m. ET telecasts since 2018, according to Nielsen Fast National data. A two-day average of 3.4 million viewers watched the live coverage from Augusta National Golf
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The NBC television network will extend its live coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony to Imax locations nationwide on Friday, July 26 — the first time the global event will be presented live on the big screen. The first-ever Summer Olympic opening ceremony not held in a stadium will take place on the
Los Angeles Dodgers games on Spectrum SportsNet LA will now have free streaming access for the 2024 regular season. The catch? It’s limited to customers with both Spectrum internet and mobile service who live inside the Dodgers home television territory. Spectrum will cover all streaming costs so that eligible customers will be able to access
The forthcoming sports streaming venture backed by Disney, Fox Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery will reach 5 million subscribers in its first five years, according to a projection shared Monday by Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch. Speaking at a conference hosted by Morgan Stanley, Murdoch cited the forecast in responding to questions about whether the new
Wake Forest‘s Demon Deacons’ took a 83-79 upset victory over the No. 8 Duke Blue Devils Saturday afternoon, but the big story came after the final buzzer. Fans stormed the court, and Duke star Kyle Filipowski was knocked down and sprained an ankle. He had to be helped off the court. Filipowski led his team
The WWE and Fanatics Events have set details for “WWE World at WrestleMania,” a five-day interactive fan experience taking place from Thursday, April 4 through Monday, April 8 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. Tickets will go on sale this Thursday, February 22 at 2 p.m. ET, ranging between $30 and $300. WWE World
The reviews – or at least one of them – are in for Taylor Swift‘s upcoming album The Tortured Poets Department, though the critic might be just a little biased. “I have heard some of it,” said Kansas City Chiefs tight end (and Swift’s boyfriend) Travis Kelce at the pre-Super Bowl press event in Las
New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium will host the final of the 2026 World Cup, set for stadiums across the United States, Mexico, and Canada. The 82,500 capacity MetLife Stadium hosted the Super Bowl in February 2014 and the final of the Copa America Centenario in 2016. The World Cup marks the first edition of an expanded
David Letterman is championing the media coverage that the romance between Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce generates. In a post shared on social media, Letterman talked about the backlash from NFL fans upset at the attention Swift has been getting while attending the Kansas City Chiefs games to support Kelce. “Here’s Taylor Swift, who is
Taylor Swift was on the edge of her seat during the AFC Championship NFL game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium in Maryland. The game aired on CBS, and with Swift in the house cheering on the Chiefs, a camera followed the singer throughout the broadcast. During one
EXCLUSIVE: Prime Video has greenlit The Money Game, a docuseries tracking the revolutionary impact of “name, image and likeness” (NIL) policies on college sports. Campfire Studios, Axios Media, and Shaquille O’Neal’s Jersey Legends, a division of Authentic Studios, are producers on the project, which will stream exclusively on Prime. It follows a number of notable
Taylor Swift was not the only one cheering for Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs in the NFL‘s AFC Divisional round playoff game against the Buffalo Bills. The Philadelphia Eagles star Jason Kelce stole the show with his celebration during the tense game. After Travis scored a touchdown during the second quarter of Sunday
The Kansas City Chiefs win over the Miami Dolphins was a record breaker for Peacock. The Chiefs defeated the Dolphins on their home turf at Arrowhead Stadium Saturday, fighting through negative temperatures to advance to the Divisional Round of the NFL playoffs. The AFC Wild Card game was streamed exclusively on Peacock for most of
The subject of endless sports talk over the past few weeks, Golden State Warriors locker room leader Draymond Green spoke out today about his recent 12-game suspension for taking a swing at Phoenix Suns center Jusuf Nurkic during a game on Dec. 13. Green has been suspended four times since March. His most recent involuntary
Jackson Mahomes, whose sideline antics have annoyed, outraged, and delighted football fans in the Kansas City area, has had three felony charges against him dropped. The younger brother of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, Jackson had the three charges dismissed by a judge at the request of the prosecution on Wednesday, according to Johnson
Jimmy Kimmel is defending himself from the accusations thrown by NFL star Aaron Rodgers. The New York Jets quarterback suggested the ABC late-night show host would appear on a list set to be released soon of associates linked to Jeffrey Epstein. Kimmel was having none of that and took to social media to call Rodgers
Oops. ESPN has apologized for airing a brief video clip of a woman flashing her breast during its broadcast of the Sugar Bowl Monday in New Orleans. The clip was shown following a commercial during the second half of Washington’s 37-31 victory over Texas in a semifinal game of the College Football Playoff. A group
Look who’s become a sportscaster! Snoop Dogg is joining NBCUniversal’s coverage of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 this summer. The rapper will be on the ground providing regular reports for the primetime show beginning July 26 on NBC and Peacock. “I grew up watching the Olympics and am thrilled to see the incredible athletes bring their
Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia on Sunday unveiled plans for the United Football League, the new spring pro football league born from the merger of the XFL and USFL. During an appearance this morning on Fox’s NFL on Fox, the pair said the UFL‘s debut season will begin March 30, 2024 with a game between
Taylor Swift is no Yoko Ono, claims a prominent ESPN sportscaster. Reacting to the chatter that has arrived as the Kansas City Chiefs are no longer dominating opponents, angry fans are pointing to Swift’s appearances at the Chiefs games as the cause of the team’s swoon. Swift is, of course, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce’s
Professional hot take performance-artist Skip Bayless, who for years has been going after LeBron James, has set his sights on a new ratings booster: Taylor Swift. Yesterday, as the reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs were being beaten by the lowly Las Vegas Raiders, the Fox Sports talking head found time to tweet about
The Los Angeles Dodgers have signed the coveted pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, a Japanese free agent and three-time winner of Japan’s version of the Cy Young Award, given to the outstanding pitcher. Yamamoto, just 25-years-old, was considered the prize pitcher of this winter’s free-agent market, with every big market team in pursuit. The Dodgers won with
Tom Lockyer, a team captain for the Premier League‘s Luton Town soccer club, was in stable condition Saturday at the hospital after suffering cardiac arrest on the field during a match. The match between Luton and host Bournemouth was abandoned after Lockyer collapsed during the 59th minute. Peacock was carrying the match in the U.S.
UTA-backed Klutch Sports Group has acquired sports agency REP 1 Baseball, using it as a foundation for a newly formed division, Klutch Baseball. Chris Koras, CEO of REP 1 Baseball, will serve as the Head of Baseball for the new division. In 2019, UTA made an investment in Klutch, which was founded by Rich Paul.
When you got it, you got it. And Dolly Parton still has it. The country legend and reluctant recent Rock & Roll Hall of Famer performed today at halftime of the NFL game between the Washington Commanders and host Dallas Cowboys and brought the billion-dollar house down with a three-song, six-minute concert. Riding her just-released
EXCLUSIVE: Mark Wahlberg is the latest Hollywood notable to be added to the guest list of ESPN’s Manningcast, the alternate telecast hosted by Peyton and Eli Manning. The actor and producer will appear tonight, with former NFL quarterback Michael Vick and Iowa basketball standout Caitlin Clark also on the docket. The game between the Philadelphia
Kelly Clarkson is clearing things up in regard to the comments she made about the coverage the NFL has given to the Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce romance. The singer made some remarks on her daytime talk show about the wall-to-wall reporting every NFL broadcast has whenever the “Shake It Off” singer makes an appearance
Sir Bobby Charlton, an English soccer icon and the leader of his country’s 1966 World Cup-winning team, has died. He was 86 and died of complications from dementia at home surrounded by family. A gifted midfielder with a ferocious shot, Charlton was the leading scorer for United (249 goals) and England (49 goals) for more
ESPN saw revenue of $13.2 billion and operating income of close to $1.5 billion for the first nine months of fiscal 2023, Disney revealed ahead of earnings next month when it plans to break out Sports as its own business segment — part of a restructuring initiated by CEO Bob Iger. In comparison, the entire
Tim Wakefield, one of the few knuckleball pitchers in recent times and a two-time World Series champion with the Boston Red Sox, has died at 57. Earlier this week, news broke that he was suffering from brain cancer. “Our hearts are broken with the loss of Tim Wakefield,” the Red Sox said today. “Wake embodied
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