Closing Bell

Thursday 4:00pm ET....Latest News....Extra Time

  • FIFA Extends TV Deals With Fox, Telemundo Through '26 World Cup
  • ESPN's New Jason Whitlock-Led Site Will Be TheUndefeated.com
  • ESPN Unites Previously Separate iOS Apps Under One Brand
  • Las Vegas NHL Ticket Drive Tops 5,000 Deposits In Early Going

The Starting Five....

The most-read stories today on SportsBusinessDaily.com:

1)  LeBron James Immersed In Business Empire, Chooses Only Projects That Interest Him

2)  Facebook Hosting Sports Summit In N.Y. Featuring Prominent Execs

3)  Raiders Withholding O.Co Coliseum Rent Payment Over "Certain Claims"

4)  Browns Owner Haslam Says GM Farmer Won't Lose Job For Wrongdoing In Texting Case

5)  Shaun White's Festival At Rose Bowl To Feature Kendrick Lamar, Sage Kotsenburg

Headliners....

Here are tonight’s headline guests on the following talk shows:

“Late Show” Tom Hanks
“Tonight Show” Colin Firth
“Jimmy Kimmel Live” Keira Knightley
“Late Late Show” Ryan Xie
“Late Night”  Kevin Costner
“Conan” Daniel Radcliffe (r)

Notes & Quotes From This Day In SBD History....

2001

"Despite this piece, we'd even consider talking to your parent company" – NBA Commissioner David Stern , on the NBA's next TV rights negotiations, to ESPN's Bob Ley during the network's "Outside The Lines" report on the state of the league .

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