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08.17.2022

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A Perfect 10

The Big Ten finalizes its media-rights deals with CBS, NBC and Fox, totaling $8B over seven years.

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Rangers reboot with Daniels firing

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Jazz could be eyeing new TV home

Media

Big Ten officially agrees to new media deals with CBS, Fox, NBC

Sources: ESPN still in mix to land Big Ten content after new media deals

Jazz sticking with AT&T SportsNet for 2022-23, but TV negotiations open

Milwaukee's WSSP goes to CBS Sports content following Audacy layoffs

Dodgers TV reporter fractures wrist, ribs on Bernie Brewer's slide

MLB Media Notes: Girardi, Foley getting Marquee Sports Network cameos

SBJ Spotlight: Ratings landscape shows Field of Dreams down but KayRod and WNBA up

Media Notes

Marketing and Sponsorship

Tiger Woods to be featured on cover of PGA Tour 2K23 video game

NBCUniversal has sold 90% of 2022 World Cup advertising inventory

Nike, Adidas, Puma battling to sign Erling Haaland to shoe deal

Crypto ads featuring celebrities, athletes wane from TV

Chiefs' Travis Kelce, Hy-Vee release Kelce's Krunch cereal

Marketplace Roundup

Leagues and Governing Bodies

Star golfers expected to present PGA Tour brass with proposed changes

LIV player contract sheds light on upstart league's various rules, restrictions

NBA reveals 2022-23 schedule; Nets lose national TV appeal

SBJ Unpacks: USL's Justin Papadakis talks league growth, ambitions

Franchises

Rangers look for reboot after housecleaning with Daniels firing

LeBron gets big new deal, but critics question timing for Lakers

Facilities

Orioles to open sports betting lounge at Camden Yards in 2023

Soldier Field to be re-sodded before Bears' home opener

Colleges

UC Board of Regents could potentially block UCLA's Big Ten move

UCF to start selling alcohol stadium-wide at football games

People and Pop Culture

Executive Transactions

Names in the News

Technology

Chargers QB Justin Herbert Named Brand Ambassador for aboutGOLF Simulators

Dapper Labs Launches NFL All Day NFTs, Football's Version of NBA Top Shot

Florida Gulf Coast University Becomes Latest Men's College Program to Deploy Noah Basketball

TiqAssist Is Solving the Problem of Season Ticket Resale With Technology to Simplify Listing Games Fans Can’t Make

UFC Shows Foresight with 4D Sight, Will Add Virtual Ads in Octagon

Uplift Labs Raises Additional $2.5 million in Seed Round Joined by Seth Curry, David DeCastro

Yankee Stadium Upgrades 5G Connectivity for T-Mobile Customers

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Quote of the Day

I don’t think we expect this will be the end of the relationship. We’ll continue to be good partners with them in a slightly different way than we have.
-- Illinois AD Josh Whitman, on the Big Ten's association with ESPN. The network does not have a piece of the conference's rights for the first time in 40 years.

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