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NFL reporter Ian Rapoport has signed a new multiyear deal with ESPN, the latest example of NFL Network coming under ESPN’s control. Rapoport, who has been with NFL Network since 2012, will join Adam Schefter as ESPN’s top NFL insiders. ESPN’s Pat McAfee, who on his show today announced Rapoport’s de...

It takes a small platoon to call a World Cup tournament and Wednesday -- with only 43 days remaining until the start of the 2026 edition -- Fox Sports announced the play-by-play announcers, match analysts, reporters and rules analysts who will front the English-language coverage in the U.S.

THE ATHLETIC’s Amos Morale III noted YouTube TV will now “allow users to customize their multiview.” Users can “use a builder with filters for different categories, including sports, news, shows, movies and other live content offered on the platform.” This means subscribers with NFL Sunday Ticket “c...

Comedy series “Running Point” returned to Netflix for its second season last Thursday, arriving at a “real-life inflection point” for Lakers Governor Jeanie Buss and the team, according to Emmanuel Morgan of the N.Y. TIMES. The Buss family owned the Lakers since Jeanie’s father, Jerry, bought them i...

Delta Air Lines has a new deal with the Fox One platform ahead of the World Cup games this summer. The deal, which starts this month, will give Delta SkyMiles members a 24-hour complimentary trial to Fox One via the Delta Sync service. It also means access to other sports programming on Fox like NAS...

The CW has found a solution for the streaming of its sports content, striking a four-year deal with ESPN that will see over 800 hours of content added to the ESPN Unlimited tier of the company’s app this summer. The deal means the CW’s coverage of the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series, ACC, Pac-12, ...

UFL viewership is up 3% at the midpoint of the regular season, with games through Week 5 across Fox, ABC, ESPN, FS1 and NFL Network averaging 631,000 viewers. At the same point last season, without the benefit of Big Data increases, the UFL was averaging 611,000 viewers for games across Fox, ABC, ES...

As the regional sports network model continues to unravel, teams are being forced into a rapid rethink of how they reach local fans. In the latest SBJ Live -- set for 12:30pm ET on Wednesday -- industry experts break down what the collapse of Main Street Sports Group means for MLB, NBA and NHL teams...

While new Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro has reportedly decided against spinning off ESPN for now, that doesn’t mean the company’s thinking might not shift over the next six to nine months, sources told SBJ. D’Amaro was in Bristol last week meeting with ESPN execs in one of his first high-level meetings wi...

All of WWE’s NXT Premium Live Events will now air exclusively on The CW. Beginning with The Great American Bash later this summer, The CW will broadcast 20 PLEs in their entirety live over the next several years, including Stand and Deliver, Deadline and Vengeance Day. The CW also is now the home fo...