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Figure skating worlds head to Boston, tributes set
The ISU World Figure Skating Championships start in Boston today, marking a key moment of remembrance for a sport and club impacted by the tragedy of a mid-air collision between a commercial jet and Army helicopter two months ago. As the competition starts at TD Garden, here’s a look at what to know...
Breeders' Cup, NBC extend deal through 2030
NBC and the Breeders’ Cup are extending their media rights pact through 2030. The two sides are in the final year of a 10-year deal that was signed in late 2014, and have been partners for the event for 35 of 41 World Championships (dating back to the debut event in 1984). The event this fall will r...
MSG Net to honor Frazier with programming slate
Basketball HOFer Walt “Clyde” Frazier turns 80 this weekend and MSG Networks is “launching weeklong commemorative coverage” to honor the occasion. The festivities begin tonight, as the final installment of “Clyde’s Top 15 Moments,” in which the “No. 1 moment of Frazier’s Knicks career will be reveal...
Women’s tourney sees second-best first round
The NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament is off to its second-best audience through the first round on record, behind only the Friday/Saturday average last year that was fueled by Caitlin Clark’s historic season. Games across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU averaged 367,000 viewers during this year’s first...
Progressive inks naming rights deal for Twins.tv
The Twins have a multiyear entitlement deal with Progressive Insurance for their Twins.tv naming rights.
NCAA Men’s Tournament pacing for best viewership in 32 years through second round
The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament audience is at its best mark through the second round since 1993. The combined average through the second round across CBS, TNT, TBS and truTV is 9.4 million viewers, which is up 3% from the same point last year. Sunday was predictably the best day to date, with ...
Report: Home Run Derby could sell for $30M-50M on its own
Should MLB look to sell the Home Run Derby as an individual media property -- instead of keeping it with the existing package that is leaving ESPN next season -- the league could fetch “anywhere from $30 million to $50 million,” sources tell Andrew Marchand. But MLB “has to be careful” because if it...
MLB Media Notes: Royals games moving to FM station in K.C.
RADIO INK’s Cameron Coats noted for the first time, Royals games “will be broadcast on a full-time FM sports station in their hometown.” The team is continuing its relationship with Audacy under a new multiyear agreement making KFNZ-FM the Royals’ “exclusive radio flagship.” Games had previously run...
Guardians' cable TV plans could be announced as late as Opening Day
The Guardians have “yet to reveal which cable systems and channels will carry its games for the 2025 season,” and an announcement “could come as late as Thursday morning,” which is Opening Day, according to Joe Noga of the Cleveland PLAIN DEALER. The Guardians said that “they expect MLB to reach car...
Playfly, App State set to announce new multimedia rights deal
Playfly Sports is slated to add another new client in the college space.
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For the league to step in and say that a team chose to play one player over another player and that was the wrong decision, I think that's a bit of a slippery slope.-- NBA EVP/Strategy & Analytics Evan Wasch, on the league monitoring player availability but not mandating how coaches rotate players in game.
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