Telemundo presented the most Spanish-language coverage of an Olympics to date, including the first-ever broadcasts of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies on Telemundo. The network deployed its largest Olympic commentary team, with 40+ hosts, commentators, and in-country reporters, representing the different disciplines and countries relevant to Hispanic audiences. The complete ...
Read More »Ruth ‘Called Shot’ Jersey Might Go for $20MM
Heritage Auctions There have been historic Sports auctions, legendary Sports auctions, landmark Sports auctions. But there has never been anything like Heritage’s August 23-25 Summer Platinum Night Sports Auction, which could become the biggest Sports auction ever. There have already been countless headlines about its centerpiece: the New York Yankees jersey Babe Ruth wore ...
Read More »Harlem Globetrotters Open First-Ever Pop Up Retail Location As Part of American Dream Residency
Harlem Globetrotters Pop Up Retail The Harlem Globetrotters today announced the launch of their first-ever brick and mortar retail location, a pop up store at American Dream in East Rutherford, New Jersey to coincide with the organizations historic residency in the state-of-the art entertainment center. The store will officially open ...
Read More »Hall of Fame for Scholten(‘s Cap), More Hometown Heroes: Ten Things to Know in the American Association This Week
credit: Dylan Engel The American Association of Professional Baseball (@AA_Baseball) season enters the playoff push with pennant races staying tight as the teams play their final 25 games or so of the regular season. All AAPB games are available for free live viewing at aabaseball.tv. Here are 10 (or so) ...
Read More »This Year’s White Sox Fall to ‘62 Mets In Strat-O-Matic ‘Worst Team Ever’ Simulation
Flickr/mobo85 A current 21-game losing streak has put this year’s Chicago White Sox (27-88, .235 winning percentage through Monday) on a pace for an even poorer record than the famed 1962 New York Mets, who at 40-120 (.250) are acknowledged by many as the worst team in modern Major League ...
Read More »World Food Championships Welcomes Bar Keepers Friend as ‘Official Clean Team’
World Food Championships As final preparations are being made by World Food Championships to host hundreds of amateur and professional cook teams in Indianapolis this Fall, one thing is guaranteed… the Kitchen Arena will be spotless. The World Food Championships announced today that Bar Keepers Friend will serve as the ...
Read More »Pricing Confirmed At $42.99/Month For Upcoming Venu Sports Streaming Service
Venu Sports, the upcoming standalone streaming service being built through a joint venture to be established by ESPN, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, FOX and Warner Bros. Discovery, will be available at a launch price of $42.99 per month for the service, with a seven-day free trial. Anyone ...
Read More »‘HBCU GO’ Reaches Over 95 Percent Distribution For 2024 Football Season
HBCU GO Allen Media Group’s (AMG) HBCU GO – AMG’s free-streaming digital platform and the leading media provider for the nation’s 107 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) –proudly announces expanded nationwide clearance for their 2024-25 sports season, including FOX owned-and-operated (O&O) stations in Los Angeles (KCOP-TV) and Chicago (WPWR-TV), as well as distribution on the Armed Forces Network. HBCU ...
Read More »Strat-O-Matic Clubs Mark One Year With Huge Player Interest, Growth
New Jersey Strat-O-Matic Club credit: Michael Alpaugh Last summer, Strat-O-Matic (@strat-o-matic), the market leader in sports simulation games, announced Strat-O-Matic Clubs, its first ever unified national club program. Players from across the U.S. got on board, with groups quickly forming. A year later, more than 20 Strat-O-Matic Clubs, including the ...
Read More »Toyota Celebrates National Soccer Day with Continuation of ‘La Pelota Nos Mueve’ Initiative
La Pelota Nos Mueve To continue its efforts around soccer in the community, Toyota partnered with For Soccer, the leading independent media and experiences company focused on the growth and long-term development of American soccer, on two local youth soccer club donations in the cities of Fort Worth, Texas and ...
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