The 2020 baseball season will be unlike any other, a 60-game sprint that began last night replacing the normal 162-game grind. And just as that means different strategies and maybe a different outcome than a full slate would have produced, Strat-O-Matic’s (www.strat-o-matic.com) simulation of the truncated schedule meant a new ...
Read More »Dodgers Dump Astros In Strat-O-World Series
With baseball set to begin the 2020 season on fields across the U.S. this week, Strat-O-Matic (www.strat-o-matic.com) today completed the remainder of its simulation of the original league schedule, through the playoffs. The Los Angeles Dodgers, who finished the regular season with a league-best 112-50 mark, made it stand up ...
Read More »National Lacrosse League Announces First-Ever Expansion into the State of Texas
The National Lacrosse League (@NLL), the longest running and most successful professional lacrosse league in the world, today announced that their 14th franchise has been awarded to Fort Worth, Texas. Bill Cameron will be the majority owner while Greg Bibb will serve as Managing Partner of the yet to be ...
Read More »Inaugural 360 Hoops Invitational Tips Off At DME Sports Academy In Daytona Beach Through Saturday
In what may be the most innovative addition to basketball since the three-point shot, play opened Tuesday in the inaugural 360 Hoops Invitational, a tournament showcasing a three-on-three, three-basket, three-team circular court form of the sport, continuing through Saturday at DME Sports Academy (2441 Bellevue Ave., Daytona Beach). From elementary ...
Read More »WAVE.tv Raises $32M in Series A Funding Round
WAVE.tv, the sports media company for today’s fan, announced that it has closed a $32 million Series A funding round, of both equity and debt. The round was led by CoVenture and GPS Partners with participation from existing investors Golden Ventures and Sweet Capital, as well as new investors. With ...
Read More »La Vida Baseball Rolls Out Strong Lineup For MLB Opening Week
TeamWorks Media today announced that La Vida Baseball, its award winning English and Spanish language baseball platform, will provide extensive coverage of some of the biggest names around MLB as we head towards the re-start of baseball this weekend. LaVida Baseball will have coast to coast coverage with reporters in ...
Read More »MLB Returns On SiriusXM
When the 2020 Major League Baseball season begins on Thursday, SiriusXM will be there to deliver subscribers live play-by-play of every regular season and postseason game, plus daily news, talk and analysis on the exclusive MLB Network Radio channel. MLB programming on SiriusXM, including game broadcasts and the 24/7 MLB Network ...
Read More »Heinz Program Brings Ballpark Ketchup To Fans
Whether it’s truly advisable to put ketchup on a hot dog (I say no, spicy brown mustard only), or if it’s a vegetable (thanks President Reagan), for sure the tasty tomato-based condiment is a fan favorite. (This fan, too, despite it not belonging on a frank.) The Heinz ketchup pump ...
Read More »Intellivision Adds MLB, Evel Knievel, American Cornhole League To Sports Games
Intellivision Entertainment LLC, the video game industry pioneer, announced today several of their latest licensing agreements, which focus on sports-themed games, include Major League Baseball, Evel Knievel, and the American Cornhole League. These partnerships bring additional highly-recognized brands to Intellivision Amico through a series of officially licensed games that are simple ...
Read More »RADIO.COM Strikes Content Distribution Partnership With Twitch
Entercom, the home of RADIO.COM, announced a first of its kind, strategic programming partnership with Twitch, the world’s leading live, interactive streaming service for gaming, sports, entertainment, music, and more, which will bring live video simulcasts of market-leading sports talk programs to Twitch and its 17.5 million daily users. Initially, ...
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