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Super League Gaming, the global community platform that offers accessible eSports competitions, content and social interactions for amateur gamers, today announced that it has received $15 million in Series C funding from Nickelodeon, a division of Viacom, DMG Entertainment, a SoftBank-managed fund, Toba Capital, and multiple traditional professional sports team ...

It’s something Bill Stein, Ruppert Jones and Glenn Abbott probably never imagined. Today Alaska Airlines announced that it has unveiled a specially-marked Boeing 737-800, featuring the Seattle Mariners logo and the 40th anniversary design across the fuselage. The official hashtag of the Mariners-Alaska partnership, #MyOhMariners, appears next to the boarding ...

When four award-winning play-by-play announcers from the biggest sports teams in North Texas get together, it’s a notable event. In fact, it’s a rare opportunity and DFW’s four major radio play-by-play voices will be sharing the stage on Thursday, July 13th for Talk of the Town. Eric Nadel (Texas Rangers), ...

Amazon today announced it has greenlit an untitled Hannah Grant Tour de France series for Prime Video. The Amazon Original Series is a documentary adventure series about the incredible athletes competing in the 104th Tour de France and the food that keeps them alive. The series follows Grant, known as ...

Talk Stream Live announces the launch of their second syndicated network talk show Sunday Night Sports Talk with Don and Galen Criqui. The show makes its debut July 2nd airing every Sunday night at 9 PM ET offering two hours of sports commentary with a unique give and take only ...

eSports remains the Wild West, with companies looking for the best way in but knowing very little. A new advisory business launched today with the hopes of bringing some sanity to all aspects of the fast-growing platform, from events to the college space. ReKTGlobal, Inc., announced a business expansion with ...

Betgenius, the global leader in providing sportsbook technology to regulated bookmakers and lotteries, today announced a landmark agreement with Unikrn, the world’s leading esports bookmaker. Betgenius will provide Unikrn with a captivating in-play betting product, featuring fully automated prices for thousands of live events, including all major League of Legends, ...

“Through our partnership with MLB, we’re taking sports entertainment to a new level as we continue to explore what’s possible with VR,” said Michael Schmier, vice president of content and services, Samsung Electronics America. “Now, with Samsung Gear VR, fans all over the world will be transported right into the ...

The trick-shot brotherhood that is Dude Perfect are bringing their action-packed challenges to Nickelodeon in an all-new season of the comedy-sports series, The Dude Perfect Show, premiering on Saturday, July 22 at 9:00 p.m. (ET/PT). Comprised of five best friends—Tyler Toney, Cody Jones, Garrett Hilbert, twins Coby and Cory Cotton, ...

As boxing champ Floyd Mayweather prepares to go after his 50th career victory, Topps is getting set to release its first trading card of the undefeated fighter. Mayweather will have his first Topps cards, including an autographed version, in 2017 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball, which releases on July 19. ...