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EPIX Takes Another Step In Sports

The last few years premium channel EPIX has stirred the pot with a series of sports-related shows designed to create conversations about topics that transcend, but involve sport. There was “Forgotten Four,” the story of the first African American athletes to break the NFL color barrier the year before Jackie ...

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Nickelodeon and NASCAR Find Another Tie

This past summer Nickelodeon continued to strengthen its ties to sport, especially NASCAR, when it signed on as the title sponsor to the race at Kansas Motorspeedway.  SpongeBob was everywhere, and the partnership flourished, as race fans don’t appear to ever be far from Bikini Bottom. This past week the ...

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Hall Of Fame Broadcaster Vin Scully To Return For 67th Season

Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully, an icon in American sports history, has announced he will return to the Dodgers broadcast booth for an unprecedented 67th season in 2016. “I talked it over with my wife, Sandi, and my family and we’ve decided to do it again in 2016,” Scully ...

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Topps and Carlos Correa Announce Exclusive Partnership

The Topps Company, Inc., the exclusive trading card partner of Major League Baseball, and Houston Astros rookie standout Carlos Correa are proud to announce they have reached an exclusive memorabilia and autographed trading card partnership. Correa’s autographed memorabilia will be sold exclusively through Topps, which is a first-of-its-kind deal for ...

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Soccer Down Under Proves to Be A Business Hit

As the seasons change in Australia it is becoming more and more apparent that the global sports scene is waking up to the massive opportunities to engage fans across the continent. The latest example was just a few weeks ago, when the International Champions Cup hit The Melbourne Cricket Grounds ...

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Blind broadcaster Ed Lucas to Discuss, Sign “Seeing Home” at Yogi Berra Museum Wednesday

Ed Lucas, the Emmy-winning blind broadcaster and sportswriter who refused to let his disability prevent him from achieving his dreams, will discuss his new memoir “Seeing Home: The Ed Lucas Story” at the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center in Little Falls, N.J., on Wednesday at 2 p.m. Lucas, whose ...

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Mondogoal Adds Tottenham Hotspur As Latest Fantasy Football Partner

Mondogoal, one of the fastest growing global fantasy sports platform developers, today announced the addition of Tottenham Hotspur as its latest team partner. The London club joins a growing list of European giants as team partners promoting Mondogoal’s club-branded fantasy football game to its fans around the world. The Tottenham ...

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Fantasy Options Continue To Grow With DFS

With the NFL season nipping at summer’s heels, fantasy players are wringing their hands in anticipation of season-long drafts. But a niche in the industry, Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS), has been creating some new buzz. DFS is an online fantasy game where fans put together rosters of real players, enter ...

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