May, 2018

• 15 May

  United World Sports Announces Expanded Agreement With ESPN

  

  United World Sports, the owners of the largest and most successful annual rugby events in the United States, today announced a new expanded agreement with ESPN to carry the Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship, the national title event for men’s and women’s college Rugby 7’s. The 2018 event will again be held at ...

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• 14 May

  BBC America’s Premier League Darts Hits The Bullseye Online

  

  BBC AMERICA’s new darts series Premier League Darts is proving to be a hit online. The series has generated over 2 million livestream views to-date since its launch on February 1, growing +10x from the first half of the tournament. Livestream views consist of views on BBCAmerica.com and Facebook. Through 12 weeks, Premier ...

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• 14 May

  NCAA Launches Transformative Statistics Initiative

  

  The National Collegiate Athletic Association today announced a landmark initiative to transform the digital collection and distribution of intercollegiate sports data. This initiative, conducted in partnership with Genius Sports, a global leader in official sports data and technology services, will benefit the NCAA’s more than 1,100 member institutions across all three ...

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• 10 May

  Rockets’ Paul To Host Fifth Annual Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Sports 2018, Airing Sunday, July 22

  

  Nickelodeon has tapped Chris Paul, Houston Rockets’ point guard and NBA All-Star MVP, to host Kids’ Choice Sports 2018, the only show where kids celebrate their favorite athletes and the year’s most unforgettable sports moments in a superstar sports showdown. Airing Sunday, July 22, at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT), Kids’ Choice Sports 2018 will be taped live on Thursday, July 19, from Barker Hangar in ...

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• 10 May

  Foley’s NY Pub & Restaurant Offers “The Castig” Burger in Honor of Red Sox Radio Broadcaster

  

  With the Red Sox in New York to play the Yankees this week, Foley’s NY Pub & Restaurant (18 W. 33rd St.), has announced “The Castig Burger” as its stuffed burger of the week. The burger is named after Red Sox radio broadcaster Joe Castiglione and his son, Duke, a longtime ...

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• 6 May

  2018 International Champions Cup on ESPN

  

  ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN Deportes Radio, ESPNU and ESPNEWS will combine to cover the 2018 International Champions Cup (ICC) presented by Heineken July 20-August 12. The series of 27 international club soccer matches between 18 championship teams will be played in eight countries across North America, Europe and Asia over a three-week period. In addition, ESPN2 and the ...

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• 2 May

  Couture, Rutten Among PFL Broadcast Team

  

  The Professional Fighters League (“PFL”) today announced its broadcast team for the 2018 PFL Inaugural season. The team, which consists of MMA legends, world-class athletes, and veteran sports broadcasters will provide in-depth analysis, play-by-play announcements, and fighter background stories and interviews that will engage both long-standing MMA fans and new ...

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• 1 May

  Equestrian Lifestyle Network Now Available on Xfinity X1

  

  Ride Television Network, Inc. today announced plans to bring RIDE TV, available as a subscription video on demand (SVOD) service and devoted exclusively to equine sports and lifestyle, to Comcast’s Xfinity X1 platform. Available over the internet on X1, RIDE TV is expected to launch this summer, giving Xfinity X1 ...

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April, 2018

• 30 April

  NBA 2K League Partners with HyperX for Its Inaugural Season

  

  The NBA 2K League and HyperX today announced a new partnership that will make HyperX the Official Gaming Headset of the NBA 2K League. The NBA 2K League, the professional esports league co-founded by the NBA and Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., is set to debut May 1 with 17 teams ...

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• 30 April

  PFL, ViewLift Partner For MMA OTT Content

  

  The Professional Fighters League (“PFL”) and ViewLift today announced a partnership that will leverage ViewLift’s technology to power the PFL’s digital platforms and bring MMA action, behind-the-scenes footage and statistics and metrics to fans worldwide. This partnership between the PFL and ViewLift will enable PFL to share OTT content, in-depth ...

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