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President Donald Trump Tweetstorm – The Saturday Edition
Nick Bosa is a young man living the dream. He’s the No. 2 pick in the NFL draft, heading to the rising San Francisco 49ers, set to make millions of dollars, and will be living in one of the best cities in the USA.
There’s just one problem – Bosa’s politics, which seemingly don’t align well with the San Francisco zeitge…
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NFL Draft Gains Ratings Yardage On ABC, ‘Gotham’ Dips & ‘The Orville’ Rises In Finales
A busy night on broadcast primetime saw the first night of the NFL Draft (1.2 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic, 4.88 million viewers) on ABC go up against the likes of CBS’ The Big Bang Theory (1.7, 11.55M) and Young Sheldon (1.4, 10.27M) as well as three finales.
In the end, the three-and-a-half-hour NFL Draft, …
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NFL Players Association’s ACE Media Gets Strategic Investment From Allied Global Marketing
EXCLUSIVE: ACE Media, the content subsidiary of the NFL Players Association, has landed a strategic investment by entertainment, sports and lifestyle marketing agency Allied Global Marketing.
The partnership provides ACE with additional capital, production capabilities, and sales and marketing resources that the union…
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DAZN Drafts Bobby Cannavale As Voice Of LeBron James-Produced ’40 Days’
EXCLUSIVE: In the vein of HBO using Liev Schrieber as the voice of HBO Sports, rising sports streaming outlet DAZN has set Bobby Cannavale as the voice of 40 Days, a new documentary series co-produced with LeBron James and Maverick Carter. The plan is for him to recur as the series evolves into an umbrella for various…
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Justin Gimelstob’s Future At Tennis Channel In Flux After Admitting Halloween Assault
A day after Justin Gimelstob entered a no-contest plea to a violent Halloween 2018 attack on a man on the streets of West Los Angeles, the Tennis Channel is trying to figure out whether it wants him to come back or cut him loose.
"We are sure that Justin is pleased that this matter has been resolved,” a spokesperson fo…
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Kate Smith ‘God Bless America’ Controversy Continues, As Hockey’s Philadelphia Flyers Remove Her Statue, Permanently Ban Her Rendition
SUNDAY UPDATE: The Philadelphia Flyers hockey team has now removed the statue of Kate Smith from outside their arena and will no longer play Smith’s rendition of “God Bless America” at games, the team announced on Sunday.
The team statement: “The Flyers have enjoyed a long and popular relationship with ‘God Bless Ameri…
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AT&T U-Verse & DirecTV Now Punts NFL Network As Sunday Ticket Future Looms
AT&T’s U-verse and DirecTV Now services have pulled the NFL Network and NFL Red Zone channels off the air as a deal with the NFL quietly expired, raising questions about whether the league will continue its exclusive long-running NFL Sunday Ticket offering with DirecTV.
The channels remain on DirecTV — that deal expire…
NFL 2019 Schedule: Complete List Of Primetime, Thanksgiving & International Games
The NFL is out with the schedule for its 100th-anniversary regular season. Check out the list of all 2019 primetime, Thanksgiving and international games below.
The regular season again will kick off on a Thursday night. But in a departure from recent years, the defending Super Bowl champion won’t be playing in it. The…
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‘Valiant’ Docu Doubles Down On Vegas Golden Knights’ Storied First NHL Season – Watch The Trailer
EXCLUSIVE: The tale of most amazing inaugural season for an expansion team in U.S. pro sports played out like a Hollywood movie, and now there’s a feature documentary about it. Sterling Productions, Osmosis Films and NHL Original Productions have teamed to produce Valiant, the story of the 2017-18 Vegas Golden Knights…
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Tiger Woods Scores For CBS With Highest Masters Final Round Morning Ratings Since Reagan Was POTUS
The return of Game of Thrones for its final season was the big-ticket last night, but the comeback of Tiger Woods on Sunday morning at the Masters tournament was truly historic and a rating winner for CBS.
Starting much earlier than usual due to weather concerns, the final round of the Augusta, Georgia-held snagged a…
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NCAA Title Game Viewership Falls From Last CBS Championship Of 2017 – Update
UPDATE, 12:52 PM: The final numbers for last night’s historic NCCA tournament win by the University of Virginia over Texas Tech and they are good and not so good for CBS.
Compared to last year’s TBS, TNT and truTV broadcast Michigan and Villanova match-up title game, last night’s NCCA Championship was up 23% in viewers…
Virginia Wins NCAA Men’s Basketball Title, Beating Texas Tech In Overtime
The University of Virginia won its first NCAA men’s basketball title in school history tonight, beating Texas Tech, 85-77, in the tournament final. It was the first OT in the championship game since 2008.
Guard scoring paced the Cavaliers’ win as De’Andre Hunter’s 27 points led all scorers, followed Kyle Guy with 24. B…
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