The Athletic will not be bought by The New York Times, with those companies ending acquisition talks
The companies reportedly couldn't agree on an acquisition price, or on how to handle staffers with equity in The Athletic.
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After Mark Cuban called a piece on Mavericks’ front office conflicts “bullshit,” the team’s coach and GM are now both gone
The Mavericks fired GM/president of basketball operations Donnie Nelson, and head coach Rick Carlisle then resigned. So The Athletic's piece Monday on front office tensions doesn't seem to be the "bullshit" Cuban called it.
Syncbak’s Jack Perry talks success of VUit’s ACCDN Confidential channel, expansion to basketball ahead of NBA draft
"VUit is kind of like the reenvisioning of the network. ACCDN Confidential brought new users to the VUit platforms and our local broadcast partners had content to keep the viewers there."
NBC News’ “largest sports crowd since pandemic” tweet on the Dodgers saw a lot of corrections
Nope, a Dodgers Stadium sellout was not "America's largest sports crowd since pandemic."
Holey Moley returns for a third season Thursday, with 12 new holes and a lot of fire
Once again, ABC is showing some extreme minigolf.
Kevin Calabro is reportedly returning to Blazers’ broadcasts this coming season
Calabro stepped down ahead of the 2019-20 season's resumption, but now it seems like he may be coming back.
Jeff Goodman talks breaking the Coach K retirement news: “My finger is shaking as I’m hitting the send button.”
Goodman's contract with Stadium is up in a couple months, and he's in talks with both them and other outlets.
Alex McDaniel is joining For The Win as their new managing editor
McDaniel was previously a long-time SB Nation writer and editor, one of many caught up in that site's furloughs and layoffs last year.
Triller Fight Club Miami PPV rescheduled to August 14 after Teófimo López tests positive for Covid-19
The event has been rescheduled to August 14 at a yet-to-be-announced location.
The Spidercam foiled an activist who paraglided into the France-Germany Euro 2020 match
This activist didn't account for the overhead camera.
The Undefeated has added David Dennis Jr. as a senior writer
Dennis Jr. had previously freelanced for The Undefeated; he now joins them as a senior writer, with a focus on music.
Jeopardy! star James Holzhauer is set to write a sports betting column for The Athletic
As first reported by Andrew Marchand of The New York Post, Holzhauer is going to write a betting column for The Athletic.
CFL board of governors approves 14-game season, following CFLPA approval, so it looks like an Aug. 5 season start is on
The board of governors' approval for a 14-game CFL season in 2021 wasn't a sure thing, but it's obtained now.
