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"I hope, if we're doing it right, to democratize that system so it doesn't feel exclusive, so that it doesn't feel like you don't have to be an OG sneaker nerd to get it, to follow along with it."
The much-hyped $9 million winner-take-all match play event between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson took place on Friday...
Removing the announcers, changing the rules, and modifying the format could have dramatically improved this event.
Friday, a winner-take-all match play event in Las Vegas for $9 million between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson had...
"As for his pledge not to use switches? Peterson says he generally avoids using them. 'Nine times out of 10,' he says, 'that's not the case.'"
The Giants, Cowboys, Marlins, Brewers, Flyers and others were also affected by this Twitter shift.
This is a big bet on gambling-focused content, including having Lefkoe go head to head with a fan.
Brown had been at Bleacher Report since 2008, and had served as president since January 2016.
The popular anchor, host and reporter brings experience on camera and a large social-media following.
Bleacher Report will be providing access to the tournament as it happens, with a one-hour special later airing on TNT.
Add Bleacher Report to the list of sports-media brands taking aim at the OTT market.
The Athletic's fundraising has been impressive. Not Players Tribune-level impressive, but impressive nonetheless.
Last month featured plenty of great sportswriting, from a powerful profile of a homeless former football player to an expose on a workplace culture gone sour.
"They're not politically correct. They're definitely more, it feels to me like, white males who want to join a country club. They're never going to be as big as we are because we work very hard to be inclusive and we don't offend people. They purposely offend people and that's what they do, but a lot of people love that."
A whole lot of Bleacher Report's revenues are coming from sources other than its website, and the site's looking to expand that even further.
