MLB and the NBA are reportedly discussing selling their equity in DraftKings and FanDuel
The leagues' exit might make regulation easier for daily fantasy, but might also raise questions about its future.
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“You’re going to get smarter about looking at sports”: Chad Millman on moving to The Action Network from ESPN
"If I was ever going to leave ESPN, which I really wasn’t that interested in doing, it was going to be to do this content, this business."
Thanks to an app shift, ESPN’s seeing record numbers for 14 of 15 fantasy products
ESPN has nearly doubled its unique fantasy users over the last four years, and more than half of that growth came in the last year following a shift to a single fantasy app.
ESPN’s Adam Schefter is doing a FanDuel “series” of under-60-second scripted segments
"We believe we can reach consumers just as effectively, and sometimes more effectively, with social video as compared with TV [advertising]."
Good Morning Football dug up an amazing 1988 NFL Films feature on fantasy football
The cast of NFL Network’s Good Morning Football have come up with some remarkably hilarious things since their August...
FanDuel has walked away from DraftKings merger after FTC challenge
The FTC challenged the merger because it claims it will create a monopoly, and FanDuel might not be up for that fight.
FTC announces plans to block the proposed FanDuel-DraftKings merger
The new company would make up 90% of the market share; Mark Cuban weighs in.
More than two-thirds of daily fantasy companies have folded or merged in last year
Fantasy sports rakes in billions, but the specific branch of daily fantasy sports over the last year hasn’t done...
DraftKings and FanDuel merger is official; expected to be finalized in 2017
Daily fantasy companies DraftKings and FanDuel have announced a tentative merger, pending regulatory approval. The merger is expected...
DraftKings sued for over $4 million after allegedly not paying invoices
Chances are if you have paid attention to sports at all over the past few years you have...
Tony Romo’s fantasy football convention stopped by NFL for second straight year
In the world of American sports, no organization is mightier than the National Football League and it knows...
Report: FanDuel and DraftKings are in merger talks
The two biggest names in daily fantasy sports — FanDuel and DraftKings — are in merger talks, Bloomberg...
Are daily fantasy sports in serious trouble? A FanDuel auditor thinks so
Eight months ago, daily fantasy sports looked destined to rule the world. Their commercials were all over the...
Congress to hold hearing regarding legality of daily fantasy
Over the past few years, the fantasy sports betting industry has quickly gained traction, with companies like DraftKings...
DraftKings and FanDuel will suspend all college sports contests
The blows keep coming for DraftKings and FanDuel. Thursday, the beleaguered daily fantasy operators announced they would stop...
Yahoo Sports Daily Fantasy makes changes to make games more fair
With the daily fantasy industry struggling against the allegation that only elite players have any shot at winning serious,...
FanDuel and DraftKings agree to stop taking bets in New York
Daily fantasy sports sites Draft Kings and FanDuel have agreed to stop taking bets in New York after...
Virginia becomes first state to legalize daily fantasy sports
Daily fantasy sports claimed a victory yesterday, as the “Fantasy Contest Act” was signed in Virginia, which outlines...
