The Spidercam foiled an activist who paraglided into the France-Germany Euro 2020 match
This activist didn't account for the overhead camera.
International News
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.
Venezuela sends 14 new players to Copa América after 13 delegation members test positive for COVID-19, a day ahead of opener
Bolivia is also reportedly facing significant numbers of players testing positive.
Christian Eriksen collapsed during Denmark-Finland and received CPR, world broadcast feed took criticism for its close-ups
Eriksen collapsed on the field in the 43rd minute. He was eventually stretchered off. UEFA says he has been transferred to hospital and has stabilized.
Amazon’s capture of domestic Ligue 1 rights has caused Canal+ to refuse to air matches going forward
French football is a mess right now.
DAZN rejects Sky offer for continued Serie A rights-sharing in Italy, plans to keep those rights exclusive
Sky offered DAZN $609 million U.S. for some continued Serie A rights-sharing in Italy, but DAZN has turned them down, opting to focus on keeping those rights streaming-only.
There’s an ESPN project coming on the 2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup riots, but it’s not yet clear what it is
"I think everyone in Vancouver can remember exactly where they were when the riots happened. It’s always just such an interesting conversation that comes up."
The Toronto Sun’s “Running Choke” Leafs front page included seven past front pages and sports fronts with Leafs’ failures
The Sun included seven past fronts and sports fronts on Leafs' failures in their coverage of the latest failure.
Sportsnet’s 23 NHL personalities who submitted a Leafs-Canadiens pick all picked the Leafs, and were wrong
This is just the latest case of unanimous predictions going badly.
Copa América pulled from Argentina and moved to Brazil, just two weeks before it was set to start (updated)
This comes 10 days after Colombia was pulled as a co-host.
Ron MacLean apologizes for “testing positive for something” comment, says he meant rum, but is “deeply sorry”
"If you only heard that last line in isolation, I completely understand how that misunderstanding occurred. I am deeply sorry."
Pro Football Talk’s “The CFL is set to return to action” story saw strong rebuttals from CFL reporters and agents
"The league has not provided players or agents with any formal updates regarding training camp since the new league targeted start date of August 5 was announced in late April."
Veteran NHL reporter Frank Seravalli is leaving TSN, cuing speculation on if he’ll join ESPN or TNT
Seravalli had been with TSN since 2015, where his role included breaking news, working on written and video features, and contributing to game broadcasts and SportsCentre.
