The A’s ran a “Rooted In Oakland” ad in an Australian newspaper, where that translates as “Fucked In Oakland”
"Root: A Kiwi/Australian slang that is used in place of the more commonly used term 'fuck.'"
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Jay Onrait calls Chris Broussard “the biggest f***ing fraud in the history of sports media,” and he has a point
"Chris Broussard, who worked at Fox and is the biggest fucking fraud in the history of sports media, ever...saying that the Clippers were out of it for sure and it was down to the Lakers and Raptors, he knew nothing! They knew nothing! It's all bullshit!"
Raptors’ title brought ratings and revenue for part owners Bell and Rogers, but outages ruined key moments for thousands of subscribers
Rogers' Sportsnet Now crashed during the first half of Game 5 of the NBA Final. Bell's Fibe TV crashed in the final 30 seconds there. And Fibe TV's app crashed during the final moments of Game 6, causing viewers to miss the moment where the Raptors officially won the NBA championship.
TSN identified Halifax, Nova Scotia as Regina, Saskatchewan during shots of Game 6 viewing parties
Just about 2,000 miles off there, TSN.
Polish Football Association uses “pogrom” on Facebook about win over Israel, insists it’s “frequently used to describe emphatic sports victories”
"Goooooal! This is already a pogrom! We are beating Israel 4-0!"
NBA Finals Game 5 sees Raptors set another Canadian record, beat Big Bang Theory series finale
The average audience of 6.9 million viewers (English and French) here broke a lot of Canadian sports viewership marks, and even beat the Canadian audience for The Big Bang Theory's series finale.
In Canada, Game 4 of the NBA Finals beat the Super Bowl (in English) and was the top NBA broadcast in Canadian history
Friday's Game 4 saw a higher average English-language audience in Canada than this year's Super Bowl (which wasn't simsubbed).
Ranking the 10 regular-season CFL games in June, all of which will be on ESPN’s networks or ESPN+
Some of the most promising matchups will be on ESPN+ rather than linear TV.
NBA’s main Turkish broadcaster won’t broadcast WCF due to Enes Kanter, won’t show Finals if Portland makes it there
Turkish broadcaster S Sports isn't showing the Western Conference Finals thanks to Turkey's government's feud with Trail Blazers' center Enes Kanter. And they won't show the Finals if Portland gets there.
Carolina Hurricanes revise “bunch of jerks” t-shirt to include “front-running” after Don Cherry’s latest insult
On Saturday, Cherry said "These people that are here now, front-running fans as far as I'm concerned." The Hurricanes responded by putting that on a t-shirt.
Don Cherry blasts Carolina Hurricanes for embracing his “bunch of jerks” insult, says “I don’t embrace nothing!”
"I don't embrace nothing! I said they look like a bunch of jerks being fish in the water, a bowling ball, this is professional hockey and no sport in the world does it except them."
Long-time Vancouver Canucks beat writer Jason Botchford, most recently of The Athletic, passes away at 48
After starting his career with the Toronto Sun, Botchford worked for The Province from 2005-18 before joining The Athletic last fall. He left a major mark on the Canucks' beat and on hockey writing in general.
Canadian NHL teams’ playoff appearances are actually slightly higher in the Rogers’ deal than the last five TSN/CBC years
While many have wondered about Canadian team playoff exits and what that means for Rogers' NHL deal, they've actually had more Canadian teams make the playoffs on average than TSN/CBC did in the last five years of their deal.
On the first day of the NHL playoffs, Quebec’s TVA Sports pulled its signal from Bell despite the CRTC warning it not to
Quebecor-owned TVA Sports appears to be going against the regulator's rules.
