China stops broadcasting NBA preseason games in latest fallout from Daryl Morey’s pro-Hong Kong protest tweet
Morey's tweet has now led to NBA pre-season games being pulled off Chinese TV.
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ESPN officially announces Bundesliga ESPN+ deal, reportedly paying $30 million per year
The Bundesliga is heading to a new home in America next season.
Discovery Golf’s Alex Kaplan talks GolfTV’s “My Game: Tiger Woods” series, Golf Digest acquisition, and more
"The goal with My Game was to showcase Tiger and bring the viewer into the mind of golf’s greatest champion. Tiger’s deep understanding and knowledge of the game is a part of his greatness, but so is his unique mental approach he takes in practice and onto the course."
Italian pundit Luciano Passirani says “the only way to outmuscle [Lukaku] is to give him 10 bananas to eat,” gets banned from station
Saying Lukaku could only be stopped by giving him bananas to eat was a terrible remark, and one that led to Passirani being banned from Milan station Telelombardi.
Bill Simmons’ criticism of Devin Booker for not playing for Team USA quickly backfired
17 minutes after ripping Devin Booker for not playing for Team USA over injury recovery concerns, Bill Simmons got upset over Jayson Tatum getting hurt playing for Team USA.
Actual U.S. soccer reporters quickly refute the Daily Mail’s “USA bid to nab Phil Neville” headline
Knowledgeable U.S. reporters including Grant Wahl and Rachel Bachman were quick to refute the Daily Mail story.
Manchester United legend Eric Cantona gave one of the most bizarre speeches in human history at the Champions League draw
"As flies to wanton boys we are for the gods, they kill us for their sport. Soon the science will not only be able to slow down the ageing of the cells, soon the science will fix the cells to the state and so we will become eternal."
TNT lost its announcing feed for several minutes during a UEFA Champions League match between APOEL and Ajax
The announcer feed went out for a few minutes, sparking some complaints.
NBC/AEG Pub Pass is an unusual combination of a broadcaster marketing streaming content to bars; will others follow?
It's unusual to see a streaming service market to bars this way, especially with no cover charge requirement.
Comcast-Sky deal improves NBC Premier League schedule, and they’ll air some broadcasts from Sky studios
Owning Sky has allowed Comcast to provide NBC with some more desirable Premier League matchups for NBC windows this season.
Fire took out broadcasting truck at German GP, and F1 needed to scramble to find a solution
A storm caused a fire that destroyed the broadcasting truck.
“Right down Main Street once more. But it’s wide!” call is an illustration of why CFL fans have a Rod Black Drinking Game
There's a Rod Black Drinking Game that's been circulating for at least five years, and Saturday's missed field goal call fit right into it.
Jay Onrait says the only news Chris Broussard made in NBA free agency “was getting called out on your bullshit by a foreign...
'That clapback took you two weeks? Who are you, George Costanza? You know what else you could have been doing the past two weeks? NBA reporting!"
Univision’s Olek Lowenstein talks TUDN launch, partnership with Mexico’s Grupo Televisa, bid for non-Hispanic viewers
"We see value in us being the leader in soccer regardless of language."
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.'"
