Local Networks News
NBC Sports Bay Area analyst Tim Flannery is back in the hospital, battling a staph infection
"When they brought me in here they said, 'You could die in a week.'"
Sports are experimenting (and getting creative) with new revenue streams in 2020
With attendance drastically slashed, teams and leagues need to think outside of the box to create revenue.
Sinclair agrees to partnership with Bally’s for naming rights to Fox Sports regional networks
You're watching Atlanta Braves baseball on... Bally's Sports South?
Sinclair could reportedly sell naming rights to the Fox Sports RSNs to a sports betting company
Who wants to watch games on a sports betting branded RSN?
Hear the Arizona and Buffalo radio calls from the Cardinals’ game-winning Hail Mary
"OH MY GOODNESS IT'S CAUGHT! DEANDRE HOPKINS CAUGHT IT! HE CAUGHT IT FOR A TOUCHDOWN! WITH ONE SECOND LEFT! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! YOU'VE GOTTA BE JOKING ME!"
Celtics legend Tom Heinsohn has passed away at 86
Younger viewers may only know Heinsohn as a Celtics broadcaster, but his career and life encompassed so much more.
Mark Jones will be the Sacramento Kings’ primary TV play-by-play voice, will also continue at ESPN
Jones has been at ESPN and ABC since 1990, and will continue to work for those networks in addition to his duties with the Kings.
Sinclair took a $4.2 billion writedown over its regional sports networks, posted a quarterly loss of $3.2 billion
Distribution losses, including with Hulu+Live TV and YouTube TV, played a big role in this write-down.
NESN is also getting bumped from YouTube TV
Another RSN is being dropped with no live games airing over at least the next two months.
Sinclair’s regional sports networks unit is facing a possible debt restructuring, and has been called their “Achilles’ heel”
Sinclair's purchase of the former Fox RSNs from Disney at a $10.6 billion valuation (with $9.6 billion exchanged) had some merit at the time, but those RSNs are facing some dire challenges now.
Appeals court upholds ruling that MASN owes Washington Nationals $100 million over TV rights
MASN plans to appeal this decision to New York’s appellate court.
Hulu dropping Sinclair’s Fox Sports regional networks from live-sports packages
The Sinclair Fox Sports regional channels will go dark on Hulu beginning Oct. 23.
The Phillies have cut loose radio host Jim Jackson, calling him a “luxury the team can no longer afford in such uncertain times”
Another broadcaster has been kicked to the curb by the Phillies.
