‘Promiseland’ docuseries gives refreshing look at Ja Morant’s rise from overlooked talent to NBA star
Morant is impossible not to root for while watching this Crackle docuseries.
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Alex McDaniel is joining For The Win as their new managing editor
McDaniel was previously a long-time SB Nation writer and editor, one of many caught up in that site's furloughs and layoffs last year.
The Undefeated has added David Dennis Jr. as a senior writer
Dennis Jr. had previously freelanced for The Undefeated; he now joins them as a senior writer, with a focus on music.
Blue Wire’s Kevin Jones and Peter Moses talk their upcoming narrative podcast slate: “We’re always thinking about pushing forward storytelling.”
"We're looking for both intimacy and a fan's perspective. Where is the personal connection between host and subject? How are we thinking about a story or athlete in a different way?"
ESPN veteran Ivan Maisel joins new On3 college sports website network as vice president of editorial and investor
"I figured out that what I want to do is to keep covering college football nationally, just as I have done since 1987."
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."
Ja Morant docuseries on NBA star’s rookie season, ‘Promiseland,’ releases first trailer
The docuseries debuts June 3 on Crackle.
New media venture Just Women’s Sports raises $3.5 million from investors for coverage, production
The site already has podcasts covering soccer and the WNBA.
Fox has bought Clay Travis’ OutKick
Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch announced on an earnings call Wednesday that his company has bought Clay Travis' OutKick site. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Better Collective buys Action Network for $240 million in a bid to expand its U.S. operations
Action Network brought in around $15 million in revenue last year, but is projecting $40 million in revenue this year.
Verizon is out of the media business, selling Yahoo and AOL to Apollo Global Management
How Yahoo's sale will affect its sports properties is yet to be determined.
Whistle Studios & Insight TV partnering on ‘Making (Her)Story’ docuseries following female athletes
Whistle Studios (the production arm of Team Whistle) and content producer Insight TV have announced plans to create...
Verizon is exploring a sale of Verizon Media, including Yahoo and AOL, for around half of what it paid for those two companies
It looks like Verizon may sell Yahoo and AOL for far less than it paid for them.
