Awful Announcing
"Described as Welcome to Wrexham and Cheer meets basketball, the series will be dual-narrative following Cube and the challenges of building a new basketball league from the ground up, as well as the journey of one of the BIG3 teams. ...BIG3’s widely covered $1.2 billion lawsuit against Qatari investors will also be covered."
On Wednesday, Shams Charania reported Colin Kaepernick "is investing" in the BIG3, "which was on the verge of potentially shutting down." On Thursday, The Athletic reported that Kaepernick's representative denied any investment: "It's just not true."
"John Salley is a basketball legend, and we know he will bring energetic banter and immense basketball knowledge to broadcasts in his first season with the league."
The championship game will be played on Saturday, September 4.
Big3's broadcast partnership with CBS Sports will continue through 2021.
"The preseason tournament will feature 16 to 22 players from The Big3 who are negative for the coronavirus, and they will be quarantined in Los Angeles."
Liberty and MLB have reportedly combined their bids, and Sinclair's now bidding again. The BIG3 bid is also there.
"Charter's conduct risks effectively excluding BIG3 from the bidding process and tainting the auction. It has been suggested to BIG3's ownership that Charter has disseminated its threat to drop the (regional sports networks) to other members of the industry."
BIG3 is leaving Fox this season for CBS.
While the BIG3 bid for the RSNs has big names attached, most are "content partners" who aren't actually investing. And there are questions about the finances here.
Maxiell also told his wife he'd slept with "more than 50" women during their marriage.
The BIG3 season ended on a high note for Fox Sports.
The BIG3 is coming to Facebook, but how much of an audience will it find there?
