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Rachel DeMita addresses Big3 exit: ‘I do wish that there could have been some discussion’

"I didn't hear from anybody. There was no talks about it..."

Exclusive: Chris Haynes joins BIG3 broadcast team

"I’m honored to bring my storytelling and coverage to this rapidly-growing league."

Vice Sports adds BIG3 games to Vice TV lineup

"Their young, irreverent, and connected viewership is the perfect audience for us."

BIG3 co-founder Ice Cube in 2018. (Kirby Lee/USA Today Sports.)

International

BIG3/Ice Cube ‘weirdest legal battle in Hollywood’ suit against Qatari investors’ Sport Trinity settled after six years

Pat McAfee interviews BIG3 co-founder/CEO Ice Cube. (The Pat McAfee Show on X/Twitter.)

CBS

Pat McAfee let Ice Cube cut a BIG3-Olympic 3X3 basketball challenge promo, said he’d put up a $100K prize

BIG3 announces next ‘othercasts’ with streamers, says two million people have watched that way so far

“This program allows the BIG3 to meet the next generation of fans where they are – on social media.”

Rachel DeMita lands courtside commentator job with BIG3

BIG3 Basketball will add DeMita, formerly of 2K Sports, to their broadcast team as a courtside commentator.

Caitlin Clark’s $5 million BIG3 offer raises many questions

Is it possible Ice Cube has already "won," simply by getting sports media and others to talk about his league?

Ice Cube’s BIG3 will return to CBS Sports platforms in 2024

BIG3 will return to CBS Sports in the summer of 2024 for its latest season.

Ice Cube thinks the NBA is hindering BIG3’s growth

Ice Cube is once again claiming the NBA is holding BIG3 back.

Ice Cube has a BIG3 docuseries in the works with Jesse Collins Entertainment

"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."

Shams Charania reported that Colin Kaepernick “is investing” in the BIG3, then Kaepernick’s rep told The Athletic “It’s just not true.”

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."

BIG3 broadcasting additions this year include John Salley as sideline reporter, Lisa Leslie as an analyst (when not coaching)

"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."

Big3 will begin 2021 season on July 10, all games broadcast live on CBS

The championship game will be played on Saturday, September 4.

Big3 cancels 2020 season, plans to return in 2021

Big3's broadcast partnership with CBS Sports will continue through 2021.

The BIG3 reportedly plans to launch “a quarantined, reality show-style three-on-three tournament” in LA in April

"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."

Final Fox RSN bids see Liberty and MLB team up, Sinclair back in the game, and the BIG3 still bidding “for the culture”

Liberty and MLB have reportedly combined their bids, and Sinclair's now bidding again. The BIG3 bid is also there.

BIG3 claims to FCC that Charter has already decided not to carry RSNs the BIG3 hasn’t even won yet

"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."

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