Penn Entertainment acquires rest of Barstool Sports for $388 million
The deal values Barstool Sports at $606 million.
The deal values Barstool Sports at $606 million.
"Integration of that live data into our broadcast with visualization attached to it is very important to us. It’s definitely our secret sauce and how we differentiate ourselves from general sports networks."
The timing on this rumor is certainly curious...
Schefter's tweeting and investments both aren't great looks for ESPN, but neither criticism seems likely to lead to much change.
Mickelson says he won't play in Detroit's Rocket Mortgage Classic again because of the report.
"If you really need the money, stick with the stock market, okay?"
If this launch goes well, Entercom might expand its sports gambling programming further.
Barkley "lost a fortune" on the Falcons in the Super Bowl, but thought their loss to the Cowboys was an even larger "choke job."
Long will join Terry Bradshaw in making picks on the free-to-play FOX Bet Super 6 app each week. He'll also provide other gambling-focused analysis to Fox Bet and Fox digital platforms.
"There was a period where there wasn't a lot of sports on, and that brought and amplified the spotlight to a bunch of other types of media and content."
"As the sports gambling market matures and you have more [casual] people coming in, it will be those people who will tune in more often and for longer. There are early signs that that will be the case. But you’re not going to see that at the moment."
"I think that if we aligned ourselves with one company with a shared vision that company would have an extraordinary advantage in the race to becoming the leading gambling company in the United States."
Yahoo Sports app users nationwide can now check out odds in the Yahoo Sportsbook portion of the app, and those in New Jersey can place bets through it.