(Heartland Newsfeed) -- The debut broadcast of XFL Preview launched Saturday morning, hosted by former WWE and ESPN broadcaster "The Coach" Jonathan Coachman and WWE backstage correspondent Alyse Ashton, previews today's games and the new rules for the league. The following video from the XFL:
(Heartland Newsfeed) -- AEW and NXT showed strong audience increases Wednesday, mostly surrounding the important 18-49 demographic. However, despite a heavy hype of commercials during Monday Night Raw and a push for Charlotte Flair's first appearance on NXT, the gap in favor of AEW continues to widen. AEW Dynamite, which was built around Cody Rhodes taking ten lashes on national television from former friend and current rival Maxwell Jacob Friedman as one of the stipulations made for a future match, […]
ST. LOUIS (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Business affairs are being finalized leading to the kickoff of the revived XFL this weekend, business, as usual, has not changed for the St. Louis BattleHawks as they enter opening weekend, with news that they have announced that SSM Health has been named as the team's official medical provider, according to a press release today. SSM will be providing medical services for BattleHawks players in training and throughout their recovery. Professionals from SSM and SLUCare […]
BRISTOL, Conn. (Heartland Newsfeed) -- ESPN International will be delivering global coverage of the 2020 XFL season around the world via ESPN-branded platforms and its distribution partners, according to a press release Wednesday. Distribution of XFL games will be in six of seven continents (sorry, Antarctica), meaning that more than 100 million households in more than 200 countries and territories will be able to tune in. Linear networks owned by Disney or ESPN will be broadcast in various languages, depending […]
SEATTLE (UPI) -- The Seattle Mariners signed left-handed pitcher Marco Gonzales to a four-year contract extension, the team announced Monday. The extension, which begins in 2021, contains a club option for 2025, according to the team. League sources told The Athletic that Gonzales' four-year deal is worth $30 million. "Since joining the Mariners, Marco has been a model of consistency, quietly ranking among the most productive starting pitchers in the AL," Mariners general manager Jerry Dipoto said in a statement […]
NEW YORK (UPI) -- A week after parting ways with Carlos Beltran, the New York Mets officially hired Luis Rojas as their next manager, the team announced Thursday. Rojas becomes the Mets' third manager in the past four months and the team's fourth skipper in two and a half years. The club will introduce Rojas in a press conference Friday at Citi Field. "I will work tirelessly to help this team win," Rojas said in a statement Thursday. "I believe […]
NASSAU, Bahamas (UPI) -- Jon Moxley battled Pac in the main event of AEW Dynamite to determine the No. 1 contender for Chris Jericho's AEW World Championship. This episode of Dynamite on Wednesday took place during Jericho's Rock 'N' Wrestling Rager at Sea, a wrestling-themed cruise filled with fans. Moxley took on Pac in the main event, wearing a bandage over his damaged left eye after Jericho had stabbed it last week at Bash at the Beach using a spike […]