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Golf News

PGA Tour, LPGA Tour secures expansive multi-year media rights deal

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (Heartland Newsfeed/Ambush Sports) — The PGA Tour announced in a press release Monday that they have secured an expansive nine-year media rights deal, which includes deals with two TV networks and a streaming service. The professional golf organization agreed to a new media rights deal with existing partners Viacom for CBS broadcasts and Comcast for NBC and Golf Channel broadcasts and established a new long-term deal with Disney’s ESPN+. The nine-year deal goes into effect after the current […]

todayMarch 10, 2020 153

Editorial

EDITORIAL: Eating crow over WWE Elimination Chamber predictions

(Heartland Newsfeed) -- In the relentless cycle that is the 24-hour news cycle, it's definitely too late for me to write a review for WWE's recent PPV Elimination Chamber. In a preview of the event, as published on Ambush Sports, I made some predictions for the show: Shayna Baszler in the women's Elimination Chamber match Braun Strowman would retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship in a handicap match against Sami Zayn, Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura The New Day would win back […]

todayMarch 10, 2020 36

AEW News

AEW Dynamite to make debut in New Orleans, preview of this week’s show

NEW ORLEANS (Heartland Newsfeed/Ambush Sports) — All Elite Wrestling (AEW) announced Monday that AEW Dynamite will be making their debut in The Big Easy, New Orleans, this spring. The May 6 show will be held inside the Lakefront Arena on the campus of The University of New Orleans. Tickets will be going on sale Friday at noon Eastern, starting at $25. The promotional graphic published on Twitter features AEW World Champion Jon Moxley, AEW World Tag Team Champions Kenny Omega and “Hangman” Adam Page, Chris Jericho, Cody Rhodes, Jim […]

todayMarch 9, 2020 67

MLB News

Cardinals sign renewal contract for ace Jack Flaherty for 2020 season

ST. LOUIS (Heartland Newsfeed/Ambush Sports) — Starting pitcher Jack Flaherty has been renewed for the 2020 season with the St. Louis Cardinals, according to a press release Sunday. MLB sources stated in an interview with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that Flaherty will earn $604,500 in 2020, although the Cardinals organization did not officially release any financial terms. Under team policy, if the club has to renew a contract, a player’s salary is reduced by $10,000. That penalty was offset by a $10,000 […]

todayMarch 8, 2020 37

National

NBA fines Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban $500K for criticizing refs

NEW YORK (UPI) -- Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban was fined $500,000 for publicly criticizing NBA officials, the league office announced Friday. In the NBA's statement, the league said Cuban was disciplined for "public criticism and detrimental conduct regarding NBA officiating." The NBA also denied the Mavs' protest of their Feb. 22 loss to the Atlanta Hawks. The Mavericks' loss to the Hawks prompted Cuban to confront referees on the court and to criticize them on social media and while […]

todayMarch 7, 2020 29

East Central Illinois Region

Underwood granted three-year coaching extension with Illinois

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA, Ill. (Heartland Newsfeed/Ambush Sports) -- Brad Underwood will remain the head coach of the University of Illinois' men's basketball program for at least another three years on top of his current contract. Underwood was granted a three-year extension through 2026 on Monday, following an impressive 20-9 campaign (12-6 Big Ten, tied with Michigan State and Wisconsin) so far in the 2019-20 season that could launch them into their first Big Ten Championship in 15 years -- when Bruce Weber […]

todayMarch 3, 2020 98

Business & Lifestyle

Fox Sports regional sports networks set to remain on YouTube TV short-term while negotiations spark up again

SAN BRUNO, Calif./COCKEYSVILLE, Md. (Heartland Newsfeed/Ambush Sports) — After an announcement earlier in the week was going to result in Fox regional sports networks (RSNs) to be pulled off the air Saturday, it appeared a last-minute temporary short-term extension has been approved between Alphabet's YouTube TV and Sinclair Broadcast Group, owner of the RSNs. The previous carriage deal, which had been set to end at midnight Eastern, had resulted in the company stating that they would drop the sports channels […]

todayFebruary 29, 2020 53

Entertainment

Fox Sports regional sports networks, YES Network to be pulled as YouTube TV and Sinclair negotiations blow up

SAN BRUNO, Calif./COCKEYSVILLE, Md. (Heartland Newsfeed/Ambush Sports) -- Sports fans may notice their regional Fox sports networks (RSNs) and the YES Network will disappear from their YouTube TV lineups Saturday, as a result of contract negotiations blowing up. YouTube TV, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., is an OTT streaming service affiliated with the YouTube platform which launched in early 2017 and secured a deal with former owners of the regional sports networks, News Corporation, until the entertainment merger between News […]

todayFebruary 27, 2020 54

Entertainment News

Chicago Fire enters landmark multi-year broadcast deal with WGN

CHICAGO (Heartland Newsfeed/Ambush Sports) -- WGN has become the home for all locally-broadcast games for Major League Soccer's (MLS) Chicago Fire via a landmark multi-year partnership agreement, according to a press release Wednesday. In the Fire's 34-match MLS regular season, 24 local broadcasts will be carried on WGN. 18 of those broadcasts will be in prime time. The remaining 10 matches will be national broadcasts across ABC, ESPN, FS1, Univision and UniMás. The release states the agreement will be an […]

todayFebruary 19, 2020 130

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