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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

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

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

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

Football News

Former Univ. of Wisconsin wide receiver Randle El arrested, linked to double homicide

JANESVILLE, Wisc. (Heartland Newsfeed/Ambush Sports) -- A former University of Wisconsin football player was arrested Saturday in connection to a double homicide that took place earlier in the week. According to Janesville Police Department chief David Moore, Marcus Randle El turned himself in Saturday afternoon with the arrest made by the Chicago Police Department in relation to the deaths of 30-year-old Seairaha Winchester of Joliet, Ill. and 28-year-old Brittany McAdory of Janesville. The 33-year-old Randle El played as wide receiver […]

todayFebruary 16, 2020

Entertainment News

Wrestling Recap: February 15, 2020

(Heartland Newsfeed/Ambush Sports) -- It's Saturday and it's yet another night of pro wrestling. Here's a recap of MLW Fusion and Ring Of Honor Wrestling for February 15, 2020. MLW Fusion It's rare that Major League Wrestling owner Court Bauer allows anyone outside of his broadcast and production teams to run each show, but it has happened. Tonight's broadcast is produced by stable members of The Dynasty - Richard Holliday, Maxwell Jacob Friedman (MJF) and Alexander Hammerstone. Three matches were […]

todayFebruary 16, 2020

AEW News

Wrestling Recap: February 12, 2020

(Heartland Newsfeed/Ambush Sports) -- Another week in the Wednesday Night Wars between All Elite Wrestling’s Dynamite and WWE’s NXT brand is in the books. So how did both wrestling shows fare this week? AEW Dynamite Dynamite revealed the successful retention of the AEW World Tag Team Championships by Kenny Omega and “Hangman” Adam Page against Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky of So Cal Uncensored in a bout that popped just about as much as their previous match where Omega and […]

todayFebruary 14, 2020

Entertainment News

XFL News Wire: February 11, 2020

(Heartland Newsfeed) -- There has been much activity surrounding the XFL during and since its inaugural week of the 2020 relaunch, which has the sports world reeling. Television ratings Saturday: XFL's ABC debut netted an average of 3.303 million viewers for the Seattle Dragons/DC Defenders game. Saturday's late game on FOX between the Los Angeles Wildcats and Houston Roughnecks had an average viewership of 2.77 million. Sunday: FOX's early game between the Tampa Bay Vipers and New York Guardians netted […]

todayFebruary 11, 2020

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