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ABC to air “Monday Night Football” due to strikes

The ongoing strikes by the Hollywood elite in the Writers and Actors Guilds are significantly impacting the world of entertainment. These further protracting conflicts are definitely seen on the tube and TV plans for major networks. One of those networks is bringing back football regularly for the 2023-24 NFL season. "Monday Night Football," which is currently a property of ESPN, is returning to regular broadcast status on ABC this season as a result of the strikes. "MNF" games normally air […]

todaySeptember 19, 2023 1

Buccaneers Nassib

Football News

Bucs, Nassib agree to one-year deal

TAMPA (UPI) -- The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and outside linebacker/defensive end Carl Nassib agreed to terms on a one-year contract. Sources told ESPN, NFL Network, and The Athletic on Monday night that the parties agreed to the pact. Nassib was a free agent. Defensive end Carl Nassib (right) totaled 21 combined tackles and 1.5 sacks in 13 games last season for the Las Vegas Raiders. Nassib, 29, totaled 21 combined tackles, three tackles for a loss, 1.5 sacks, and a […]

todayAugust 17, 2022 4

Business & Lifestyle

ESPN to lay off 300 workers, won’t fill 200 open jobs

BRISTOL, Conn. (UPI) -- ESPN announced Thursday it will lay off 300 employees and will not fill about 200 open positions, marking its largest number of job cuts in five years. The sports network, which is owned by Disney, employs about 6,000 people worldwide, 4,000 of whom are in Bristol, Conn. It laid off 300 employees during a round of cuts in 2015. "Today is hard because ESPN has always been -- and will always be -- fortified by its […]

todayNovember 5, 2020

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 4

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 3

Entertainment News

ESPN tasked to deliver XFL broadcasts to more than 100 million homes worldwide

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 […]

todayFebruary 6, 2020 3

Business & Lifestyle

Arizona Cardinals’ Larry Fitzgerald is newest stakeholder in NBA’s Phoenix Suns

PHOENIX (UPI) -- Veteran wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald has purchased a portion of the NBA's Phoenix Suns. Sources told NFL Network and ESPN Fitzgerald purchased a minority stake in the franchise. The Suns were valued at $1.5 billion in 2019, according to Forbes. "It's an investment in something I have supported since I've been in Arizona," Fitzgerald told NFL Network. "It gives me another connection in the community I love and always will live in. It's a long-term commitment I […]

todayJanuary 22, 2020 5

Entertainment

Las Vegas bookies, sports media at odds over Super Bowl winning odds

(Heartland Newsfeed) -- Oh, how it's funny how the odds constantly change in sports, especially among USA sports betting online bookies. Our of our guest columnists, Steve Martin, wrote about the upcoming Super Bowl in Miami and it mentioned odds set by the bookies in Las Vegas. What a matter of hours will do to change the game for hardcore gamblers when it comes to the biggest game of the NFL season. From the mentioned article: Predictions for the February […]

todayJanuary 13, 2020 4

Football News

New York Giants fire coach Pat Shurmur

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (UPI) -- The New York Giants have fired coach Pat Shurmur following a 4-12 campaign in 2019. Sources told NFL Network, ESPN and USA Today of the move Monday. The Philadelphia Eagles beat the Giants 34-17 Sunday at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. The Giants have the No. 4 overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft. Shurmur posted a 9-23 record in two seasons as Giants coach. He also posted a 9-23 record in two seasons […]

todayDecember 30, 2019 3

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