The World Boxing Council introduced the new “franchise” champion designation this week. Next week the WBC will unfurl another level of championship status – the new Lifetime Franchise Champion. The WBC says the “Lifetime Franchise” champion will earn his status because he is a revenue generating asset thus the WBC ...

Riptide Partners, a newly launched consulting business offering a full service Customer Experience (CX) solution for sports teams and venue operators, today named veteran executive Neil Davis as its first head of sales. Davis has more than 30 years of business, media and sales experience at some of the world’s ...

Baseball fans consume games in a variety of ways as they follow their favorite teams and player throughout a season, including across multiple digital platforms built and operated by Major League Baseball (MLB). Those unique digital touchpoint experiences will benefit from a new technology partnership announced today between Flexential, a ...

Genius Sports Media, the media technology arm of Genius Sports Group, has today unveiled a new suite of data-driven fan engagement services that transform the way brands and publishers connect with their audiences. Leveraging its 10 years of fan understanding, programmatic media buying knowhow and live sports data expertise, Genius ...

Premium television network EPIX® and NFL Films announced today that Emmy-nominated broadcaster Rich Eisen will host NFL: The Grind. Starting September 11, the 17-episode season of NFL: The Grind airs Wednesdays at 9pm ET throughout the entirety of the 2019 NFL season. NFL: The Grind will serve as both a ...

By Scoop Malinowski A lot of ring observers find it hard to accept that fight fixing happens in boxing today. Despite massive evidence and motive by the establishment to protect their key asset moneymakers, many fans and media won’t consider that some or many of the biggest fights they see ...

WSC Sports, the leader in AI-powered sports video content, today announced that David Stern, NBA Commissioner Emeritus, has joined the company in an advisory role along with John Kosner, former EVP, Digital Media at ESPN. In this role, Stern and Kosner will assist WSC Sports as it makes a significant ...

TeamWorks Media, the fast growing, award-winning leaders in digital storytelling, today announced a new content series with Minor League Baseball to expand the scope and reach of MiLB’s ultra-popular Copa de la Diversión program. Beginning this week (June 17), MiLB and La Vida Baseball are producing two weekly dedicated shows ...

In advance of the upcoming NBA and NHL Drafts, MSG Networks (NYSE: MSGN) today announced the launch of “Rookie Week, presented by Squarespace” a full week of rookie-themed programming airing across the network’s linear, digital and social platforms. The all-week takeover will kick-off today and provide viewers with extensive, in-depth ...

By Scoop Malinowski Tyson Fury is the closest thing the boxing world has ever seen since Muhammad Ali – and he can even sing too. The parallels to Ali are numerous.  Fury is a marvel of a boxer with innate, sensational skills and moves, remarkable for a big man who ...