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Yahoo Sports Collaborates With PGA TOUR to Deliver Free Live Coverage & On-Demand Content to Golf Fans Globally

Yahoo Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) and PGA TOUR this week announced a strategic relationship to deliver free, live, and on-demand video content from the PGA TOUR to fans around the world, no cable subscription or authentication required. Teeing off today with the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, now on Yahoo, viewers around ...

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McDonald’s and Focus Features to Bring Jesse Owens Biopic, RACE, Screenings to Five Metro Cities across the U.S.

Beginning Tuesday, McDonald’s will bring exclusive preview screenings of Focus Features’ RACE, the long-awaited movie about gold medal champion Jesse Owens, to five theaters across the country. In conjunction with local McDonald’s franchisees and community partners, the movie will receive exclusive screenings in Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York and ...

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Tyson Talks Tennis

http://gty. im/72606240 As we stood there in the parking lot of Mario’s Ringside Lounge just off Route 1 & 9 in Jersey City, N. J. on a sunny April afternoon, I made a random comment to Mike Tyson, to initiate some small talk. “Mike, you’re looking in great shape, how ...

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Tyson Talks Tennis

http://gty. im/72606240 As we stood there in the parking lot of Mario’s Ringside Lounge just off Route 1 & 9 in Jersey City, N. J. on a sunny April afternoon, I made a random comment to Mike Tyson, to initiate some small talk. “Mike, you’re looking in great shape, how ...

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Expanded Women’s Collegiate Championship Field & Live National TV Broadcast of Women’s Championship Final Enhance the 2016 Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship in Philadelphia

The Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship,  the largest annual collegiate Rugby Sevens event in the world, today announced that the field for the 2016 Women’s Collegiate Championship will expand to 16 teams for the first time ever, and that the women’s championship final will be televised live nationally on NBC ...

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College Rugby Gets Another Kick

Is Penn Mutual becoming to rugby what Allstate is to college football? It appears so, as the Horsham, Pa.-based company today announced an extension of their landmark deal with the Collegiate Rugby Championships and The Varsity Cup for an unspecified number of years, along with an added investment to promote ...

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Super Bowl Ratings: Up or Down?

Were the ratings for Super Bowl 50 up or down? Depends on who you ask… CBS says: CBS Sports’ Coverage Of Super Bowl 50 Is Most-Watched Program In Television History As 167.0 Million Viewers Watch All Or Part Of Game The CBS Television Network’s coverage of Super Bowl 50 featuring ...

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AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour Announces 2016 Schedule

The Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP), the premiere domestic professional beach volleyball tour in the U.S., today officially announced its 2016 schedule, which includes eight events in seven states, including the final FIVB Olympic Qualifying event in the U.S. before Rio, in Cincinnati. Tournaments will be held from April through ...

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NBA LEAGUE PASS action coming to go90

There are some restrictions* (*there always are), but this news from Verizon Wireless on the availability of NBA LEAGUE PASS on go90, its mobile entertainment platform. Starting February 6, fans can watch live out-of-market NBA games through NBA LEAGUE PASS on go90.  From February 6-7, all registered go90 users can ...

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Fitch: Strong NFL TV Ratings Support Stadia Stability

Strong television ratings and packed stadia for the National Football League playoff games further validate the sport’s broad popularity and limit stadia competition, Fitch Ratings says. The NFL’s playoff games were successful despite their relatively small markets. Ninety-nine million viewers nationwide watched the games on January 23, and coverage in ...

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