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WWE® Reaches Broadcast Agreement with Nine Network

WWE (NYSE: WWE) today announced it has reached a new agreement with Nine Network to broadcast weekly one-hour versions of WWE’s flagship programs Raw® and SmackDown® in Australia on Nine Network channel 9Go!. Starting this week, 9Go! will televise a one-hour edition of Raw on Thursdays at 11 p.m. and a one-hour edition of SmackDown on Fridays immediately ...

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NBA LIVE 18 Launches Free Demo Today

Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) announced that the NBA LIVE 18 free demo* will launch today for all players with Xbox Live Gold and PlayStation Plus accounts, August 11th on Xbox One and PlayStation® 4. In a franchise first, all progress and unlocked content coming out of the experience will carry over into ...

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National Baseball Card Day August 12 Highlights Growth Of Industry, Innovative Programs

Let the celebration begin! National Baseball Card Day returns to hobby shops on Saturday, August 12. National Baseball Card Day celebrates a thrilling hobby with all that is fun about baseball. Topps, Major League Baseball, and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) are once again partnering to make National ...

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ESPN2, ESPN3 To Air Mylan WTT Finals Friday

The Mylan World TeamTennis presented by GEICO Finals between the Orange County Breakers and San Diego Aviators on Friday will air on ESPN3 at 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT with ESPN2 joining the live coverage at midnight ET / 9 p.m. PT. The teams will face off in a rematch of last ...

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Rugby Sevens Adds Another Mega-International Event For 2017

Every year the Las Vegas Sevens has brought record crowds to Las Vegas for the Olympic sport of rugby. Over 80,000 people from around the world piled in to Sin City last year, and combined with a UFC event, made the first weekend in March a record sports extravaganza even ...

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Ted Williams Documentary Coming To PBS

THIRTEEN’s American Masters series announced a new documentary about Baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams, co-produced with Major League Baseball, Albert M. Tapper, David Ortiz‘ Big Papi Productions, and Nick Davis Productions. The film is slated to premiere summer 2018 on PBS in honor of Williams’ centennial (August 30, 1918 – July 5, 2002). This is the ...

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NBA MVP Russell Westbrook Tops Horrow Sports’ 2016-17 Power 100 Athlete Ranking

The Oklahoma City Thunder’s Russell Westbrook (No. 1), Matt Ryan (No. 2), and LeBron James (No. 3) top the Horrow Sports Ventures 2016-17 POWER 100 proprietary annual ranking of the world’s most powerful athletes. In its seventh consecutive installment, The POWER 100, the proprietary annual ranking of the most powerful ...

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Sling TV Offers First-Ever Pay-Per-View Event with UFC 214 on Saturday, July 29

This weekend, Sling TV will offer its first-ever pay-per-view event through the live stream of UFC® 214: CORMIER vs. JONES 2 on Saturday, July 29 from the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. UFC 214 pre-orders are now available for purchase for $59.99 to new and existing customers of Sling TV’s subscription services. “Since ...

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The Drone Racing League Premieres Allianz World Championship Race, 2017 Season Finale On ESPN

The Drone Racing League (DRL), the global leader in professional drone racing, announced the premiere of the 2017 Allianz Circuit Season Finale, the Drone Racing World Championship, airing on ESPN this Friday, July 28 at 9 PM EST. Following an epic playoff race in Munich and an electrifying 2017 season, the world’s eight best drone pilots ...

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New Era & Topps Partner on Caps Celebrating Historic & Modern Baseball Card Designs

New Era Cap®, the official cap of Major League Baseball®, and The Topps Company, Inc., the exclusive trading card partners of MLB, today launched a cap collection to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the memorable 1987 Topps® wood-grain trading card design and a modern update showcasing new technologies used in ...

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