The Collegiate StarLeague (CSL) has announced Campus Insiders as its Official Media Partner for the 2016-2017 season. This exciting partnership will create and distribute written and video content supporting and highlighting CSL’s collegiate esports leagues and tournaments across the Campus Insiders network. CSL is the destination of choice for competitive ...
Read More »Fitch: Long-Term TV Deals Strengthen U.S. Sports 2017 Outlook
Declines in TV viewership early in the NFL season have turned out to be little more than an election-related blip and will not adversely affect the stable outlook in place for U.S. sports finance next year, according to Fitch Ratings in its 2017 outlook for U.S. sports. The primary reason ...
Read More »FITE TV Announces Launch of DDP Yoga on Streaming Platform Starting Today
FITE TV in conjunction DDP Yoga announced today that it will be broadcasting the full DDP Yoga program and library on FITE TV starting Thursday, December 8. FITE TV is a television network, via a downloadable app, that specializes in all things fighting, including Boxing, Wrestling, MMA, Martial Arts and ...
Read More »WHOOP Announces Findings of Largest Performance Study Ever Conducted in Professional Sports
WHOOP, the human performance optimization company, today announced the results of a performance study involving minor league players from nine Major League Baseball (MLB) organizations. The landmark study, which was conducted with 230 minor league players from June – November, 2016, was designed to monitor the relationship between physiological status ...
Read More »Burke, Trask Among WISE Award Finalists
Two noted broadcasters, Doris Burke of ESPN and Amy Trask of CBS Sports Network, have been named finalists for the 2017 Women in Sports and Events (WISE) Women of the Year Award. It will be presented to three women at the 23rd Annual WISE Women of the Year Awards Luncheon ...
Read More »HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series Returns to Las Vegas
United World Sports, the organizers behind the largest annual rugby events in the United States; and USA Rugby, the national governing body of rugby in America, announce that the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series will return to Las Vegas for 2017, uniting it with the annual USA Sevens International ...
Read More »World’s Biggest Clubs Unite to Create Dugout – The Ultimate Digital Football Platform for Fans
Today sees the global launch of Dugout.com – the new digital platform created with the world’s greatest clubs and players to connect football fans and deliver exclusive behind-the-scenes content and access, free of charge and all in one place. In a world first, the biggest clubs in the world have joined forces to support a new business. Dugout has already agreed partnerships ...
Read More »Early Star’s Career, Untimely Death Recalled In Biography
Even avid baseball fans are not likely to have heard of Win Mercer. His career–and, sadly, his life–over just before the detente between the National League and upstart American League would lead to the first World Series, Mercer toiled for always losing and mostly dismal Washington teams in seven of ...
Read More »Steiner Sports Holiday Gift Credo: “Think Inside The Box!”
Steiner Sports founder Brandon Steiner has a new holiday gift credo which is: “Think inside the box!” The sports collectibles company is offering 11, amazing, 10-item “Ultimate Fan Gift Boxes” for Christmas and Hanukkah gift-giving which are sure to have sports fans wrapped up in enthusiasm: the New York Yankees, ...
Read More »EPIX And NHL Partner For Third Original Series ‘EPIX Presents Road To The NHL Outdoor Classics’
Premium TV network EPIX® and the NHL®, partnering for a third season, today announced that EPIX Presents Road To the NHL Outdoor Classics will make its U.S. Television Premiere on Friday, Dec. 16 at 10pm ET/PT, 9C on EPIX with four weekly episodes. This season, the series tells the stories ...
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