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Can the Mets’ Pete Alonso better his rookie record 53 homers in 2020? Will the Angels’ Mike Trout again prove he’s the best in the game? What will Mookie Betts do in a Dodgers’ uniform? While the baseball season, along with the rest of the sports world, is on hold, ...

With the coronavirus pandemic causing national school shut-downs, students need positivity and access to engaging, educational content more than ever. The Drone Racing League (DRL), the global professional circuit for drone racing, today unveiled DRL Academy, an innovative STEM program, which features online learning opportunities for students studying science, engineering, ...

After breaking records for esports racing live streaming last Sunday, Torque Esports Corp.’s The Race All-Star Esports Battle returns this week with the world’s greatest sim racers taking on leading drivers from Formula 1, IndyCar, Formula E and more. The inaugural event had a combined total of 12.1 million minutes ...

The National Lacrosse League today unveiled a new logo to honor all constituencies during these challenging times. The logo contains images from all areas connected to the league and will be updated periodically as fans, players, and other interested parties send in new images. The copy accompanying the image that ...

Torque Esports Corp.’s esports tournament and broadcast operations group, UMG Media Ltd. has finalized the competing schools to take part in the ‘UMG Overwatch Collegiate Clash‘ which will begin on Friday, March 21. UMG has partnered with Activision Blizzard to host the eight-week competition which will feature esports teams from: ...

Following the announced delay to the start of the 2020 Minor League Baseball season, Baseball.FYI, the free, weekly baseball newsletter, has announced a program to offer temporary contract employment to minor league baseball players. “Minor leaguers haven’t received a paycheck since August and won’t get their next one until the regular ...

SiriusXM, the Official Satellite Radio Partner of INDYCAR, the sanctioning body for the NTT INDYCAR SERIES®, is expanding its coverage for the 2020 season.  In addition to delivering live turn-by-turn broadcasts of every race all season long, SiriusXM will debut a new weekly show featuring current and former INDYCAR drivers. ...

La Vida Baseball (@LaVidaBaseball), the nation’s leading English-speaking Latino baseball digital media company, today announced two strategic hires to help lead the platform’s expanded efforts in advance of the 2020 baseball season.  Trevor Mikus has been named to the newly created position of Vice President, Business Development and Jesse Menendez has been elevated ...

Family entertainment network BYUtv, available over cable, satellite and streaming, today announced that Dave Phillips Jr. has been tapped to oversee all studio and live event sports content and production as the network’s head sports producer. Throughout his career, Philips has produced both studio and live sports for a number ...

The New York Yankees, Amazon Prime Video and the YES Network are teaming up to live-stream 21 New York Yankees games this regular season on Prime Video at no additional cost to Prime members. The first Yankees game on Prime Video is scheduled for Friday, April 17, when the Yankees ...