Boxing is sport where the mediocre fights are featured on basic cable channels like ESPN, the bigger fights are on premium cable channels like HBO and Showtime and the biggest fights are of course on pay-per-view, but I feel that boxing could benefit from putting some of the bigger fights on network TV—like the UFC is doing with its Fox deal. Yes, Dana White's UFC has seen a major popularity ...
By Jason Davis - WASHINGTON, DC (Jan 19, 2011) US Soccer Players -- Fox, the national broadcast network that counts iconic properties like The Simpsons and the National Football League among its assets, blazed a new trail by airing a live English Premier League soccer match on Sunday. Soccer getting the full televised sports treatment on a network that isn’t an opt-in premium purchase, but a ...
Heated competition and demand for sports cable programming is driving up broadcasting rights fees. And some Major League Baseball clubs find themselves flush in a sport with no limit on how much they can spend for players. So where does all this leave the Indians?
Without much fanfare, soccer will take another big step into the American mainstream this weekend when Manchester United's game at Arsenal becomes the first English Premier League match to be televised live by a U.S. over-the-air network.
Just two NFL teams will remain after Sunday's league semifinals, setting up a final showdown for Super Bowl XLVI glory. But the Super Bowl isn't just a huge event for the players, coaches and fans involved. It's also make-or-break time for the television advertisers who pay a premium for the right to reach an audience of more than 100 million rapt viewers.
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MillerCoors, NASCAR and Penske Racing today jointly announced multi-year partnership extensions for the brewer's two biggest brands. For MillerCoors, the ...
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Without much fanfare, soccer will take another big step into the American mainstream this weekend when Manchester United's game at Arsenal becomes the first English Premier League match to be televised live by a U.S. over-the-air network.
ESPN still wears the crown in this company's kingdom despite the increasing costs of sports programming.
WPS Suspended - ESPN - How will the suspension of Women's Professional Soccer affect the U.S. women's ability to train and compete for the London Games -- and beyond?
PEORIA, Ill. , Jan. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Â Maui Jim, the company that was created on the beaches of Maui , will turn to some of the most beautiful shorelines in the world to create a unique series of ...
First, boxing is not dying and it's certainly not being killed by any other sport. Live attendance is up and when the sport makes its top events, they still outsell anything else on pay-per-view. Internationally, the sport is bigger than ever and is second only to soccer in...
NEW YORK -- Without much fanfare, soccer will take another big step into the American mainstream this weekend when Manchester United’s game at Arsenal becomes the first English Premier League match to be televised live by a U.S. over-the-air network.
Mediacom added 23 new high-definition channels to its cable offerings over the weekend, the company said on Tuesday, Jan. 24. The additional channels bring the total number of HD channels available to 101 for Mediacom customers in Linn, Johnson, and seven surrounding Eastern Iowa Counties.
NEW YORK (AP) — Without much fanfare, soccer will take another big step into the American mainstream this weekend when Manchester United’s game at Arsenal becomes the first English Premier League match to be televised live by a U.S. over-the-air network.
NEW YORK -- Without much fanfare, soccer will take another big step into the American mainstream this weekend when Manchester United's game at Arsenal becomes the first English Premier League match to be televised live by a U.S. over-the-air network. "To do this 10 years ago, had we put to the affiliates that we wanted to take the time to show a soccer game, we would have been either laughed at ...
NASCAR's 2011 season was a welcome reversal for the auto racing outfit, as numbers rose for the...
NEW YORK (AP) - Without much fanfare, soccer will take another big step into the American mainstream this weekend when Manchester United's game at Arsenal becomes the first English Premier League match to be televised live by a U.S. over-the-air network.
Tim Kennedy wasn't the least bit insulted when Strikeforce middleweight champion Luke Rockhold used his Jan. 7 post-fight interview to ask that UFC contenders be brought in to challenge him next. Kennedy agreed with him.
NEW ORLEANS -- Change is coming to the BCS, and judging by the talk coming out of Tuesday's meeting of conference commissioners, that change could be fairly drastic. A four-team playoff or some other model featuring an additional game or games? On the table. The elimination of the automatic qualifying designation that created a clearly delineated caste system in college football? On the table.
Here's the latest buzz from around the world of boxing: And next for Floyd Mayweather is... If various media reports are correct, former featherweight and super featherweight titlist, Robert Guerrero, is on the short list of potential Mayweather opponents for the May 5th date...
