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 ...
It is Super Bowl Sunday, the day football fans all over America will invite friends over, put out their favorite snacks, settle into their sofas early in the day, and … watch an English Premier League match between Manchester United and Chelsea?
The biggest of stars is off to a slow start this season.
PORT ARTHUR — The Fox family of television networks begins its 2012 UFC season this Friday with UFC on FX 1. If the hurried Cain Velasquez vs. Junior Dos Santos single bout event last November was a dress rehearsal, UFC on FX 1 represents Fox's first act.
CHICAGO and BOCA RATON, Fla., Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Incapital announced plans today to sponsor Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) All-American middleweight contender Chris Weidman on Saturday ...
Soccer's quest for new fans kicks off with mega-match.
NRL boss David Gallop wants to introduce Sunday night football, with a 6.30pm kick-off, in a new weekend schedule.
The second UFC show on prime-time network TV will determine not only blockbuster fights, but the overall health of the TV format.
NEW YORK -- The biggest of stars is off to a slow start this season.
During last week’s thrilling overtime win by the New York Giants over the San Francisco 49ers, Fox kept showing ads for the popular TV show “American Idol.” After about the 10th commercial, I started to wonder: What does a reality show like “American Idol” have to do with football? But the more I thought about it, the more I realized how much sports and reality TV have in common. Read full ...
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The biggest of stars is off to a slow start this season.
FOOTBALL fans are buying club memberships in record numbers - even though they can watch all nine games a week live at home.
While most everyone in the mixed-martial-arts industry believes the UFC's deal with FOX is a positive for the sport as a whole, there is at least one segment of MMA sponsors unhappy with the new arrangement. UFC officials recently made an internal announcement that "absolutely no firearms, ammo, hunting or knife companies will be permitted as sponsors in any Zuffa-promoted events." Chris Irwin ...
FOX Sports has turned off the Dellevision. Wendell Sailor has become a casualty of rugby league's broadening TV war after being sacked by Fox Sports.
UFC returns to FOX this Saturday night with a huge event that will set the stage for a lot of big pay-per-view shows later on this year. The card is headlined by Rashad Evans taking on Phil Davis in a match that will determine the No. 1 contender for Jon Jones' light heavyweight championship. Evans has been the top contender for nearly two years, but injuries and timing have kept him from being ...
INDIANAPOLIS - Less than a year ago, Tom Brady, Logan Mankins, Osi Umenyiora and seven other players filed an antitrust suit against the NFL, a key moment in a convoluted and contentious labour dispute between the union and league that threatened to cut short — or even wipe out — the 2011 season.
FOOTBALL fans are buying club memberships in record numbers - even though they can watch all nine games a week live at home.
LAS VEGAS - Dana White said he "wasn't in the mood" to attend the UFC on FOX 2 post-event press conference - after 10 years of not missing a fight and maybe missing only a handful of pressers. "I usually try to skip press conferences where I know I'm going to," White said before someone offered, "get hammered?" In so many words, yes. Three main-card fights went to a decision during the Jan. 28 ...
Was UFC on Fox 2 better than the show's November debut? Sort of. While the telecast's panel was much informed, its presentation and fights left much to be desired, writes Loretta Hunt.
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