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The Basketball Tournament unveils commercial partners for 2020 event
The Basketball Tournament has unveiled its commercial partners for this year’s event, which will be held exclusively at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, from July 4-14.
USL opts against artificial crowd noise on ESPN broadcasts
The United Soccer League will not utilize artificial crowd noise during its ESPN broadcasts when the organization returns to action this month in the wake of the global Covid-19 pandemic
Major League Lacrosse to play 2020 season as week-long tournament
Major League Lacrosse has announced it will stage its 2020 season as a week-long quarantined tournament in Annapolis, Maryland, in the wake of the global Covid-19 pandemic
Redskins face heightened pressure to change name
Investment firms, shareholders lean on team's key corporate partners
MLB clubs look to reinvent fan experience in empty ballparks
With no attending fans for the upcoming start of the 2020 MLB season, many clubs are employing new tools to retain fan engagement and in-ballpark energy
NFL, NFLPA finalizing plans to cut 2020 preseason
First and fourth week of preseason schedule set to be dropped
NWSL Louisville brings in PNC Bank as inaugural commercial partner
The National Women's Soccer League expansion team in Louisville, Kentucky, has brought in PNC Bank as its inaugural major commercial partner
Las Vegas Raiders seal wide-ranging partnership with Molson Coors
The National Football League's Las Vegas Raiders have signed a wide-ranging partnership with leading international brewing company Molson Coors.
Six FC Dallas players test positive for Covid-19 after arriving in Orlando
Six FC Dallas players have officially tested positive for the Covid-19 virus since arriving in Orlando, Florida, for Major League Soccer's MLS Is Back Tournament
The Basketball Tournament agrees to multifaceted FanDuel partnership
The Basketball Tournament has announced a multifaceted strategic partnership with sports betting and daily fantasy sports operator FanDuel ahead of the organization's kickoff this weekend
Stats Perform extends reach in US soccer with expanded USL partnership
Stats Perform has expanded its reach in the US soccer landscape by securing a deal with the United Soccer League to become the long-term official betting data rights-holder for the USL Championship and …
NHL shifts focus to Toronto, Edmonton as hub cities
The National Hockey League is expected to choose the Canadian markets of Edmonton and Toronto as its two hub cities in the league's 24-team, return-to-play plan in the wake of the global Covid-19 pandemic
Penn National Gaming strikes deal with Sportradar for NFL data
Agreement gives Penn National crucial content ahead of Barstool Sportsbook app debut
Minor League Baseball cancels entire 2020 season
O'Conner says affiliated minors "in dire straits"
ESPN+ monthly subscription rate set to rise to $5.99
YouTube TV, fuboTV also set to hike monthly rates
NWSL Challenge Cup opener is most-watched game in league history
The opening game of the National Women's Soccer League Challenge Cup was the most-watched match in league history, with an average of 572,000 viewers on the main CBS television network
Athletes Unlimited softball league secures CBS, ESPN broadcast deals
Women's sports league developer Athletes Unlimited has secured broadcast agreements with CBS Sports and ESPN for its inaugural softball season, which is due to take place at Parkway Bank Sports Complex…
Globo foiled in bid to block Flamengo state championship broadcast
Brazilian commercial broadcaster Globo has failed in its attempts to block Flamengo from broadcasting its forthcoming Carioca State Championship match on the club’s TV channel, FlaTV.