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Athletics
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The TCS New York City Marathon will have a domestic Spanish-language broadcast for the first time this year, as the November 6 race returns to its full capacity of 50,000 runners for the first time in…
Football
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Welsh lower-league soccer club Wrexham AFC, which is jointly owned by Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, will significantly increase its reach in the United States on October 15 when the…
Multiple Sports
Sports Betting

ESPN and leading gaming operator DraftKings are close to signing an expansive sports betting partnership in the United States, according to multiple reports. In 2019, the Walt Disney Co
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Suite of channels including ESPN had gone dark on satellite service, Sling TV
Basketball
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SporTV, the pay-television broadcaster owned by Brazilian media group Globo, has acquired rights to the top-tier Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB), while Disney-owned sports broadcaster ESPN has also renewed…
NFL
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Each of league's US rightsholders see markers of audience growth
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Sports Betting

The Walt Disney Co. is "working very hard" on creating an ESPN sports betting app in the United States, the company's chief executive Bob Chapek has disclosed
Basketball
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The 2022 Women’s National Basketball Association playoffs have been the most-viewed playoffs since 2002 as the league gets set for the Finals beginning September 11 between the Las Vegas Aces and Connecticut S…
American Football
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ESPN announced its most-watched kickoff weekend of college football since 2016 and second-best since 2009 after airing 17 games across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU
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Industry Moves

Former National Football League punter and American football analyst Pat PcAfee has joined ESPN’s popular college football pregame show, College GameDay as a full-time member on a multiyear deal.
Tennis
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Serena Williams’ final US Open run produced record attendance and viewership numbers during her second-round singles match against world No. 2 Anett Kontaveit.
Basketball
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Broadcasters Nine and ESPN have acquired domestic media rights for Australia's Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) in two-season deals covering 2022-23 and 2023-24
Lacrosse
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PLL co-founder and president Paul Rabil tells SportBusiness why he believes the documentary 'Fate of a Sport' can be "momentous" for the growth of the startup league. Bob Williams reports.
US College Sport
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The Big 12 Conference said it will enter into accelerated discussions with current media partners Fox and ESPN about a possible extension of their rights contracts
Tennis
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Serena Williams' opening match at the US Open drew an average 2.7 million domestic viewers on ESPN, with the American's straight-sets victory over Danka Kovinic peaking at 3.2 million
Basketball
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Disney’s ESPN announced that it recorded a 50 percent increase in viewership of the Women’s National Basketball Association first round of the 2022 playoffs compared to last year’s first and second round…
Beach Volleyball
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Volleyball World, the commercial arm of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB), has announced a three-year exclusive rights deal across Latin America with sports broadcaster ESPN
Ice Hockey
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The Premier Hockey Federation has extended its domestic rights agreement with ESPN for two years through the 2023-24 season