Major League Baseball (MLB)
Pac-12 Conference commissioner Kliavkoff on the transformation of US college sports
In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview George Kliavkoff, commissioner of the Pac-12 Conference. Eric and Chris also discuss National Basketball Association’s league-level cryptocurrency sponsorship deal with Coinbase, a $100m (€86m) funding round for startup digital collectibles company Candy Digital, and ongoing turbulence in the United States’ regional sports network business. They also explore the acquisition by OneFootball and Eleven of a pool of international rights for nine European football leagues, as well as increasing scrutiny from the US House of Representatives on the National Football League and Washington Football Team.
MLB ‘plans’ nationwide in-market streaming service
Major League Baseball is reportedly planning to develop a nationwide streaming service that would allow subscribers across the United States to watch in-market games without the need for a cable television…
MLB produces strong viewership for 2021 Wild Card games
League sees robust audience growth to begin its postseason
MLB.TV streaming service posts series of records in 2021
Return to full season, cord cutting helps fuel robust totals
Betts leads MLB jersey sales list for second straight year
Star outfielder is one of four Dodgers players to rank in the top eight
MLB ends ’21 regular season with 45.3 million in attendance
League makes initial steps of recovery amid ongoing Covid-19 pandemic
Baseball HOFer Thomas buys Field of Dreams site
Former White Sox slugger looks to expand famed movie filming locale
Rays reverse course, won’t post Montreal sign during playoffs
MLB club halts planned promotion for unusual split-season plan
Rays to tout Montreal split-season plan during postseason
MLB club looks to elevate exposure around its oft-debated, two-city concept
MLB to test pre-tacked baseballs at select MiLB games
League extends its pattern of using the affiliated minors as a key testing site
A’s narrowing list of potential ballpark site options in Las Vegas
MLB advancing efforts toward possible relocation to Nevada
Mariners plan $50m in ballpark upgrades with ASG selection
MLB club set to enhance home facility ahead of league jewel event in 2023
MLB set to hold 2023 All-Star Game in Seattle
MLB jewel event to return to Pacific Northwest after 22 years
Years of market research led to MLB’s lucrative global deal with FTX
The five-year, global deal with cryptocurrency exchange FTX, secured in June, saw Major League Baseball join the growing list of sports rights-holders signing up cryptocurrency exchanges after a long evaluation…
Orioles gain a new opportunity to present MASN legal case
Long-running MLB club media rights dispute to reach New York Court of Appeals
Facebook develops new suite of sports prediction games
Dominant social media network enters crowded market for casual games
MLB, Barstool Sports media rights deal unlikely to happen
A mooted media rights deal between sports and culture media company Barstool Sports and Major League Baseball is now extremely unlikely to happen, according to Barstool founder Dave Portnoy