American Football
ESPN has best college football opening weekend since 2016
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
DAZN strikes NFL renewals in Canada and DACH, free-to-air in DACH moving to RTL
Sports streaming platform DAZN has renewed its NFL rights in Canada from the forthcoming season onwards as well as in Germany, Austria and Switzerland from 2023
Bears president and CEO Phillips to retire after season
Ted Phillips, president and chief executive of the National Football League’s Chicago Bears, is planning to retire at the end of February after 40 seasons with the franchise.
Fox Sports settles USFL trademark dispute
Fox Sports has settled a lawsuit with a group of owners and executives from the original United States Football League, allowing the revived spring season league to continue using the names and logos a…
USC, UCLA exit may cost other Pac-12 schools $13m each
A report released on August 17 shows the planned moves to the Big Ten Conference by the University of Southern California and University California-Los Angeles could mean around $13m (€12.7
XFL partners with Ticketmaster ahead of 2023 reboot
The rebooted XFL has secured a multiyear partnership with ticketing giant Ticketmaster, which will facilitate ticketing for all 43 games of the XFL season next year, including 40 regular-season games, …
XFL unveils cities, venues for 2023 relaunch
The revived XFL has unveiled its eight cities and venues for the 2023 relaunch, with the spring-season league notably opting against having a presence in New York or Los Angeles, California, the two biggest…
Sportsman founder Krohne among new investors in European League of Football
Media and sports entrepreneur Thomas Krohne has been named as one of three executives who have acquired a circa 8-per-cent stake in American football organisation the European League of Football
ELF to receive US exposure with Next Level Sports & Entertainment
Next Level Sports & Entertainment has agreed a deal with the European League of Football to cover the American football competition in the US market
USFL draws 1.52 million viewers for championship game
The rebooted United States Football League drew an average domestic audience of 1.52 million for its inaugural championship game, with the audience peaking at 1.834 million on the Fox network
Fox Sports ‘seeks minority investors’ to fund USFL expansion
The Fox Sports-owned United States Football League has reportedly hired investment bank Allen & Co. to find minority investors to help fund the startup spring-season football league's expansion
McMahon, Luck settle XFL breach of contract lawsuit
Legal resolution arrives just weeks before scheduled start to trial
NFL fills pizza sponsorship category with Little Caesars
The National Football League has signed up Little Caesars as a new sponsor, designating the Detroit, Michigan-based chain as the league's official pizza in a multiyear agreement
ELF strikes streaming deals with Eleven in Italy and Southeast Asia, iQiyi in China
The European League of Football (ELF) has announced media rights agreements with Chinese streaming platform iQiyi in China and international streaming platform Eleven across Italy and Southeast Asia
European League of Football strikes deal with Hungary’s Network4
The European League of Football has secured a new broadcaster in Hungary after striking a deal with media group Network4.
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XFL completes global media rights agreement with Disney, ESPN
Deal for spring football league builds in part on successful Hollywood career of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
Germany’s American football league finds new home in Sportdeutschland.TV
Online streaming service Sportdeutschland
NFL secures La-Z-Boy sponsorship in the UK and Ireland
The National Football League (NFL) has signed a regional sponsorship contract with sofa brand La-Z-Boy that covers the UK and Ireland