The WNBA is competing for viewers during one of the busiest times on the sports calendar and the league is holding strong with no plans to turn back the clock. Through two games in the WNBA Finals, the series between the Las Vegas Aces and the New York Liberty is the most watched in 20 years. The finale opened on an NFL Sunday and the Aces win 99-82 over Liberty was the most-watched opener since ESPN began broadcasting the series in 1998. Game 2 Wednesday night – a 104-76 Las Vegas victory – was played while the MLB playoffs were…
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CINCINNATI (WXIX) – Complications of premature birth are the leading cause of death among children under 5, and 1 in 10 babies are born too early each year in the United States, according to the World Health Organization.November is Prematurity Awareness Month and one family hopes their story and mission will help families who have lost a child.Marquisse and Antwon Watson started a nonprofit organization hoping to help other families after the loss of their daughter, Alana Marie Watson, in 2014. “We were newlyweds and very happy to be parents,” Antwon said.What was supposed to be one of the happiest…
Tonight in Unpackings: The World Series is available in more than 223 countries, but this year, SBJ’s Erik Bacharach reports that MLB has made a concerted effort to localize it in markets such as the United Kingdom and India. Rangers get All-Star Week test drive with World Series appearance Media Innovators Roundup: State of the RSN Market and More Sources: Some NASCAR teams encouraged by charter status negotiations YouTube Executive on ‘Sunday Ticket’ Buffering: It Won’t Happen Again Listen to SBJ’s most popular podcast, Morning Buzzcastwhere Joe Lemire reviews highlights from Media Innovators, the PGA Tour-Saudi PIF deal being in…
Kevin Durant is in the middle of his 16th NBA season. He played with and against some of the greatest players in league history, including future Hall of Famers like Stephen Curry and LeBron James.But even someone as accomplished as Durant has never seen anyone like the French phenom in San Antonio.Durant and the Suns faced Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs twice this week, giving basketball fans a few opportunities to see the No. 1 pick in the 2023 NBA Draft go head-to-head with the All-Star forward. Wembanyama left with two victories, the latest to date scoring a career-high 38…
TAKE AWAY The NCAA’s alternative arbitration body, the Independent Accountability Resolution Process (IARP), determined that the clothing company’s sponsorship deal did not make the company a booster. Going forward, it is unlikely that apparel sponsorship deals and funds provided under those deals alone will trigger “booster” status. Member institutions should include rules in their compliance documents governing the circumstances under which apparel company representatives may become boosters. In 2023, the name image and likeness (NIL) allowance, transfer portal, conference realignment, and overall governance structure of the NCAA have attracted significant media attention. But one of the most significant issues in…
A federal judge late Friday granted class-action status in a damages lawsuit against the NCAA and major college athletic conferences that could result in a multibillion-dollar award for former college athletes and current.The suit challenges the association’s remaining rules regarding athletes’ ability to make money from their names, images and likenesses and seeks damages based on the share of television rights money and revenue from social media that she claims athletes would have received if the NCAA’s previous limits on name-image and likeness (NIL) compensation did not exist.Lawyers for the NCAA and conferences had written in legal documents that athletes…
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes wants to become an Olympian.Asked today in Germany about the possibility of taking the NFL overseas, Mahomes brought up the Olympics and said he was excited about flag football becoming an Olympic sport in 2028.“NFL football, American football, has grown all over the world with the arrival of flag football in the Olympic Games. I think it’s really cool because football is a great sport that has given me so much and I want to make sure that everyone has the same experience that I had growing up,” Mahomes said .Mahomes said he hopes to be…
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Plattsburgh city leaders met Thursday to discuss the future of the long-vacant 206 U.S. Oval, a historic structure on the grounds of the former Air Force base that sat dormant for nearly of three decades. The meeting aimed to explore viable options to prevent the looming threat of demolition, including consideration of foreclosure as a potential measure, but not without encountering some resistance at the meeting. Mayor Chris Rosenquest, who has a personal connection to the site, shared his memories and perspectives during the meeting. “I grew up on the base. My childhood was spent on this oval, playing football…
SINGAPORE – Romantic comedy author Sophie Kinsella knows all too well what it means to suffer from burnout, which is the subject and title of her latest novel. The 52-year-old said: “I’m the type of person who scrolls through Instagram and sees a claim about the cure for burnout, so I try it. I’ve tried meditation, bullet journaling, and exercise, and many of them have merit, but I think you have to be in the right place at the right time for them to work. For the British author, recovery was about finding and making small changes that would benefit…