Sports
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Paramount Streaming Exec Domenic DiMeglio Explains How Paramount+ Capitalized on New Subs After Super Bowl
Office With a View: The CMO and head of data tells TheWrap how plans for the 2024 Super Bowl began an entire year before the big game
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YES Network, Fubo Strike Multiyear Carriage Agreement Ahead of New York Yankees Season Opener
The regional sports network’s coverage of the Yankees and Brooklyn Nets will be added to the sports streamer’s Pro base plan
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Dodgers Star Shohei Ohtani Says He Never Bet on Baseball, Didn’t Pay Off Translator’s $4.5 Million Debt | Video
The Japanese player shares the moment he realized something was wrong, despite the fact he “didn’t have a translator on my side”
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LA Dodgers Fire Shohei Ohtani Interpreter After MLB Star’s Allegations of ‘Massive’ $4.5 Million Theft
“I dug myself a hole and it kept on getting bigger,” Ippei Mizuhara said of his gambling debts
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UFC Owner Reaches $335 Million Antitrust Settlement With Fighters
The company, part of Endeavor’s TKO Group, has been fighting class action lawsuits from its talent for the past decade
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Bellator MMA Championship Locks US Streaming Rights at Max
Paramount sold the mixed martial arts promotion last year following the shuttering of Showtime Sports
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ESPN Scores 6-Year, $7.8 Billion Media Rights Extension for College Football Playoff
The agreement locks in the CFP’s exclusive home through the 2031-2032 season
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Pete Distad Named CEO of Fox, Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Streaming Joint Venture
The former Apple TV+ and Hulu executive will oversee all aspects of the partnership, including strategy, distribution, marketing and sales
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‘Gutfeld!’ Guest Reveals a 2nd Presidential Candidate Who Approached Aaron Rodgers About a VP Run | Video
“This is not the first candidate who has talked to Aaron Rodgers,” Michele Tafoya says about the Jets quarterback
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Fox News’ Jesse Watters Says He Would Like to See Aaron Rodgers as RFK Jr.’s Running Mate: ‘He Needs Sizzle’ | Video
“That might not be allowed in his contract,” the anchor says of the New York Jets quarterback
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Shannon Sharpe Says His Katt Williams Interview Paid Him More Than He Ever Made in the NFL: ‘Whatever You Think I Made, 3X It’ | Video
The former tight end played in the league for 14 seasons
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Deadspin Guts Entire Staff After G/O Media Sells Site
“Deadspin’s new owners have made the decision to not carry over any of the site’s existing staff,” CEO Jim Spanfeller writes in a company-wide memo
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Disney and ESPN’s NHL Big City Greens Classic 2 Gives Hockey an Animated Overlay | Exclusive Video
The Pittsburgh Penguins play the Boston Bruins this Saturday with help from cartoon characters from “Big City Greens”
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Charter CEO Isn’t Convinced Fox-Disney-Warner Bros. Discovery Bundle ‘Scratches the Itch’ for Sports Fans
Chris Winfrey noted that the joint venture is an admission that “genre-based packaging is the way to go”
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Jason Kelce Celebrated by Friends, Fans After Retiring From Football: ‘Great Player and Even Better Person’
The athlete, who tearfully shared the news of his retirement on Monday, played for the Philadelphia Eagles for 13 seasons