Sports
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CBS Sports Boss Sean McManus to Step Down After 27 Years
Network president David Berson will assume the role of CEO upon McManus’ April 2024 retirement
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WWE Releases Numerous Wrestlers Following Smackdown TV Deal Announcement, Stock Decline
Dolph Ziggler, among others, is released a week after the company merged with the UFC under Hollywood agency Endeavor
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Chris Stapleton and Snoop Dogg Redo ‘In the Air Tonight’ as New ‘Monday Night Football’ Theme Song
The classic ’80s Phil Collins track joins the broadcasts, but won’t entirely replace previous MNF instrumental “Heavy Action”
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WWE Hit With Dozens of Layoffs Following UFC/Endeavor Merger
Those laid off include the wife of late pro wrestler the Ultimate Warrior
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Spanish Soccer Federation Head Abruptly Resigns in Middle of ‘Piers Morgan Uncensored’ Interview (Video)
Luis Rubiales still faces backlash from spontaneously kissing a female player after a World Cup victory
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ESPN Gifts US Open Athletes Event Live Streams as Disney-Charter Work-Around
The move follows complaints from tennis players that they couldn’t see matches due to their hotel rooms offering Spectrum
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Peacock Flexes Live Sports Lineup While Poking Fun at AI in Allen Iverson Ad
The spot boasts that Peacock has “the most live sports of any streamer” as Charter’s Disney dispute rages on
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UFC and WWE Merger Sets Close Date, NYSE Launch as TKO Group
The MMA league and wrestling powerhouse will form a new company, TKO Group Holdings, beginning Tuesday
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HBO’s ‘Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel’ to End After 29 Seasons
“I’ve decided that now’s the time to move on,” the long-running host says in a statement
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Former WWE Champ CM Punk Fired From AEW, Owner Tony Khan Says He Felt ‘My Life Was in Danger’ (Updated)
This follows a backstage altercation between Punk and wrestler Jack Perry, Luke Perry’s son
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Barstool Sports Cuts 25% of Its Staff After Dave Portnoy Paid $1 to Re-Buy Site He Founded (Video)
“This was a financial layoff thing,” Portnoy says in a Thursday video. “We have to get back to a break-even point.”
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Gannett Pauses Use of AI-Written Stories After Brutal Social Media Pushback
Stories mocked include a description of a scoreboard in “hibernation” and a “close encounter of the athletic kind”
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ESPN, Theater Sports Network to Screen ACC College Football Games in Movie Theaters
The pact, which includes a total of 75 college football games during the 2023-24 season, also covers the New Year’s Six Bowl
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NFL and WWE Mysteriously Stop Selling Jacksonville Jaguars Title Belt
The team is owned by the family of Tony Khan, which also owns WWE rivals AEW
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AEW Wrestling Show ‘All In’ Takes No. 1 Paid Attendance Record From WWE With 81,035 Fans
But there was a preshow “incident” backstage that marred the historic event
