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Posted Thursday 10/22/20 at 1:59PM EDT
There is no definitive data on why sports ratings are down amid the pandemic
"Fewer people are watching television," says Kevin Draper, who delved into the sports ratings decline for The New York Times.
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Posted Wednesday 10/21/20 at 4:35PM EDT
Billie Jean King to narrate a docuseries on female athletes' struggle for fair pay and equity
Glamour is producing the docuseries along with Condé Nast Entertainment, which will be shopped to networks and streaming service, based...
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Posted Friday 10/16/20 at 2:13PM EDT
Sports viewership is down across the board, but Republicans have been weaponizing declining NBA ratings
"Weaponizing ratings slips has become a hallmark of Trump-era Republicans, who routinely blame low viewership on the athletes and leagues...
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Posted Wednesday 10/07/20 at 3:09AM EDT
Why are pandemic sports ratings so terrible?
"For an industry reeling from the catastrophic financial effects of the pandemic, huge audiences were thought to be the balm...
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Posted Wednesday 9/16/20 at 2:38AM EDT
There are too many sports right now
"My friends, I can’t believe I am saying this, in a sports column, after all we’ve been through these past...
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Posted Friday 8/28/20 at 4:37AM EDT
The NBA strike is jarring -- that's the point
"What was so powerful on Wednesday afternoon — after the Milwaukee Bucks announced that they weren’t going to play their...
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Why the Milwaukee Bucks' decision not to play an NBA playoff game will alter the course of history
"There are moments that transcend sports, actions that get seared into the public consciousness and alter the course of history,"...
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Posted Friday 8/21/20 at 3:46PM EDT
No fans will be allowed for the Kentucky Derby
Organizers had planned to welcome 23,000 spectators to Churchill Downs for the Sept.
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Posted Monday 8/10/20 at 10:34AM EDT
Report: Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences plan to scrap their college football seasons this fall due to coronavirus
Dan Patrick said on The Dan Patrick Show this morning "that the Big 10 and Pac 12 will cancel their...
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Posted Friday 7/31/20 at 8:03PM EDT
Major League Baseball commissioner warns players union the 2020 season could be shut down over coronavirus outbreaks
"Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred told MLB Players Association executive director Tony Clark on Friday that if the sport...
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Posted Friday 7/31/20 at 3:27AM EDT
As expected, the NBA returned without feeling normal
"The NBA is back, baby, and so are all the things you love about the league: virtual fans displayed on...
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Posted Thursday 7/30/20 at 5:59AM EDT
Major League Baseball's pandemic return has been profoundly weird, from creepy virtual fans to piped-in audio
"If you've ever seen a Kevin Costner movie, you know that in a sporting world driven by adrenaline and brutality,...
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Posted Wednesday 7/29/20 at 3:55AM EDT
Why sports is having trouble restarting in the United States: Americans didn't want to do the work
"We were given a job to do if we wanted our games back, a very simple job, and we couldn’t...
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Posted Monday 7/27/20 at 3:36PM EDT
Major League Baseball's season is thrown into chaos after 14 members of the Miami Marlins organization tested positive for coronavirus
The positive tests for two coaches and 12 players forced MLB to cancel two games: Miami Marlins vs.
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Posted Saturday 7/25/20 at 2:56AM EDT
The pandemic is turning sports into video games
"How do you 'take me out with the crowd' when there's a global pandemic? By filling the stadium with people...
