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ESPN reportedly favorite to renew TGL media rights
TGL, the tech-infused simulator golf league co-founded by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy’s TMRW Sports, is in the market for a new media rights deal after having completed its second season earlier this year. The league spent its first two seasons on the ESPN family of networks, posting strong and stable viewership during a portion
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Awful Announcing
· Jul 9, 2026
John Ourand speculates NFL partners won’t hold out until 2029-30, will strike new deals before opt-out
The will-they won’t-they dynamic of the NFL’s effort to renegotiate new media deals with its current broadcast partners several years early has been arguably the most important topic on the sports media beat for an entire year now. In fact, it’s been a year and two days since Puck sports correspondent John Ourand first reported
Watchdog Report
· Jul 3, 2026
DOJ Targets NFL’s Paywall Play
The real story here is not whether the NFL has made football harder to watch; it has. The deeper question is whether the league’s modern media model remains legally and commercially defensible once “free TV” no longer means what most fans think it means. Key Points The Justice Department has opened an antitrust inquiry into []
TheGamer
· Jul 6, 2026
10 Games Seeing Renewed Interest Because Of Recent Gaming News
They say all press is good press, and maybe that's true when it comes to older games seeing a recent uptick in player count after big news lately.
Football | The Guardian
· Jun 26, 2026
How content creators are bringing fans an added dimension to this World Cup
YouTubers reveal how they are challenging traditional broadcast coverage of the tournament with their own audience interactionFor decades, the World Cup belonged to broadcasters. Fans gathered around the television, watched the game live or caught the highlights later that evening. In the UK, BBC and ITV acted as gatekeepers, deciding which stories were told and how audiences experienced football’s biggest tournament.That world still exists. Millions watch live matches on television, and broadcasters remain dominant when it comes to rights and access. But alongside them, another layer of football media has emerged. Continue reading...
SB Nation
· Jul 11, 2026
Summer League Preview: Timberwolves vs. Nuggets
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BBC Sport
· Jul 1, 2026
Has football fever taken hold in the US?
With the World Cup now three weeks old, BBC Sport's reporters in the US look at how their perceptions have changed.
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