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Creator Sports Network (CSN) and FAN.live have announced a partnership giving CSN’s network of more than 2,000 vetted creators access to live 3D NFL broadcasts rendered from official NFL data
For ESPN, the road to its first Super Bowl starts tonight in Kansas City. When the Denver Broncos visit the Kansas City Chiefs to open Monday Night Football’s 2026 season,
ESPN’s “Year of the Super Bowl” efforts that began right after Super Bowl LX are closing in on first and goal. And to give that campaign a fitting underscore, the
Producing an NFL game is complicated enough. Doing it from the other side of the world — with hundreds of crew members, a sprawling IP-based compound, studio programming tied back
Coming off a record-breaking season, CBS Sports is expanding HDR across its entire slate of weekly game productions. The move, which completes a transition that began with Super Bowl LVIII
ESPN’s Monday Night Football will open its 2026-27 season with a new rendition of Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight” featuring Chris Stapleton, Cindy Blackman Santana, and Ludacris. Stapleton and
Now in its fourth year on site as part of a five-year deal with the USTA, Sky Sports UK has settled into a familiar groove at the US Open. The
The six-year-old venue is expanding capabilities for NFL action, Super Bowl LXI, 2028 Summer Olympics SoFi Stadium, as well as the surrounding area known as Hollywood Park, has nonstop activity
SportsNet Pittsburgh (SNP) in partnership with Major League Baseball and the Pittsburgh Pirates have announced the second annual live Spanish-language Pirates telecast in celebration of Roberto Clemente Day. El día de
TMRW Sports in partnership with the LPGA, today announced multiyear U.S. media rights agreements with ESPN and Scripps Sports/ION to bring WTGL, the new women’s team golf league, to fans
The avatars of actual athletes have populated video-sports gaming for years. Platforms like NBA 2K26, EA Sports Madden NFL, EA Sports FC, and MLB The Show use real-world athlete likenesses,
Sacramento Production Services has completed a major wireless audio overhaul at Sutter Health Park, current home of the Athletics (A’s) professional baseball team during its three‑year residency in Sacramento. By
The Memphis Grizzlies have announced a multi-year partnership naming DAZN as the exclusive home for Grizzlies basketball across the Mid-South. DAZN will stream 78 of the 80 announced 2026-27 regular
NBC Sports opens its 21st season of Sunday Night Football tonight with the 2026 NFL Kickoff Game from Lumen Field in Seattle, where the Seahawks raise their Super Bowl LX
With the USTA taking over the host broadcast operations at this year’s US Open, ESPN has been able to dedicate more production resources that ever before to its domestic and
Sacramento Production Services has completed a wireless audio overhaul at Sutter Health Park, home of the Athletics during their three-year residency in Sacramento. The upgrade replaced the stadium’s existing wireless
Diversified has announced plans to consolidate its four existing New Jersey locations into a new facility in Newark, expected to be fully operational by the end of October. The facility
NFL Films has announced the second season of Inside the NFL on X as an X Original, premiering Wednesday, September 9. The series marks Inside the NFL’s 50th anniversary. The
Omaha Productions has released ManningCast: Heist, a short film featuring Peyton and Eli Manning attempting to break into NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s office to change their schedule, as the season
Now that the NFL, the richest sports league in the world, sits unchallenged atop American sports, that lofty perch raises its own questions: How can you sustain growth and popularity without falling prey to complacency—or greed? How do you further grow a successful league while fending off platform…
