ESPN has been Disney’s financial engine for nearly 30 years, powering the company through recessions, box office wipeouts and the pandemic. It was ESPN money that helped Disney pay for […]
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Back to news homeThe New York Times to Disband Its Sports Department
The New York Times said on Monday that it would disband its sports department and rely on coverage of teams and games from its website The Athletic, both online and […]
The Florida Man of Formula 1
Logan Sargeant, the only American driver in Formula 1, is zipping around the narrow streets of Baku, Azerbaijan, at roughly 200 miles an hour. His head bounces inside the cockpit […]
Endeavor and W.W.E. Said to Be Close to Deal Combining Fighting Leagues
Endeavor, the Hollywood entertainment colossus that owns the Ultimate Fighting Championship, is close to a deal that would combine that league with World Wrestling Entertainment, two people familiar with the […]
Netflix Shuns Live Sports but Embraces Sports Documentaries
By the fourth season of Netflix’s documentary series about Formula 1, “Drive to Survive,” the streaming company had plenty of evidence that it was onto something: Ratings and attendance for […]
Damar Hamlin’s Collapse Put ESPN at the Center of the News
It was 8:55 p.m., the early stages of a hotly anticipated National Football League game, when it seemed as though a run-of-the-mill injury had interrupted the game.“Another Bills player down,” […]
YouTube in Advanced Talks for N.F.L. Sunday Ticket
Google’s YouTube is nearing a deal to acquire the rights to the National Football League’s Sunday Ticket package of games, according to three people with knowledge of the talks, a […]
How a Lobbying Blitz Made Sports Betting Ubiquitous
The association’s consultants predicted, for example, that Virginia could expect to collect an extra $57 million a year in tax revenue if it legalized mobile sports betting and applied a […]
British Soccer, Brought to You by American Crypto Optimism
The Crawley investment is also an act of reputational cleansing. The great crypto crash of 2022 was partly a failure of ambition, as companies that had overextended themselves, convinced that […]
Why Big Tech Is Making a Big Play for Live Sports
LOS ANGELES — More than a decade after Apple disrupted the music industry and Amazon upended retail, the tech heavyweights have set their sights on a new arena ripe for […]