As the FTX cryptocurrency exchange imploded last fall, Tom Brady, the seven-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback, made an urgent phone call.He dialed Sina Nader, FTX’s head of partnerships. The exchange’s staff […]
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Back to news homeFloodgates Open for Beer Ads During Super Bowl
Clydesdale horses. Spuds MacKenzie. Wassssuuuuuuup?!Beer ads are practically as characteristic of the Super Bowl as touchdowns. And they will be again this year, with one big change: They won’t all […]
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 […]
NFL Sends Sunday Ticket Talks With Apple and Google Into Overtime
Roger Goodell, the National Football League’s commissioner, flew to Sun Valley, Idaho, this summer for Allen & Company’s annual media conference, confident that the N.F.L. was close to announcing its […]
Draftea kicks off LatAm fantasy football with NFL partnership, fresh funding
Draftea, which calls itself the first daily fantasy sports company in Spanish-speaking Latin America, is taking fantasy football (not fútbol) to the region in a new partnership with the National […]
Does Watching College Football on TV Have to Be So Miserable?
One of the top ESPN-to-Fox personalities is a longtime radio host named Colin Cowherd, who once noted, in an almost admirably honest interview with Bryan Curtis of The Ringer, 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 […]
The NFL is looking to launch its own streaming service this summer, says report
The National Football League is expected to launch its own streaming service, NFL+, as early as July, according to a report from the NFL owner meeting in Atlanta by Sports […]
Prepare Yourself for This Weekend’s ‘Crypto Bowl’
The crypto industry, which struggles with a reputation for being volatile, bad for the environment and overrun by wealthy tech guys, has tried to demystify itself for the general public […]