Eric Fisher, US Editor

Ice Hockey

Turner Sports has prevailed in a high-stakes push to land hockey icon Wayne Gretzky as a lead analyst for its forthcoming National Hockey League coverage, according to industry sources and multiple reports,…
Multi-sport

The Walt Disney Co. plans to close 100 of its international cable television channels this year as it continues to heavily emphasize its streaming operations in its long-term media strategy
Football

The United States Soccer Federation is bringing its commercial rights in-house, in turn ending a long-running relationship the Major League Soccer-controlled Soccer United Marketing that dates to 2004
Basketball

The National Basketball Association, a consistent first-mover in the maturation of the American legal sports betting landscape, is looking to help set the industry pace once again with the formation of…
Baseball

Derek Jeter, chief executive and co-owner of Major League Baseball’s Miami Marlins and previously a New York Yankees superstar, is the latest prominent former athlete to get the in-depth documentary t…
Baseball

Major League Baseball has completed a long-anticipated, seven-year media rights renewal with ESPN, in turn finishing off its national domestic rights through 2028
NFL

The Walt Disney Co. confirmed it remains “in conversations” with the National Football League regarding the league’s out-of-market game package, NFL Sunday Ticket.
Multi-sport

Women’s sports-focused media platform Just Women’s Sports has closed on a $3.5m (€2.88m)
Olympic Games

Marking yet another effort to bring Olympic content to new platforms and reach fans wherever they are, NBC Olympics has developed an agreement with Twitch to deliver live programming from the upcoming…
NFL

The National Football League’s 2021 Draft finished up with the third-highest viewership in the event’s history.