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/ 4299 days agoWhat Will FOX Sports' World Cup Coverage Look Like?
On Sunday night, ESPN wrapped up its World Cup coverage — it's eighth World Cup since 1982 — with a beautiful closing montage before presenter Mike Tirico said that ESPN was handing off future World Cup coverage to a network further down the dial. That network is, of course, FOX Sports, who after paying $425 million have the […]
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/ 4299 days agoNBC Sports Announces Premier League Schedule For First 3 Months of Season
NBC Sports has announced its Premier League schedule for the first 3 months of the 2014/15 season. Premier League action returns one month from today when the first match of the 2014/15 season kicks off featuring Manchester United against Swansea City. The TV coverage begins at 7am ET, and the kickoff will happen at 7:45am […]
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/ 4299 days agoUS TV Schedule for Preseason Friendlies Featuring Premier League Teams
The start of the 2014/15 Premier League season is just weeks away (see TV schedule here). But between now and the beginning of August, there are plenty of preseason friendlies featuring Premier League teams to help give you a fix if you've been missing World Cup soccer. All times Eastern. The schedule is subject to […]
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/ 4299 days agoJoin 2014-15 Fantasy Premier League, World Soccer Talk Private League
Registration is now open for the 2014-15 Fantasy Premier League season. The game is free to play. And, if you like, you can join the World Soccer Talk private league. Last season, especially earlier in the season, we were ranked in the top 10 best performing private leagues worldwide. Here’s how to join the World Soccer […]
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/ 4300 days agoWorld Soccer Talk Hits 6 Million Monthly Pageviews
For the month of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, World Soccer Talk had 2.5 million unique visitors, and generated 6.1 million pageviews for its best month ever. Compared to World Soccer Talk's metrics for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, pageviews for the 2014 World Cup increased by 274% while the number of unique visitors increased […]
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/ 4301 days agoSchedule of Premier League Games On US TV Revealed For August Through September
The return of the soccer season is just weeks away with the Premier League scheduled to return to action on Saturday, August 10. Now that Sky Sports and BT Sport have carved out which games the UK broadcasters will show during the early stages of the 2014/15 season, we can defer which matches will be […]
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/ 4301 days agoManchester United Secure $1.2 Billion Shirt Deal With Adidas
Manchester United have secured a new shirt deal with adidas, where the Old Trafford club will net $1.2 billion over the next 10 years. The £75million-a-year deal begins with the 2015/16 season when Manchester United will wear adidas shirts instead of Nike. The last time United wore adidas was 1992. The German manufacturer had a […]
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/ 4302 days agoDave O'Brien Says He's Envious Of What FOX is Doing For Gus Johnson
Dave O'Brien, ESPN's lead soccer commentator for World Cup 2006, says that the USA games in the 2014 World Cup should have been announced by an American voice, and that he's envious of what FOX Sports is doing with Gus Johnson. O'Brien, who was a trainwreck when he announced World Cup games in 2006, had […]
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/ 4302 days agoHighs and Lows of ESPN's World Cup 2014 Coverage
In 2005, ABC/ESPN paid just $100 million for the English-language rights to the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups (as well as 2007 and 2011 Women's World Cups). That fee was dwarfed in 2011 when FOX paid $425 million to win the rights to the 2018 and 2022 World Cup tournaments. Based on what ABC/ESPN got […]
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/ 4302 days agoWATCH Argentina 0-0 Germany World Cup Final: 1st Half Highlights [VIDEO]
World Cup finals are often cagey events, with teams too nervous to make mistakes in case it costs them the game. But in the first half between Germany and Argentina at the Maracana, this was a joy to watch with both Argentina and Germany to put their teams in the lead. However, it remains scoreless […]
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/ 4302 days agoWATCH 'We Are The Germans' Music Video; Fantastiche Unofficial World Cup Song [VIDEO]
"We Are The Germans" has been my guilty pleasure this weekend. The hilarious music video features the unofficial World Cup song "We Are The Germans," which is the perfect rallying cry ahead of Germany's World Cup Final match against Argentina. With obvious influences from Falco to Sacha Baron Cohen, the catchy song, funny facial expressions […]
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/ 4302 days agoUnivision's 12 Hours of Live World Cup Coverage Including Closing Ceremony Begins at 11am ET
Univision is planning 12 hours of live World Cup Final coverage today beginning at 11am ET/8am PT. The coverage includes the Closing Ceremony, which will feature performances by musical stars Shakira, Wyclef Jean, Carlos Santana, Alexandre Pires, Carlinhos Brown, and Ivete Sangalo, among others. Later, the World Cup final match will be followed by the […]
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/ 4303 days agoESPN Sets Its Sights On Euro 2016
So much of the discussion regarding ESPN's coverage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup has been centered around what a magnificent job the network has done, but the fear of what's going to happen after ESPN hands over the rights to FOX Sports, which effectively happens after the World Cup coverage ends on Sunday night. […]
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/ 4303 days agoThird Place World Cup Game Between Netherlands-Brazil is Completely Meaningless
I hate to burst the bubble of Brazil fans and South Americans looking forward to watching Saturday's Third Place Final between Netherlands and Brazil, but most of the world couldn't care about the game. The game is a glorified friendly, and it always has been and always will. In future years, few people will remember […]
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/ 4304 days agoGermany Midfielder Toni Kroos Will Join Real Madrid After World Cup Ends
Germany midfielder Toni Kroos will join Real Madrid after the World Cup is over, ending speculation regarding whether the player will remain with Bayern Munich or not. Bayern Munich Honorary President Franz Beckenbauer let the "cat out of the bag" when he disclosed: "In a career there is also a future. And if it is […]