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/ 3049 days ago

IMG combining FA Cup TV rights with Serie A to try to force sale

With the current TV and streaming rights deals for both The FA Cup and Serie A expiring at the end of this season in the United States, media broker IMG is having such a difficult time trying to sell the FA Cup rights that they're now offering the FA Cup and Serie A rights together […]

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/ 3050 days ago

ESPN Plus’ niche audiences could help increase MLS exposure

Self-dubbed as the “Netflix for sports,” ESPN+, a new streaming service from Disney is set to make its debut this spring. Beyond the recycling nomenclature once used by ESPN to brand syndicated college sports broadcasts on regional sports networks and local over-the-air channel, this concept is entirely new. The service will cost just $5.99 a […]

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/ 3051 days ago

FOX World Cup schedule revealed

It's finally here. The FOX World Cup schedule has been revealed featuring all 64 games played at the 2018 FIFA World Cup tournament scheduled for June 14-July 15. The FOX World Cup schedule includes 38 games that will be shown on the over-the-air big FOX network in addition to 26 games scheduled for FS1. Plus, […]

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/ 3052 days ago

Big changes coming to Premier League on US TV

Now that the Premier League television deals have been completed in the United Kingdom for five out of the seven main TV packages, the changes are going to have a big impact on how the Premier League is watched in the United States for the 2019/20 through 2021/22 seasons. Under the new TV deal, the […]

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/ 3052 days ago

Champions League and Europa League games: Feb 2018

With a full slate of crucial UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League games scheduled this week, we've got the complete and accurate US TV schedule for you (as well as the links to the legal streaming options). As normal, the rights holders FOX Sports and ESPN have made some late changes, so be sure […]

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/ 3057 days ago

New soccer streaming service iGOL debuts in United States

UPDATED: A new soccer streaming service named iGOL has launched in the United States. After speaking with the founder and taking the service for a test drive, the first impressions are very favorable. It’s cost effective (only $9.99 per month). Plus it integrates beIN SPORTS, beIN SPORTS en Español, beIN SPORTS Connect, GolTV in English […]

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/ 3057 days ago

Carlos Cordeiro’s tenure will be judged by how he handles SUM

After Carlos Cordeiro’s election win this past weekend as US Soccer Federation (USSF) President, the general sense is that Cordeiro’s management style will be different than his predecessor Sunil Gulati and that he will attempt to find a more consensus-based approach to issues. But in terms of general policies and positions, he doesn’t differ from […]

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/ 3058 days ago

NBC’s Man City-Leicester most-watched game in 12 months

Saturday's live broadcast of the Manchester City against Leicester City game on the over-the-air NBC network averaged 1.24 million viewers this past Saturday, February 10. The live Premier League match, which league leaders Manchester City won 5-1, delivered NBC's largest Premier League audience in more than a year with an average of 1.15 million viewers. […]

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/ 3058 days ago

ESPN to broadcast League Cup final between Man City-Arsenal

The 2017/18 League Cup final between Arsenal and Manchester City has been moved to the ESPN flagship network in a big boost for soccer fans in the United States. The match, will be shown live from Wembley Stadium in England, was originally scheduled to air only on ESPN Deportes. But now that ESPN has decided […]

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/ 3058 days ago

Identifying Arsenal’s problems in defense

With Arsenal currently sitting sixth in the Premier League table, seven points behind rivals Tottenham, there is surely plenty of blame being passed around the Emirates as to why the club has struggled in the league. Some have turned to condemn Granit Xhaka, the player with the third-most completed passes in the British top tier […]

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/ 3059 days ago

Aston Villa in pole position for Premier League promotion

Aston Villa have struggled since their relegation to the Championship at the end of the 2015/16 campaign. The Villains endured a dismal season that year, accumulating a mere 17 points. Their fortunes didn’t change in the second tier the following season and despite aspiring for promotion, they had to settle for a disappointing 13th place […]

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/ 3064 days ago

Grading 2018 January signings for Premier League clubs

The January transfer window has ended, and after a ton of speculation for the past few months, all of the transfers in and out have been completed. But which top Premier League clubs did better than others? I've rated Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Man City, Man United and Spurs below: ARSENAL Grade: A Transfers […]

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/ 3065 days ago

2018 World Cup shirts on sale for all 32 teams

The 2018 World Cup shirts for the countries participating in this summer's biggest soccer tournament are slowly being unveiled. Many of the countries have released the jerseys they'll be wearing with pride in Russia 2018, but there are still many more that will be announced soon. No matter what country you'll be cheering for this […]

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/ 3066 days ago

NBC now available in 70% of US households via fuboTV

Fans of Premier League clubs in the United States who are cord cutters or considering getting rid of their cable or satellite service will be glad to know that the legal streaming fuboTV has significantly expanded its list of local over-the-air NBC networks. fuboTV has added 23 NBC networks, which means that fuboTV's live streams […]

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/ 3068 days ago

Q&A with highly-rated Arsenal prospect Emile Smith-Rowe

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has a history of giving opportunities to his academy players, and this year has been no different. In fact, the Frenchman has handed first team debuts to seven youngsters so far during the 2017/18 campaign. Teenage sensations such as Reiss Nelson, Eddie Nketiah, Joe Willock, and Ben Sheaf were all a […]