If you love snowboarding and you’re a space nerd the 2018 Winter Olympics are for you.
Burton Snowboards released the official U.S. snowboard team uniforms for the upcoming Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and guess what: They’…
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NBC will live stream a record 1,800 hours of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games
NBC will live stream the 2018 Olympic Winter Games from PyeongChang, South Korea, the company announced today. Its coverage will include 1,800 hours of games – a record for a Winter Olympics. It’s also the first time the Winter Games will offer live streaming of NBC’s broadcast network.
The streaming coverage will include a combination of authenticated TV viewing and… Read More
Broncos QB connects with dude’s head instead of receiver
There are certain sports where you can expect to get hit by a flying object. Baseball is probably the most likely with the combination of home runs and foul balls. Boxing is probably the lowest, unless you actually enter the ring during the match. Fo…
View More Broncos QB connects with dude’s head instead of receiverESPN launches a short-form version of SportsCenter on Snapchat
ESPN today announced it’s launching a short-form version of its SportsCenter show on Snapchat, which will kick off today at 5 PM ET. The show will then begin to release new episodes on a twice-daily basis, at 5 AM and 5 PM on weekdays and once, at 5 AM, on weekends. The launch will make SportsCenter the first-ever daily sports show on Snapchat’s platform. The move comes at a time… Read More
Here’s why it’s a bad idea to put your phone’s screen up on live TV
Sometimes the thought of sabotaging your friend’s live TV appearance proves too difficult to resist.
Ted Kravitz, a pit lane reporter for Sky Sports’ Formula 1 coverage, was at the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday.
Kravitz was showing off picture…
ESPN’s new streaming service will launch in the spring and be called “ESPN Plus”
Today on Disney’s Q3 earnings call CEO Bob Iger gave a preview of ESPN’s upcoming direct to consumer streaming service. The announcement comes after another disappointing quarter for ESPN, with decreased ad revenue and higher programing costs compared to the prior year. The service will be called ESPN Plus, and live inside a new app that will be launched by the sports… Read More
ESPN goes ‘plus’ with new sports streaming service
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Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger has revealed few — but telling — details about a long-awaited ESPN sports streaming service.
ESPN+, or ESPN Plus, is the name of the sport channel’s standalone streaming platform, Iger said in a Thursday earnings call. (Disney owns ESPN.)
We also now know that the platform will be coming in the spring, possibly in late March, and we’ll have more details like pricing and what it’ll look like in the new year.
Breaking: DTC streaming platform ESPN Plus launches in the spring, says CEO Iger on #Disney call. Will demo and price in ’18$DIS
— Elaine Low (@IBD_elow) November 9, 2017 Read more…
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View More ESPN goes ‘plus’ with new sports streaming serviceThis sausage baby is a tribute to Andy Murray’s big news and it’s horrifying people
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Some artists work in watercolours, some in clay, others in sausage meat.
A butchers in Andy Murray’s hometown of Dunblane have honoured the arrival of Andy Murray’s newborn daughter with a sausage homage to the baby.
This meaty tribute is causing quite a stir… but can you guess who it is dedicated to? https://t.co/JUKqvDP2vb pic.twitter.com/2S70Sncpzp
— The Scottish Sun (@ScottishSun) November 9, 2017
John Hill Butchers told Mashable why they crafted the meaty infant, “It comes from him [Murray] being a local lad, and everybody is proud of him so we done this for a little fun”. Read more…
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Rep the Squad is a subscription service to borrow authentic sports jerseys
Authentic sports jerseys are expensive and infrequently worn, but that doesn’t stop fans from wanting to own as many as possible from all their favorite players. So why not borrow them? Meet Rep the Squad – the company is essentially Netflix (well, the old DVD-version of Netflix) for sports jerseys. For $20 a month the startup will send you one authentic jersey at a time that you… Read More
Roger Federer wore a kilt to a tennis match and it’s cooler than you’ll ever be
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There is no nobler pursuit than tennis in kilts.
Tennis superstars Roger Federer and Andy Murray played each other at a charity match in Glasgow on Tuesday, and things got pretty darn Scottish.
First up, Federer received a warm welcome from his Caledonian opponent.
Can’t get a warmer welcome than this. Thanks @andy_murray … is this your usual pre-match routine? 🍪 pic.twitter.com/mWntwqvDPA
— Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) November 7, 2017
Murray even upped the ante.
Yea that’s a good start but try a deep fried Mars bar on top of that and you’ll be properly ready💪💪@rogerfederer
— Andy Murray (@andy_murray) November 7, 2017 Read more…
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View More Roger Federer wore a kilt to a tennis match and it’s cooler than you’ll ever beAll-Star pitcher Roy Halladay killed in plane crash
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Baseball great Roy Halladay died in a plane crash near the coast of Florida Tuesday, police confirmed.
The talented pitcher, born Harry Leroy Halladay, was piloting the plane over the Gulf of Mexico when it crashed, according to ESPN.
We are saddened by the tragic news that Roy Halladay, 2-time Cy Young Award winner & 8-time All-Star, has died in a plane crash. He was 40pic.twitter.com/SOFv3bOLyt
— MLB (@MLB) November 7, 2017
Halladay was one of the game’s top pitchers during his playing time. He was one of a handful of Major League Baseball pitchers who has won a Cy Young award in both the American and National leagues. His no-hitter for the Phillies over the Reds in the 2010 National League Division Series was only the second post-season no-hitter in MLB history. Read more…
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This 7-year-old girl used her bionic hand to pitch at the World Series
Hailey Dawson, who was born missing three fingers, threw the first pitch at Game 4 of the World Series with her bionic hand.
The prosthetic was designed and 3D printed at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. United Airlines also arranged for Hailey t…