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‘Full Swing’ was filming when the PGA Tour-LIV news hit. Here’s what they got

Football

As a documentary filmmaker, Chad Mumm knows the universe smiled down on him Tuesday. Mumm is the executive producer of “Full Swing,” the eight-episode Netflix docuseries that colorfully chronicled the 2022 season in men’s professional golf and was renewed for a second season. Yes, Mumm confirms, the “Full Swing” cameras were rolling on Tuesday when …

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Those NBA Finals, Stanley Cup ratings fears? Overblown, so far: Sports on TV

NBA

Any handwringing and pearl-clutching over the NBA Finals’ TV ratings without traditional big-market teams involved has proven overblown so far. Denver’s 104-93 Game 1 victory on June 1 averaged 11.58 million viewers on ABC while Miami’s 111-108 upset on Sunday night averaged 11.91 million. Both games won all the coveted advertising demographics, as expected. Sunday’s …

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Like Steph Curry? Or Katie Smith? On comparing women’s players to NBA vs. WNBA stars

Basketball

Diana Taurasi is an impassioned and opinionated person, and when a person offering opinions also has the gravitas of being on the short list of the greatest players in the history of her sport, which is where Taurasi sits, there is a bit of an E.F. Hutton impact: People listen. Last Thursday, during a Phoenix …

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Everton stadium deal: MSP Sports Capital wants 25% stake in club and seats on board

Football

The group aiming to take a significant stake in Everton is already providing them with funding for their new stadium and is “on track” to take two positions on the Premier League club’s board. MSP Sports Capital has been in exclusive talks with Everton’s majority owner, Farhad Moshiri, for the past two weeks about investment …

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Heat-Celtics scores for TNT, a Stanley Cup question mark, Monaco F1 sets a record: Sports on TV

NBA

In the exciting world of live sports television viewership analysis, it’s a truism that a clinching Game 7 broadcast will generate the best audience numbers. That again proved true with the Jimmy Butler-led Miami Heat’s 103-84 victory at Boston on Monday night, which averaged a series-best 11.9 million viewers for TNT. (TNT owner Warner Bros. …

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Everton’s Premier League survival fuels desire for faster, tighter financial regulation

Soccer

Even in the intense heat of the moment at Goodison Park, breathless euphoria and overwhelming relief quickly turned into anger and indignation. Within minutes of the final whistle on Sunday evening, as a nerve-shredding 1-0 victory over Bournemouth kept their team in the top flight for what will be a 70th consecutive season, Everton supporters …

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Jeff Van Gundy’s big idea to shorten games and more ahead of his 17th NBA Finals broadcast

NBA

Jeff Van Gundy has opinions. Well, of course, he has opinions: His job title is NBA analyst. But some of these opinions may surprise you. Here’s one that came as a big surprise during our interview this week: Asked how he might speed up an NBA game given Major League Baseball’s success with its new …

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NFLPA owed $41.8M in licensing and marketing payments from affiliate following crypto collapse

Football

A close affiliate of the National Football League Players Association has been unable to collect $41.8 million of licensing and sponsorship revenue and pay it to the union as of the close of its fiscal year, the organization disclosed in its annual report filed last week with the U.S. Department of Labor. The figures appear …

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Rays have potential buyers, both local and for relocation, interested in franchise: Sources

Football

At a time when the Rays appear closer than ever to completing their 15-year quest for a new ballpark in the Tampa Bay area, their options are only multiplying. At least one local businessman is trying to buy the franchise, according to sources briefed on the discussions who were granted anonymity so they could speak …

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