The biggest name in NASCAR is on the move. Dale Earnhardt Jr. is leaving NBC and heading to racing newcomers Amazon Prime Video and Warner Bros. Discovery Sports, sources briefed on his decision told The Athletic. Earnhardt is expected to take this season off and then resume his broadcasting career in 2025 when WBD Sports … Read more
Just when you thought the differentiation of influencer marketing was complete, a new form is adding virtual sugar to the hype: AI model influencers. These characters created using generative AI are set to revolutionize the influencer business. As flexible, fast and cost-effective as virtual creators are, it is hardly surprising that more and more brands … Read more
A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the NCAA from enforcing its prohibitions against recruits signing monetary deals with booster groups, delivering a significant blow to the NCAA’s attempts to stop universities and their supporters from paying athletes to play at their schools. The notion of amateurism has long been a bedrock principle of the … Read more
TheStreet’s J.D. Durkin brings the latest business headlines from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as markets open for trading Wednesday, February 21. Full Video Transcript Below: J.D. DURKIN: I’m J.D. Durkin – reporting from the New York Stock Exchange. Here’s what we’re watching on TheStreet today. Investors are looking ahead to Nvidia earnings … Read more
The top story of spring training so far has nothing to do with the seams and stitches on a baseball. Instead, the talk of spring is all about the seams and stitches of the new jersey that Major League Baseball’s on-field uniform provider has rolled out for this season: the Nike Vapor Premier. Nike claims … Read more
The Chiefs beat the 49ers in overtime to win Super Bowl LVIII. Is it too early to start looking ahead to Super Bowl LVIX held in New Orleans? Never. The San Francisco 49ers are Super Bowl favorites at +500 on BetMGM, despite losing to the Kansas City Chiefs (+700 to repeat) in Super Bowl 58. … Read more
By Mark Puleo, Stewart Mandel, Chris Vannini, Richard Deitsch and Mike Vorkunov Less than a month after Nick Saban retired from his post at Alabama, ESPN announced Wednesday the legendary coach will be joining the network’s “College GameDay” cast as an analyst. He will also contribute to the company’s NFL Draft coverage and make appearances … Read more
Greg Olsen called an NFC Championship Game on Sunday that featured a historic comeback and a couple of questionable coaching decisions that drew nearly 57 million viewers — making it the fourth-most watched non-Super Bowl telecast in Fox’s history. And it was likely Olsen’s last game as the network’s lead analyst. With Tom Brady joining … Read more
Joe Lewis, the billionaire and founder of the company who own Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, pleaded guilty to securities fraud in court on Wednesday. The 86-year-old British businessman was indicted in the United States in July for “orchestrating a brazen insider trading scheme”. This, according to U.S. officials, involved the passing of information to … Read more
Nearly 32 million people tuned in to witness Lamar Jackson’s dominant performance in the Baltimore Ravens’ 34-10 win over the Houston Texans on Saturday night, making it the most-watched NFL game in ESPN history, according to a company news release. The game was aired on ESPN, ABC, ESPN+ & ESPN Deportes. The audience of 31.8 … Read more