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The stock price of 21st Century Fox fell on Wednesday, a day after the U.S. soccer team was ousted from the 2018 FIFA World Cup event to be held next year in Russia.

Roger Goodell on Tuesday said the fiery debate over protests during the national anthem is “threatening to erode” the game, according to a letter the NFL commissioner sent to all 32 teams.

President Donald Trump is suggesting the U.S. change its tax laws to punish organizations like the NFL if members are “disrespecting” the national anthem or flag.

NEW YORK (AP) — A CBS Sports reporter clarified his televised report saying quarterback Colin Kaepernick told him he would stand during the national anthem if he played in the NFL again, […]

Among various tech innovations at this fall’s coverage of baseball’s post-season play are new — and more — infield mics that drive enhanced audio production through an IP routing infrastructure.

WFAA Dallas sportscaster Dale Hansen has become a viral video star for his sometimes controversial commentaries.

YouTube TV will be the first “presenting sponsor” of the World Series, with regular TV commercials during the event as well as digital exposure on MLB.com sites and in-stadium promotion.

Dave Strader, the hockey broadcaster known affectionately as “The Voice,” has died after battling bile duct cancer for more than a year. He was 62. The Dallas Stars said Strader […]

The NFL’s Thursday night package is being carried jointly by CBS, NBC, the NFL Network and Amazon this year, but the 2018 package will soon be up for bid. There could be substantial interest from companies like Twitter — which aired Thursday night games last year — Amazon, and potentially other tech behemoths like Google, Apple or Facebook.

The National Football League and Facebook have signed a deal to bring NFL game recaps and highlights to the world’s largest social network, culminating years of talks, the NFL said today. The deal comes with both parties at strategic turning points, as Facebook seeks to add more video to attract viewers and the NFL tries to follow eyeballs from traditional television to social media.

The Sunday Night Football matchup between the Washington and Oakland delivered a one-sided game for viewers and a weakened ratings return for NBC. With Washington dominating throughout and ultimately winning 27-10, Sunday Night Football averaged an 11.6 rating in Nielsen’s metered-market household numbers. That’s down 11% from early numbers for the third week of the season last year.

Sunday morning, President Trump essentially called for a boycott of the NFL in response to players using the national anthem to protest police profiling of African-Americans. Should Trump’s supporters respond to that call, the medium-term effects could be serious for the NFL. But the impact would be at least as bad, and much more immediate, for the broadcasters who pay to air games.

How new concussion reports could bring down a multibillion-dollar American empire.

CBS Corp. intends to launch a streaming-video sports outlet that will be more newsy and less focused on commentary programs, the company’s CEO Leslie Moonves said Thursday, while taking pains to demonstrate CBS’s business acumen compared to that of rivals like Walt Disney, Comcast, Netflix and 21st Century Fox.

FuboTV announced today the launch of a new, national marketing endeavor that includes the company’s first TV commercials, premiering at the start of the new NFL season and introducing viewers to “Fubo […]

Sinclair Broadcast Group continues its expansion in the multicast network space with premium sports content.

On Monday night, Beth Mowins will call the Denver Broncos and San Diego Chargers in the second game of ESPN’s Monday Night Football doubleheader — the first woman in 30 years take the microphone in an NFL game, and the first for a national broadcast.

Don Ohlmeyer, a singular force whose creative vision and talents reshaped not only sports broadcasting but the entertainment side as well, has died at the age of 72. He began his career at ABC Sports and as a producer there transformed shows like Wide World of Sports and helped Monday Night Football set a template for big-time primetime productions.

Kristen Rodgers joins Fox-owned WTXF Philadelphia (DMA 4). She will anchor sports coverage for the station’s 5, 6, 10 and 11 p.m. newscasts and will host the weekend sports show, […]

Live streaming TV service Fubo.TV is adding more NFL programming in time for the kick-off of the 2017-18 season.  Through a new carriage agreement with NFL Media, NFL Network and NFL […]

The sports universe is heavily Balkanized online, meaning your best bet at comprehensive streaming of pro football will involve that old standby — a cable or satellite TV subscription — or cellphone service through Verizon. Otherwise, you’ll be limited to a few unrestricted games online, including Thursday’s night season opener between the Kansas City Chiefs and the New England Patriots. Here’s a stream-by-stream guide.

NFL’s key primetime series could rebound with higher viewership this season from the impact of negative factors in the early season and the presidential election in 2016, according to one media analyst. Michael Nathanson, senior research analyst of MoffettNathanson Research, expects a 5% gain for NBC’s Sunday Night Football — to hit 21.3 million viewers for the 2017 season — and an 11% increase for ESPN’s Monday Night Football to 12.7 million viewers.

NEW YORK (AP) — Football has been Ray Lewis’ passion since he was a child. One of his lasting memories is watching “Inside The NFL” when it was hosted by […]

The record bidding amount beat Sony Entertainment Television, which had held the Indian Premier League broadcast rights for 10 years since the popular cricket property was launched.

The new pact extends coverage of all Patriots pre-season games, Patriots All Access, Patriots GameDay and 5^th Quarter exclusively on the CBS O&O and co-owned WSBK.