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WNBA looking to capitalize off 'Caitlin Clark effect' following tonight's draft

Daily - 04/15/2024

The WNBA will “look to harness record-smashing sharpshooter Caitlin Clark's super-sized star power when she joins the professional ranks” during tonight's draft, according to Amy Tennery of REUTERS. ESPN’s Rebecca Lobo said, “We have a star coming into this draft kind of unlike anyone we've seen.” She...

NHL Playoffs: Storylines to watch

Journal - 04/15/2024

Desert departure The Arizona Coyotes will not make the playoffs, which start Saturday, but they could make some major headlines. The NHL appears poised to announce the relocation of the team to Salt Lake City as early as this week. Sources confirmed the league...

Inside ESPN’s Women’s Final Four studio show

Journal - 04/15/2024 | CU Professor News - 04/12/2024

It was a coming out party for women’s basketball. The 2024 NCAA final between South Carolina and Iowa averaged 18.9 million viewers on ABC, nearly doubling 2023’s 9.9 million, and breaking a record set less than 48 hours before. And while the gameplay...

Men's Final Four Notebook: From Phoenix to Scottsdale to Glendale, the men’s Final Four had it all

Journal - 04/15/2024

Spread across the greater Phoenix area over the week, the annual basketball championships that have increasingly doubled as an industry event boasted a bit of everything out in the desert. Here’s a look at the sights and sounds. Nissan’s NCAA...

Report: PGA Tour, LIV Golf far from final agreement

Daily - 04/15/2024 | Daily - 04/15/2024

A final agreement between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf “isn’t imminent after a series of deadlines have come and gone," though players, who have “become more powerful than ever, want an agreement,” according to sources cited by Hirsch, Kessler & Warner of the N.Y. TIMES. Talks are “intermittent...

NBA prepared to begin expansion process after completing TV negotiations

Daily - 04/15/2024 | Unpacks Newsletter - 04/15/2024

The NBA will “begin the process of expansion once it signs a new television contract," and negotiations are expected to be “tough with expanded interest from several outlets,” according to Gary Washburn of the BOSTON GLOBE. Sources said that Seattle “expected to get the first opportunity for an expansion...

Dundon evolved his thoughts on pickleball. Now he’s leading the sport’s evolution.

Journal - 04/15/2024

Connor Pardoe wasn’t looking to sell the Professional Pickleball Association when he was introduced to Tom Dundon in 2021. The business was already well-capitalized and, in his mind, well-positioned to take advantage of pickleball’s surging popularity. Dundon’s vision changed his perspective. ...

Alliance of American Football is gone; litigation isn’t

Journal - 04/15/2024

The Alliance of American Football got off to a tremendous start in February 2019. The eight-team league’s first two games on CBS averaged 3.25 million viewers, topping a national NBA telecast on ABC that weekend. Underneath, however, there were major...

NBA set for dramatic regular-season finale

Weekend Rap - 04/14/2024

The NBA’s playoff race is “headed for multiple photo finishes on the final day of the season" today, with 15 of the 20 seeds in the expanded playoff bracket, which includes a four-team play-in tournament in each conference, “yet to be decided.” Only two playoff-bound teams -- the Clippers...

NHL has 'desire' to announce Coyotes move soon

Weekend Rap - 04/14/2024

There is a “real desire” from the NHL to announce the Coyotes’ move to Salt Lake City “on Thursday or Friday” before the NHL playoffs begin. However, the “desire and ability to do it are two different things.” The next few days are “critical to...

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WNBA looking to capitalize off 'Caitlin Clark effect' following tonight's draft

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Inside ESPN’s Women’s Final Four studio show

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Report: PGA Tour, LIV Golf far from final agreement

NBA prepared to begin expansion process after completing TV negotiations

Dundon evolved his thoughts on pickleball. Now he’s leading the sport’s evolution.

Alliance of American Football is gone; litigation isn’t

NBA set for dramatic regular-season finale

NHL has 'desire' to announce Coyotes move soon

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