• SiriusXM will offer live broadcasts of all 64 matches. The broadcasts will use the Fox Sports match commentary. In addition, soccer channel SiriusXM FC will offer listeners talk and analysis with World Cup Today airing between matches and Counter Attack at the end of each day. • Fox Sports adds quartet for digital coverage. […]
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Wednesday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. ‘Threat Matrix’ study reveals football and basketball players ‘suffer horrific online abuse’ By Matias Grez (CNN)2. The ugly truth about the beautiful game By Tom McTague (The Atlantic)3. Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals building on storied history with return to national stage By Matthew Ralph (Brotherly Game)
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Saturday morning: What's in the news …
1. MLS reinstated LAFC forward Adama Diomande for the 2019 playoffs. The Norwegian international voluntarily entered MLS’s SubstanceAbuse and Behavioral Health program on Sept. 20 and was assessed by doctors. He has been cleared to resume all team activities, including competition. The Los Angeles Times reported that Diomande, who has eightgoals and seven assists in […]
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Tweet du jour
“This has been a burden in my life for a few years now and finally I have got to the bottom of it……” — Internet sleuth Coleen Rooney, better known as Wayne Rooney‘swife, claiming she caught Rebekah Vardy, the wife of England star Jamie Vardy, passing information from posts on her private Instagram account on […]
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“All Roma players banned from taking photos with Drake until the end of the season.” — The Italian club’s Twitter account, weighing in on the Drake Curse that has struck playersacross Europe on its Assassination Vacation tour. Paris St. Germain defender Layvin Kurzawa was the latest victim. He posed for a photo with Drake and […]
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Evening Edition: What's in the news …
1. For the second time in two days FloSports came in for criticism from MLS fans. A day after technical issues plagued the start of Flo FC’sfirst D.C. United broadcast, The Pride, an FC Cincinnati supporters group, criticized the terms of the deal the expansion MLSclub reached for regional streaming rights on Flo FC through […]
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What They're Saying: Daryl Grove
“Seeing the GoFundMe page finally convinced my parents that the podcast was a real thing, and not just a radio show that wasn’t on the radio. I think they were very confused by it untilthey saw the comments from people. So that’s a major thing to come out of that for me.” — Daryl Grove, […]
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Tweet du jour
“Our Groundsman does Christmas better than yours.. #CamUTD” — English League Two club Cambridge United on groundskeeper Ian Darler, who mowed a design of a Christmas treecomplete with ornaments and stars into the Abbey Stadium field for Saturday’s game against Yeovil Town. (@CambridgeUtdFC)
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Market Watch: Amazon wins British rights to air EPL matches on Prime Video
Amazon won the streaming rights to English Premier League matches for two matchdays for three seasons, beginning in 2019-20. Its Prime Video service will air live matches each season inBritain during one midweek date in early December and another around the Christmas holiday season. The move is part of Amazon’s expansion into live sports programming […]
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Orlando City gets on YouTube TV bandwagon
Orlando City became the third MLS club to reach a deal with YouTube TV to air its locally televised matches on the new streaming service. The Lions’ remaining 18 games will stream live ontheir own local YouTube TV channel and include the pre-, halftime and post-game shows. Fans can subscribe to YouTube TV for $40 […]