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  Thursday May 5, 2022 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your early morning Esports brief. BITKRAFT Ventures, an investment platform for gaming and interactive media, announced that Dennis Wong and Ryan Wyatt will be joining the firm as venture partners. In their new positions, Dennis and Ryan will support BITKRAFT with dealflow and […]

Wednesday May 4, 2022 Round one of the 2022 NBA Playoffs became the most-watched on ESPN since 2014, according to Nielsen, with the eight games that ran on the network averaging 3,346,000 viewers, up 28% from 2021 and 69% from 2020. The slate now ranks as the third-most watched first-round of the NBA Playoffs on […]

Monday March 28, 2022 As we hit the end of March, Problem Gambling Awareness Month comes to an end for an America that never had so many opportunities to place a wager. One company focused on launching a slate of initiatives during the period was FanDuel Group, with an eye to lead “industry efforts to […]

Monday March 21, 2022 Grape-Nuts is tapping history for its revived take on tying a brand and athletics, revealing a plan for the breakfast cereal to pay tribute to and expand its role in the historic adventures it has been involved with for well over a century – from sponsoring Sir Admiral Byrd’s 1933 expedition […]

Friday March 18, 2022 Greg Norman and the new LIV Golf Invitational Series announced plans to launch in June with a slate of eight events around the world and dangling individual and team play prize money of $255 million to participants. The first event will take place in London at Centurion Golf Club from June […]

Wednesday March 16, 2022 SHOWTIME Sports and Premier Boxing Champions revealed a lineup of nine boxing events that will span the first half of 2022 and featuring 21 undefeated fighters, along with two world championship unifications bouts one for all four world title belts and the coveted title of Undisputed Champion, and one for three […]

Friday February 25, 2022 Amid Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, UEFA will now move the 2022 UEFA Champions League out of Russia with the formal decision set to be announced today at an UEFA executive committee meeting, according to multiple reports. The men’s soccer game was originally slated to take pace on May 28 at Saint […]

  Thursday February 24, 2022 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your early morning Esports brief. 7-Eleven and Rocket League locked in a deal that will include the game’s esports endeavors in addition to providing exclusive in-game 7-Eleven customization items and as well as a fan-designed real-life 7-Eleven car. To top it off, the […]

Wednesday February 23, 2022 US women national soccer team players landed an agreement with the US Soccer Federation that will end a six-year legal battle over equal pay and includes $24 million plus bonuses that match the men’s team. That figure includes a fund with $2 million to benefit players in their post-soccer careers and […]

Friday February 18, 2022 Seven-time NBA All-Star Tracy McGrady announced the launch of his nationwide basketball league, Ones Basketball Association. The league will feature a one-on-one seven-city qualifying tournament to identify the best players in the nation. The top three players from each city will advance to the OBA Finals in Las Vegas in July. […]