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NEW YORK — With new streaming services in the works, Disney is trying to set itself up for a future that’s largely been framed by Netflix: Providing the stuff you want to watch, when you want to watch it. The Magic Kingdom is launching its own streaming service for its central Disney and Pixar brands and another for live sports. That would allow it to bypass the cable companies it…

Despite their age, the three young girls have heard it all. They’ve been called boys when they show up at the soccer field. They’ve been heckled and ridiculed, with even referees questioning what they’re doing on a girls’ soccer team. It’s because of their hair. The three girls, who play on a Madison, Wis., under-11 club team called the 56ers, prefer to wear their hair cropped close, in a manner…

One of the things I appreciate about writing for Lookout Landing is that we are not beholden to the Mariners organization. If we disagree with a bullpen move, or believe an alternate trade to be a better decision than what was already done, we can write about it freely. We can agree and disagree in equal measure, and there are no conflicts of interest. If you’re on Twitter (or Facebook,…

Cord cutters have another reason to get excited, as CBS this week announced it’s planning to launch a live streaming service for sports. The news was discussed on the company’s Q2 earnings call, and though details are light – there’s no name, pricing, or exact launch date at this time, for example – the service could potentially go a long way to fill a gap that’s not currently well-covered by…

Kent State cannot produce any professional certification required by the NCAA for the head football strength coach who oversaw conditioning drills the day freshman Tyler Heintz died of complications from an abnormally high body temperature, CBS Sports has learned. In fact, Golden Flashes strength coach Ross Bowsher — beginning his second year with the program — seems to be the only member of the strength and conditioning and training staffs…

In less than a month, one of the University of Minnesota’s most visible athletic buildings officially will be renamed for former athletic director Joel Maturi. The school announced that Sept. 2 is the date the Sports Pavilion — home to Gophers volleyball, wrestling and gymnastics — will get its new name. Per a news release sent Tuesday: The formal name for the facility will be the Joel Maturi University Sports…

A man who died while attempting to swim the Channel has been named as endurance athlete Douglas Waymark. Waymark, who had previously reached the summit of Mount Everest, was taking part in the near-300-mile Enduroman Arch to Arc triathlon when he got into difficulty on Monday night. His sister, Jo Ikel, wrote on Facebook: “Douglas Waymark has not completed his Channel swim. Last night he felt he could no longer…

Then, by the end of this year, the owners will award franchises to two additional cities from a list that includes not just Nashville, Cincinnati and Sacramento but also Raleigh, Charlotte, Tampa, Detroit, Indianapolis, St. Louis, San Antonio, Phoenix and San Diego. And next year, the owners will pick two more from the group that remains. Critics of M.L.S. contend that the league’s chase for new markets — and ever-rising…

Three men were stabbed when a fight broke out, reportedly over a referee’s call, during a soccer game between two adult teams Sunday at a high school in Whittier, Calif. The brawl erupted shortly after 12:30 p.m. Pacific time when a man, who was described by police as wearing a black T-shirt and being about 20 years old, started swinging a knife, injuring three men who were taken to a…

In just six months, snowboarders, slalom skiers, speed skaters and others will arrive at Pyeongchang in pursuit of Olympic gold. We’ll watch as athletes from around the world compete in 15 winter sports, catching their dreams or seeing them dashed on the mountains of South Korea during the 2018 Winter Games Olympians who fell short at the Sochi Games four years ago will be focused fiercely on dazzling this time,…

BI Intelligence See Also This story was delivered to BI Intelligence “Digital Media Briefing” subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. Twitter has become a home to smaller sports with relatively lower viewership, such as the National Lacrosse League (NLL), according to Bloomberg, while Amazon has eyed bigger sports like American football and tennis, according to Digiday.  It makes sense that the companies would have different strategies in…

Getty Images Tennis legends Andre Agassi and Stefanie Graf My friends at the charity auction site IfOnly have put together some of the most amazing one-on-one adventures for sports fans ever offered. IfOnly offers once-in-a-lifetime experiences with the world’s most famous people. They provide access to an amazing selection of bucket list experiences that benefit worthy causes around the world. Here are their top 5 best legendary sports experiences currently available:…

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Casinos are slowly embracing competitive video game tournaments — known as “e-sports” — as a way to help their bottom lines, but the money is coming from renting hotel rooms to the young players and selling them food and drinks, not from turning them into gamblers. Like most other ways gambling halls have tried to attract millennials and their disposable income, it hasn’t been easy. Atlantic…

No preseason poll is as inclusive or expansive as the CBS Sports 130, the only longtime weekly college football rankings you will find with all 130 FBS teams represented and sorted in order against their peers.  Just because the CBS Sports 130 has 105 more places than your normal rankings doesn’t mean we’ve got wildly different opinions on the No. 1 team in college football entering 2017. Just like the…

Three men were stabbed when a fight broke out, reportedly over a referee’s call, during a soccer game between two adult teams Sunday at a high school in Whittier, Calif. The brawl erupted shortly after 12:30 p.m. Pacific time when a man, who was described by police as wearing a black T-shirt and being about 20 years old, started swinging a knife, injuring three men who were taken to a…

Want smart analysis of the most important news in your inbox every weekday along with other global reads, interesting ideas and opinions to know? Sign up for the Today’s WorldView newsletter. Humor us today with a discussion of football — or soccer, as my editors at The Washington Post oblige me to call it. Last week, French soccer club Paris Saint-Germain splashed out almost $264 million to prise Brazilian sensation Neymar Da…

Les Moonves. Credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Just days after its ad sales unit announced it had landed a former Facebook exec to oversee its digital inventory, CBS Corp. on Monday made it known that its ambitions would continue to take it further beyond the realm of traditional TV with a teaser about plans to develop a new streaming sports service. Speaking to investors during the company’s second-quarter earnings call, CBS…

Three men were stabbed when a fight broke out, reportedly over a referee’s call, during a soccer game between two adult teams Sunday at a high school in Whittier, Calif. The brawl erupted shortly after 12:30 p.m. Pacific time when a man, who was described by police as wearing a black T-shirt and being about 20 years old, started swinging a knife, injuring three men who were taken to a…

RELATED: Kahne, Hendrick to part ways at season’s end The Monday announcement of Kasey Kahne’s approaching departure from Hendrick Motorsports became the latest move in a flurry of forthcoming personnel changes announced this season. The NASCAR garage likely will look far different in 2018, and you might need a program to tell who goes where. Our Kenny Bruce and Zack Albert debate the finer points of an especially zany Silly…

Photo: Eric Risberg/AP Now that Los Angeles has won the bid to host the 2028 Olympics, it seems as good a time as any to look back at what happened to the city when it last hosted the events. The 1984 Games were successful in L.A., in that they were profitable for the host city and didn’t leave behind a bunch of decaying stadiums eventually overtaken by weeds and wildlife…