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Getty Images When the NFL banned Barstool Sports from covering Super Bowl week events, PFT made an issue of it because we think independent media should be able to cover the sport without constraints from the league. Now the NBA has provided an example of what can happen when a sports league gets too heavy-handed with the media, and the media lacks the will to push back. Bleacher Report has…

Attention, sports team owners – and anyone trying to make a buck off the supposedly ever-growing American thirst to watch athletic events. Game over. TV viewership of sporting events has seemingly reached – at a minimum – a cyclical peak. Ratings for most major professional sports are headed in the wrong direction. And in today’s media-saturated world, this will become a challenge for an industry in…

A GRIP ON SPORTS • The quest for perfection ended on a not-so-perfect Senior Night at McCarthey Athletic Center. That’s the news flash. But there were a lot of reasons behind it. Read on. •••••••••• • We could count the reasons behind Gonzaga’s 79-71 loss to BYU last night but that would get really long. And we really don’t have the time. We could point to the 16-of-29 from the free…

Oregon Ducks forward Dillon Brooks (24) posts up on UCLA Bruins guard Lonzo Ball (2) during the second half at Pauley Pavilion. The UCLA Bruins won 82-79.(Photo: Kelvin Kuo, USA TODAY Sports) Gonzaga’s stunning loss to BYU doesn’t just ruin a perfect season. It likely ruins the chances of notching a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament now. Previously the fourth best No. 1, the ‘Zags (29-1, 17-1) fell…

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Attention, sports team owners – and anyone trying to make a buck off the supposedly ever-growing American thirst to watch athletic events. Game over. TV viewership of sporting events has seemingly reached – at a minimum – a cyclical peak. Ratings for most major professional sports are headed in the wrong direction. And in today’s media-saturated world, this will become a challenge for an industry in which multi-billion-dollar…

4. Developers unveiled plans for a $200 million sports complex, Atlanta Sports City, that they say will eventually include a 15,000-seat stadium, 22 soccer and football fields, seven baseball diamonds and five basketball courts. Construction on the 200-acre complex, located in the new city of Stonecrest in southeast DeKalb County, is slated to begin this fall. Men’s and women’s pro soccer teams are expected to be announced soon for the…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The arena has all the features that a professional sports venue needs: stands, warm-up areas for teams, massive screens for spectators and a broadcast platform for commentators. But what distinguishes this new Las Vegas arena is its dozens of video game consoles. The 15,000-square-foot e-sports venue slated to open Friday will host competitive video game tournaments. It’s part of a trend that the casino industry hopes…

Last week, I challenged you would-be cord-cutters out there to go without cable for a full week. And I pointed you to some great, totally free apps to temporarily fill the void. That was intended to gauge your readiness to let go of old-fashioned viewing habits that may or may not be satisfying your entertainment needs.  But, here’s the thing: I kind of glossed over the sports genre.  Not this time. First, as…

LAS VEGAS  — The arena has all the features that a professional sports venue needs: stands, warm-up areas for teams, massive screens for spectators and a broadcast platform for commentators. But what distinguishes this new Las Vegas arena is its dozens of video game consoles. The 15,000-square-foot e-sports venue slated to open Friday will host competitive video game tournaments. It’s part of…

n this Feb. 18, 2017, photo, Teams compete against each other playing Counter-Strike: Global Offensive during the Dreamhack Masters e-sports tournament at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. A permanent 15,000 square-foot e-sports facility is scheduled to open in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) The arena has all the features that a professional sports venue needs: stands, warm-up areas for teams, massive screens for spectators and a broadcast…

Diego Costa has now scored 16 Premier League goals this season Chelsea stretched their lead at the top of the Premier League table to 11 points after victory over battling Swansea City at Stamford Bridge. Cesc Fabregas marked his 300th Premier League appearance by putting the Blues ahead, poking the ball through the legs of Jack Cork and into the net. The hosts were stunned when Swansea equalised from their…

NPR’s Scott Simon talks to Howard Bryant of ESPN about possible rule changes for Major League Baseball that are designed to make games shorter.

If you’re a fan of goals (who isn’t?), then Ligue 1 is your spot. PSG’s Edinson Cavani has seven goals in his last six matches and the Parisians have 50 for the season already. That half-century mark is good for only second in the league, however.  Monaco, the highest-scoring team in the league, have that mark well covered. With an eye-watering 76 goals this season, Monaco are crushing the…

Caption Close The Warriors have contacted Turner Sports about Shaquille O’Neal’s ongoing coverage of center JaVale McGee, a source confirmed to The Chronicle. The news was first reported by ESPN. Golden State reached out to Turner officials to voice concerns that McGee’s numerous appearances on “Shaqtin’ a Fool,” TNT’s bloopers segment on “Inside the NBA,” is unnecessarily hurting McGee’s reputation. This comes after O’Neal and McGee engaged in a heated…

Ahead of Sunday’s big Daytona 500, racing legend Roger Penske dismissed claims that his sport is faltering. “I see the sport as stronger than ever from a competitive standpoint,” he said on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street.” As the Nascar season kicks off at Daytona 500, new questions have emerged about the state of stock car racing as both viewership numbers and admissions are seeing major declines. Nascar’s television viewership…

While soccer will be the main event at Atlanta Sports City, it will host more than two dozen sports including football, baseball, basketball, lacrosse, volleyball, martial arts and rugby.

How’s this for buzzworthy? Bees are not only very intelligent, they can be taught to play a sport that looks like a mashup of soccer and basketball, rolling tiny yellow balls in exchange for food. That’s according to research published Thursday in the journal “Science” by academics at the Queen Mary University of London. While previous research has shown that bees are actually capable of performing complex cognitive tasks, contrary…

In a move that has shocked U.S. media companies, Turner Sports picked up the U.S. English-language media rights to the UEFA Champions League starting in fall 2018, according to multiple sources. Turner, which has not carried soccer programming of any kind for at least 27 years, was a surprise bidder and aggressively committed more than $60 million per year as part of a three-year deal that runs through the…

Ahead of Sunday’s big Daytona 500, racing legend Roger Penske dismissed claims that his sport is faltering. “I see the sport as stronger than ever from a competitive standpoint,” he said on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street.” As the Nascar season kicks off at Daytona 500, new questions have emerged about the state of stock car racing as both viewership numbers and admissions are seeing major declines. Nascar’s television viewership…