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Technology

ESPN lays off about 20 on-air personalities including NBA analysts Jeff Van Gundy and Jalen Rose

Sources June 30, 2023

ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro Steve Zak Photography | FilmMagic | Getty Images Disney’s ESPN on Friday is informing about 20 of its on-air personalities that they will no longer appear on any of the...

2 Minutes

Technology

Musk picks Vegas for Zuckerberg ‘cage match’ challenge

Sources June 22, 2023

Tech titans Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk are in a fierce business rivalry that has spilt over into a playground spat, with the two men offering to fight each other in a cage. Mandel...

2 Minutes

Technology

DirecTV reaches deal to provide NFL ‘Sunday Ticket’ to bars and restaurants

Sources May 25, 2023

Football fans watch the NFL Super Bowl XLVIII game between the Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks on at a sports bar in New Jersey on February 2, 2014. Cem Ozdel | Anadolu Agency...

1 Minute

Technology

Apple’s Eddy Cue says success starts by saying ‘no’ to almost everything

Sources May 23, 2023

Apple‘s senior vice president of services Eddy Cue attributes a lot of the success the market’s biggest company has to saying “no” more often than “yes.” “We say ‘no’ to almost everything,” Cue said...

2 Minutes

Technology

The combined WWE and UFC will be called TKO Group

Sources May 16, 2023

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. Chairman Vince McMahon appears in the ring during the WWE Monday Night Raw show at the Thomas & Mack Center August 24, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ethan Miller |...

3 Minutes

Technology

Fanatics to buy PointsBet’s U.S. assets for about $150 million

Sources May 15, 2023

Fanatics logo is seen on the dugout wall before the game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Milwaukee Brewers at PNC Park on July 3, 2022 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images)...

5 Minutes

Technology

Dan Snyder agrees to sell NFL’s Washington Commanders to Sixers owner Josh Harris

Sources May 12, 2023

A general view of fans in front of the Washington Commanders logo during the first half of the game between the Washington Commanders and the Philadelphia Eagles at FedExField on September 25, 2022 in...

3 Minutes

Technology

WWE taps Fanatics to sell merchandise at live events like WrestleMania, SummerSlam

Sources April 18, 2023

Becky Lynch, Lita and Trish Status wrestle Damage CTRL during WrestleMania Goes Hollywood at SoFi Stadium on April 01, 2023 in Inglewood, California. Ronald Martinez | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images Vince McMahon’s World...

7 Minutes

Technology

How Fanatics and MLB are planning to keep the trading card boom going

Sources March 30, 2023

Julio Rodríguez of the Seattle Mariners was the American League Rookie of the Year in 2022. MLB trading card partner Fanatics has plans for new rookie card features this season as part of a...

2 Minutes

World

USTA, US Open hoping unvaccinated Novak Djokovic gets special nod to enter country

Sources March 4, 2023

Novak Djokovic of Serbia competes during the men’s single quarter final match of Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship on March 3, 2023. Waleed Zein | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images The United States Tennis...