Friday, May. 19, 2023

Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Brown, an unstoppable running back who retired at the peak of his brilliant career to become an actor as well as a prominent civil rights advocate during the 1960s, has died. He was 87.

A spokeswoman for Brown's family said he passed away peacefully in his...

Friday, Jan. 7, 2022

Experiential advertising agency Momentum Worldwide is expanding its sports sponsorship expertise with the naming of Parisa Howard as Verizon Sports Partnerships lead and NFL expert, who joins from Octagon. Howard was appointed in June before taking maternity...

Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021

John Madden, the Hall of Fame coach turned broadcaster whose exuberant calls combined with simple explanations provided a weekly soundtrack to NFL games for three decades, died Tuesday morning, the league said. He was 85.

The NFL said he died unexpectedly and did not detail a cause....

Tuesday, Mar. 23, 2021

The $113 billion deal to telecast NFL games through 2033 is head-swimmingly large — until you consider that the very survival of broadcast networks as we know them may depend upon it.

The deal announced by the NFL and media companies last Thursday spreads professional football content...

Wednesday, Mar. 17, 2021

In the months since the police killing of George Floyd sparked a racial reckoning in the United States, American corporations have emerged as an unexpected leading source of funding for social justice.

Corporate giving to racial equity causes has far outpaced donations from foundations...

Tuesday, Sep. 29, 2020

The surest sign of how the coronavirus shutdown has devastated the television industry is the fourth-place finish of CBS in what was nominally the first week of a new fall season.

The network's viewership was down a whopping 61% from the premiere week last year, the Nielsen company said...

Tuesday, Sep. 22, 2020

There's something missing in the Nielsen company's listing of last week's 20 most popular primetime programs, something that once would have seemed inconceivable.

Not a single scripted program is included — no drama or no comedy.

The most-watched scripted show of the week, NBC's...

Tuesday, Sep. 15, 2020

Pro football has probably never been more important to television executives than this year, and its return has them ready to do a happy dance in the end zone.

A schedule of opening week games brought viewers back to their sets, led by a Hall of Fame caliber matchup between Tom Brady, a...

Wednesday, Sep. 2, 2020

As 67 players opted out of the NFL season because of the coronavirus pandemic, corporate partners, sponsors and advertisers did the opposite.

They stood pat.

The league even added two major companies: Subway and Invisalign.

The truth is that not even COVID-19 has scared away...

Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019

More than two years  after he killed himself in his prison cell, former NFL star Aaron Hernandez's story still fascinates — and now it's heading back to the small screen.

Netflix is releasing "Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez" on Jan. 15. The three-part documentary examines the...

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