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    SOCCER - SPRING 2024

    in SOCCER/FUTBOL

    Posted · Edited by SirFozzie

    2 hours ago, odessasteps said:

    Girona in the Champions League. What a weird thing to write. 

    My my my Girona!

    @sabremike One of the FM streamers I follow has taken East Fife to the Champions League (and broken the 49 year hold (some in-game) of the Old Firm on the Premiership

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    2024 STUFF ABOUT SPORTS MEDIA THREAD

    in SPORTS

    Posted

    Came across this story about the ESPN stand-alone service to be debuted in 2025 (not to be confused with the Fox-WBD-ESPN service that's also coming)

    I don't want to be the negative nelly on this one, but in my opinion, this could have the same disaster potential that ESPN: The Phone had. 

    https://www.thewrap.com/espn-streaming-service-to-launch-by-fall-2025/

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    A standalone ESPN streaming service will launch by fall 2025, as early as August, Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger said on Wednesday.

    The Disney boss revealed the expected launch date in an interview with CNBC ahead of the entertainment giant’s earnings call, and called the direct-to-consumer service a “one-stop shop” for sports lovers during the company’s Wednesday earnings call.

    In addition to including the “full suite of ESPN channels,” Iger said on CNBC, “it will provide many more features,” including shopping, betting and other personalized and customizable features.

    “Not only will consumers be able to stream their favorite live games and studio programming, they’ll also have access to engaging digital integrations like ESPN bet and fantasy sports, e-commerce features and a deeper array of sports stats, all of which we know will be incredibly compelling to younger sports fans in particular,” Iger said on the earnings call. “It will also have very robust personalization features.

     

     

     They threw away over $150 million in the Phone debacle, and they could lose a hell of a lot more.

     

    mean, ESPN does what they do best.. deliver live sports. All this stuff they put on there is like.. "Fine. Who was asking for it?"

    Give me people talking (smart) about sports. THAT'S WHAT I WANT.

    I don't want talking heads yelling to yell. I don't want "e-commerce integration". I don't want betting integration.
     
    GIVE.
    ME.
    SPORTS.
     
    Probably getting into "old man yells at clouds there, but... 🙂
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    The 2024 NBA Playoffs

    in BASKETBALL

    Posted

    For two straight nights, I have had the following reaction (regarding the Heat and then the Bucks both getting eliminated)

     

    Rational Fan: That kinda sucks they had injuries derail their season. Going to be a what if..

    Celtics Fan: Hahahahah get dunked on you donkeys.

     

    In short, I contain multitudes..

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    2024 NBA OFFSEASON

    in BASKETBALL

    Posted · Edited by SirFozzie

    From the Athletic:

     

    (edit, fuck, beaten, but I'll leave it up)


     

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    In what will be a landmark move in sports media history, the NBA and Amazon Prime Video have the framework of a deal that will make the streaming service one of the main homes for the league’s games, executives with direct knowledge of the talks told The Athletic.

    It is expected that Prime Video’s package will include significant regular season and postseason games, perhaps even some conference finals. The anticipation is that the final contract will be for at least a decade and begin the 2025-2026 season.

    ESPN/ABC, as the website Puck reported Thursday, also has a framework of a deal with the expectations that an agreement will be completed. ESPN/ABC are expected to keep the Finals on its networks for the duration of its deals. Like Amazon, ESPN’s new contract is also expected to be at least a decade in length.

    All of the details are not finalized yet, but all sides are under the expectations they will get done. The NBA, Amazon and ESPN all declined to comment.

    The NBA prefers to have three companies involved in its new deals, but has not ruled out adding a fourth.

    The NBA is finishing up nine-year deals that pay it $2.6 billion on average from ESPN and TNT Sports. Those contracts end after the 2024-2025 season.

    The advancement in the Amazon and ESPN talks leaves incumbent Warner Bros. Discovery, which owns network TNT Sports, to face off with NBC, owned by Comcast, for the likely last package of games. Warner Bros. Discovery has the right to match deals, but NBC could try to structure an agreement in a way that makes it difficult.

    While there is still work to be completed for the final arrangements, the current packages are going to be pruned slightly to create the third partner. In one arrangement, ESPN will cut down from around 100 games to around 80, according to executives briefed on the talks.

    A natural landing spot for Amazon’s regular-season games could be Thursday night, where it already has the NFL from September to early January. The NBA, in recent years, has moved its games off Thursday during the time period to not go head-to-head with the NFL. It is expected to then have significant playoff inventory. Amazon has shown interest in global rights, which has been a key part of the NBA’s negotiating strategy as it lined all of its domestic and international deals to end following the 2024-2025 season.

    The NBA has made it clear that it wanted to define itself for the next frontier of viewing with streaming at the forefront.

    With ESPN, Amazon and the NBA all under the impression that they will complete deals, this puts the onus on TNT Sports, which has had the NBA since 1984. It is in a fight with NBC, which was the lead partner of the NBA before losing its rights in 2002. NBC, with its streaming service, Peacock, wants back in and is competing with Warner Bros. Discovery Sports for a deal.

     

     

    The Cricket Thread, Mark 2

    in SPORTS

    Posted

    From women's cricket , the indonesian  teenager Rohmalia Rohmalia had a good game in the fifth t20I vs Mongolia .. 3.2 overs, 7-0.

     

    That is, if you're using the Australian scoring nomenclature: That's right.. she bowled 3.2 overs, didn't give up a run, and got 7 wickets.

     

    Most bowlers couldn't get seven wickets in 19 balls if they were bowling without a batsman..

     

    The 2024 NBA Playoffs

    in BASKETBALL

    Posted

    On 4/20/2024 at 5:39 AM, Brian Fowler said:

    God I want Miami to ruin Boston's season so fucking badly. I hate the fucking Celtics so much and it would be hilarious.

    Well, the heat fans wanted Boston.. they got Boston. Right upside their head.

    2024 VIDEO GAMES CATCH ALL THREAD

    in COMPUTERS & GAMES & TECH

    Posted

    Random "Old guy" thought:

    I was telling one of my friends I saw something about Helldivers 2 coming to game pass (he had been looking to trade with someone for a copy on PS5), and I originally said "you can play on Steam/Xbox with mouse and keypad or joystick" and then had to correct myself to controller.

     

    I guess you can't call em joysticks any more when A) the main movement thing is a keypad or thumbstick rather then an upright stick and B) they have more then 2 buttons 🙂

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