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11.12.15 Good morning. It’s Thursday November 12, 2015, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing.
Wednesday headlines saw heavy pushback and reaction to New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s decision to make fantasy sports operations illegal under state law, mandating that companies shut down operations in the state as they were considered illegal gambling.
Industry heavyweights DraftKings and FanDuel responded aggressively. DraftKings noted that "We strongly disagree with the reasoning in his opinion and will examine and vigorously pursue all legal options available to ensure our over half a million customers in New York State can continue to play the fantasy sports games they love," according to NBC News. Meanwhile, FanDuel took a similar tact, stating "The game has been played – legally – in New York for years and years, but after the attorney general realized he could now get himself some press coverage, he decided a game that has been around for a long, long time is suddenly now not legal."
The ripple effect, however, saw four smaller daily fantasy sports sites – DailyMVP, DraftDay, DraftOps and MondoGoal Trading Ltd. Report that they will stop letting NY-based users enter their paid contests.
Meanwhile, with national legislation and regulation of daily fantasy sites being cooked up, the American Gaming Association revealed plans to assemble a group focused on carving out a potential new path for the legal sports betting industry, in a move to find a “rational alternative” to existing sports betting law, according to LV Weekly, noting “If daily fantasy sports is a legal activity, the casino gaming industry should have the opportunity to participate and partner with daily fantasy sports providers,” in a statement.
CBS will look to make the most of its Super Bowl 50 spotlight, announcing that the network will carry a special live edition of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert immediately following the game on Feb. 7. The program will become the first late night series ever to air in the post-Super Bowl slot. A special Super Bowl Sunday edition of The Late Late Show with James Corden will then run at 11:35p.
FOX Sports’ is playing up numbers for the newborn run of The Herd with Colin Cowherd, which premiered on FOX Sports’ television, FOX Sports Radio and iHeartRadio platforms on Sept. 8. The show saw its opening month reach a total of 19.5 million people between Sept. 8 and Oct. 9, across those platforms, according to the company. FOX states that a combined 5.8 million viewers watched at least one minute of THE HERD on FS1 and FS2, per Nielsen, noting that the show is outpacing The Dan LeBatard Show on ESPNU by 87% (3.1 million viewers) and The Dan Patrick Show on NBCSN by 57% (3.7 million viewers), and was up 32% over The Mike Francesa Show on FS1 and FS2 between Sept.-Oct. 2014. Podcasts of The Herd rank No. 2 in the Sports & Recreation podcast category on iTunes, netting 1.2 million downloads over the show’s first month.
NBCSN lined up a “13 on 13” motorsports block for tomorrow, programming 13 consecutive hours of motorsports content that will include Formula One, NASCAR Sprint Cup and XFINITY Series, and Mecum Auctions coverage. The block begins at 11a with Practice 2 of the Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix, the penultimate race of the 2015 Formula One campaign, with F1 telecasts averaging 535,000 viewers this season, up 14% vs. the same point in the 2014 season.
CBS Sports Network tips off its coverage of the college basketball season tomorrow with a doubleheader pitting North Carolina/Temple and Florida/Navy as part of the Veterans Classic at the Naval Academy. Tom McCarthy calls the action for both games, along with analyst Steve Lappas and reporter Lauren Gardner from Annapolis. Network studio show Inside College Basketball will feature an interview with NCAA President Dr. Mark Emmert.
Congratulations to UFC’s Ronda Rousey and ESPN’s Adam Schefter, who were named Cynopsis Sports’ Athlete of the Year and Media Personality of the Year respectively. The honors will be officially awarded on Dec. 2 at the Cynopsis Sports Engagement Summit and are presented annually to two VIPs whose work in the sports industry has transformed how sport connects with fans and pop culture. Join us at the Summit (and get a killer day of keynotes and panels) by getting your tickets here.
The Dodgers added play-by-play broadcaster Joe Davis to their 2016 TV crew where he will call 50 road games on SportsNet LA with Orel Hershiser, Nomar Garciaparra and Alanna Rizzo. Charley Steiner is on deck to call television play-by-play for the remaining road television games. Davis hits the Dodgers’ booth from FOX Sports, where he has announced Pac-12 and Big 12 sports, as well as regional MLB games.
Yahoo! Sports Radio announced today the addition of Philadelphia to its roster, with WNJC, 1360AM will begin airing the network’s shows on Monday. The station will air YSR shows in the evening, overnights and weekends."Philadelphia is a great sports town, and we are delighted to add WNJC to our affiliate base," said David Gow, CEO of Yahoo! Sports Radio. David Gow of Yahoo! Sports Radio stated, "It will be great working working with John and partner with his station to expand Yahoo! Sports Radio’s national reach and listenership in his station’s main broadcast areas."
Disney CEO Bob Iger agreed to spearhead the move to build a stadium for the Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers in the LA region, according to the AP, if NFL owners approve the teams’ move. Iger is set to serve under a five-year contract as non-executive chairman of Carson Holdings LLC, the joint venture to build a stadium on a 168-acre site in Carson, about 15 miles south of downtown LA and oversee the design, construction and marketing of the stadium.
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Get ready for a battle of a different kind at Super Bowl 50. TechCrunch and the NFL are partnering to hold a startup competition in Silicon Valley on Super Bowl weekend, dubbed 1st and Future. The event takes place on Saturday, Feb. 6 at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and feature three separate categories including The Future Stadium, Bringing Home the Game and Tomorrow’s Athlete. Each company will make a pitch to the judges and an audience of NFL team owners and executives. The winner of each theme will receive a $50,000 check from the NFL’s Strategic Investment Fund, tickets to Super Bowl 50, and an invitation to visit league headquarters where they will have the opportunity to meet with NFL execs.
Daytona International Speedway locked in a multi-year partnership extension with The Kroger Co. that makes Kroger the presenting sponsor of Daytona 500 Qualifying Day and conduct in-store consumer activation programs across multiple grocery store locations to promote the race. Kroger will also receive brand exposure opportunities via sponsor signage and promotional display space at the Speedway during Daytona 500 Qualifying Day as well as corporate hospitality opportunities for entertaining guests during Speedweeks.
Sport Integrity Monitor unveiled a partnership with Major League Baseball to work with the league on a slate of initiatives to “ensure that the integrity of MLB events remain beyond reproach in a fast-changing online global landscape.” SportIM will monitor vast amounts of sports and wagering related data and statistics on behalf of MLB and report trends in real time.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame website, ProFootballHOF.com, is getting an overhaul. The site, powered by Americaneagle.com, is offering a new look to enhance the visitor’s experience with a redesign that now offers optimal page load, smooth transitions throughout the site and a modern user interface. The new website is also responsively designed so that it can be viewed on any device a user chooses. Visitors to the website can also utilize a filter to sort Hall of Famers by a variety of categories such as team, class, college, and draft.
Raina Kelley has been named managing editor for The Undefeated, ESPN’s upcoming site that will feature in-depth reporting, commentary and insight on race and culture through the lens of sports. Currently a deputy editor at ESPN The Magazine, Kelley will now oversee the site’s day-to-day coverage and help develop new opportunities.
USA Today High School Sports and the National High School Coaches Association are joining forces to produce and promote Super 25 team rankings for scholastic wrestling. The partnership will see USA Today and the NHSCA release the Super 25 Preseason Rankings for the 2015-16 season beginning mid-December.
NBC Sports Group President Jon Litner is stepping down at the end of the year to pursue other opportunities. As first reported by SBD, NBC Sports Group Chairman Mark Lazarus sent an email to staff yesterday, noting that “A while back, Jon and I began discussing the future, and he expressed to me a desire to create another professional chapter for himself,” with conversations escalating in recent weeks. Litner added that “I am proud of our record of success across each of the businesses. And so, with a deep sense of personal satisfaction that I have accomplished all that I set out to achieve at NBC Sports Group, the time is right for me to take on new challenges.”
Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Maria Elena Durazo have been appointed Vice Chairs of the L.A. 2024 Olympic and Paralympic bid committee. They will join four time Olympic swimming champion Janet Evans as Vice Chairs on the board of directors.
The Charlotte Sports Foundation announced the election of Bob Morgan to its Board of Directors. Morgan currently serves as the President and CEO of the Charlotte Chamber where he oversees all aspects of the nonprofit’s operations, including its finances, economic development and pro-business public policy efforts, member engagement programs, and sales and communications.
Bills/Jets on NFL Network at 8p.
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ON THIS DAY in 1920: Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis is elected as the first commissioner of Major League Baseball.
In The Know: WWE stars Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid were known by what name as a tag team? (Email [email protected] with your answer and be sure to include your name, company and city.)
Answer to Our Last Sports Trivia Question: Which college basketball player was a member of two different teams that played in the NCAA men’s championship game? (Big hint: he played for both Indiana and Duke.) Answer: Bob Bender. Kudos: Michael Ritz-BucStar Consulting/NY; Denis Barry-CBS/NY; Howie Schwab-Sports Jeopardy/West Hartford; Synda Kollman-Charter Marketing Group/Boca Raton; Dave Goren-National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association & Hall of Fame/Salisbury; Wayne "World B." Otto-Pro-Am Sports/Boone; Lance Phegley-Texas Runner and Triathlete magazine/Houston; Steve Scheer-FOX Sports/LA; Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA.
Later — Chris
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