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"Paramount+ will be the leader in live sports," CBS Entertainment Group boss George Cheeks said today in a major streaming war throw down to the likes of Olympics and Premier League home Peacock. Coming partway through a delayed, glitchy and often repetitive corporate presentation of the March 4 launching ViacomCBS…

UPDATED, 12:39 PM: Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva told media today that criminal charges are not expected in the car crash Tuesday in Los Angeles that seriously injured golfer Tiger Woods. “We don’t contemplate any charges whatsoever in this crash,” Villanueva said Wednesday, saying it was “purely an…

UPDATE, Feb. 24: Federal DUI charges against Bruce Springsteen were dropped today in a New Jersey court, though the rocker pleaded guilty to consuming an alcoholic beverage in a closed area. He paid a $500 fine. Charges of driving under the influence and reckless driving were dropped due to lack of evidence…

An official statement posted to Tiger Woods’ Twitter account on Tuesday evening said the golfer suffered “comminuted open fractures affecting both the upper and lower portions of the tibia and fibula” in a car accident earlier in the day. A comminuted bone is broken into more than two pieces. An open fracture, also…

Gladys Knight and Alessia Cara will bring their singing chops to the NBA All-Star 2021 game. The 70th annual NBA All-Star Game will also feature performances by iconic HBCU musical groups. Knight, Cara and the collegiate groups will perform before tip-off. Knight will perform the U.S. national anthem from the Atlanta…

After going dark in 2020 due to Covid-19, the Scripps National Spelling Bee plans to resume its century-old annual contest on July 8, with an in-person edition at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Florida. ESPN2 will air the championship round, featuring 10 to 12 spellers. Organizers said the decision to limit…

The National Football League had a down year, ratings-wise, but it wants to double the fees it receives for allowing its current network partners to broadcast games. CNBC reports renewal rates discussions are going on with all four of the league’s existing network partners — NBC, CBS, Fox, and Disney-owned ESPN…

UPDATE: Apparently, Naomi Osaka suffered from a foot-in-mouth fault. Osaka took to social media today to clear up confusion over her acceptance speech after winning the Australian Open. In the moment, she called her runner-up Jennifer Brady "Jennifer" despite being told moments before that her preferred form of…

TikTok and the UFC have set a multi-year partnership to deliver live, weekly programming to the social media outlet. It is not the first partnership between TikTok and a sports entity, but the social media outlet said it is the first time it is working jointly with a sports entity “to create a position/resource…

Calm Down with Erin and Charissa, a talk show podcast hosted by sportscasters and longtime friends Erin Andrews and Charissa Thompson, bowed today on iHeartRadio with comedian/actor Kevin Hart as its first guest. Andrews is a sports broadcaster and can be seen weekly on Fox NFL Sunday doing sideline coverage and…

New York's Madison Square Garden is welcoming back fans starting Feb. 23 with the first of three Knicks games as the state tiptoes towards reopening with large venues the first in line to allow live audiences. Barclays Center, home of the Brooklyn Nets, has said it will also allow a limited number of fans at home…

Zachary Wohlman, the Golden Gloves-winning welterweight known as Kid Yamaka featured in the ESPN+ documentary series Why We Fight and who was the subject of Emmy-winning filmmaker Matt Ogens’ short Kid Yamaka, died Sunday, according to his wife and trainer. He was 32. No other details were given. Wohlman’s death was…