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10.14.16
Good morning. It’s Friday October 14, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing.
FIFA took a hard look at the future, with FIFA President Gianni Infantino stating yesterday that the organization should decide in January if it will expand from its 32-team format to one that features either 40 or 48 teams for the 2026 tournament. The AP writes that Infantino expects a decision when the ruling council meets in the new year.
In addition, the organization laid out its long-term strategy "FIFA 2.0: The Vision for the Future," a 70-page document outlining its key goals with points that include taking over organization of the World Cup after Qatar 2022, changes to the World Cup bidding process, boosting the percentage of the world’s population participating in the sport from 45% to 60%, doubling the number of female players and investment of $4 billion into developing soccer.
In addition, the report called for an expansion into eSports, noting that “FIFA will increase its role in the exploding eSports market, which in 2015 generated revenues of almost USD 1 billion, and work to capture a greater share of that market by better leveraging the popularity of the FIFA video game and the FIFA Interactive World Cup. The administration will establish a dedicated team to explore opportunities and develop a business strategy that ensures FIFA is responsive to current trends and able to quickly adapt to developing trends in the eSports industry.”
ON THE AIR
CBS Sports laid out its plans for the college basketball season, with both CBS Sports and CBS Sports Network delivering their most extensive schedule ever, featuring 270 total games and match-ups from 18 different conferences. CBS Sports tips off a slate of 39 games on Dec. 3 with UCLA/Kentucky while CBS Sports Network’s lineup 231 games begins with the third annual Veterans Classic at the US Naval Academy on Nov. 11 featuring Vanderbilt/ Marquette and Ohio State/Navy. For the first time this year, CBS Sports Network will also air the Conference USA Men’s Basketball Championship. Overall, featured conferences will include the ACC, American Athletic Conference, Atlantic 10, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Missouri Valley, Mid-American, Mountain West, Ohio Valley Conference, Pac 12, Patriot League and SEC. Jim Nantz, Bill Raftery and reporter Tracy Wolfson return as CBS Sports’ lead college basketball broadcast team.
Meanwhile, ESPN announced that its college basketball lineup will see approximately 1,100 exclusive games across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS, SEC Network and Longhorn Network. The season begins from Honolulu on Nov. 11, with the fifth annual State Farm Armed Forces Classic pitting Arizona/Michigan State and Indiana/Kansas on ESPN. College GameDay Covered by State Farm is on deck to visit a slew of early-season games, including Honolulu on November 11, the State Farm Champions Classic from Madison Square Garden in New York City on November 15, the Jimmy V Men’s Classic presented by Corona, also from MSG, on December 6 and the Kentucky at Louisville matchup on December 21.
Speaking of ESPN, the network announced that it will carry the NCAA Division I Ice Hockey Championship as well as regular season games in 2016-17, with the lineup set to showcase Big Ten home games leading into the Championship starting Oct. 16. Sean Ritchlin will be the color analyst for each of the regular season games with John Buccigross, once again serving as the voice of the Frozen Four while Kevin Brown calls play-by-play during the regular season.
TBS locked in game times for the American League Championship Series, with Game 1 between the Blue Jays/Indians tonight at 8p. Game 2 will be held Saturday at 4p before shifting to Toronto for Game 3 on Oct. 17, at 8p and Game 4 on Oct. 18, at 4p. If necessary, Game 5 will be played Oct. 19, at 4p with Game 6 potentially played in Cleveland at 8p on Oct. 21 and Game 7 on Oct. 22.
Speaking of baseball, Tampa Bay Rays’ ace Chris Archer is set to join ESPN’s Baseball Tonight as a guest analyst for on-site, pre-game and post-game shows during the 2016 MLB World Series. Archer is scheduled to appear for Games 1 and 2, and if necessary, Games 5, 6 and 7.
ESPN also announced that daily studio NBA series The Jump returns to the lineup on Oct. 24 during the opening week of the NBA season. Rachel Nichols returns as host, with the show running Mon-Fri at 3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2, before moving to ESPN after the Super Bowl. ESPN has expanded The Jump to a season-long show, which will air through the NBA’s summer league in July. Season two will increase its number of roadshows as Nichols and the team will be live, on location at various NBA venues throughout the regular season and the NBA Playoffs.
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Corus Entertainment’s W Network and Bristow Global Media Inc. greenlit Hockey Wives for season three. The new season will air in spring 2017 with cast details set to be announced in the coming months.
Quite a week for Kenny Albert, who is set to call all four major US sports in a span of seven days beginning with last night’s Game 5 between the Nationals/Dodgers on FS1. The run continues Sunday with Redskins/Eagles on FOX, Monday’s NHL battle between Rangers/Sharks on MSG Radio and wrapping up with the Knicks/Celtics on MSG TV on Wednesday. Safe travels!
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Here they are! The Finalists for the Model D Awards: Honoring the Best in Online Video Content, Advertising & Talent.
Click to see who made the cut. Then come join us on November 4th at the Apella NY for this luncheon celebration!
SPONSORSHIP & PROMOTION
The NHL announced that the 2016 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic in Winnipeg from Oct. 22-23 will feature performances by Canadian rock bands The Strumbellas and Sum 41 as headliners with special performances by country music stars Brett Kissel and Doc Walker. The celebration begins on Oct. 22 with the NHL Heritage Classic Alumni Game and a performance of the Canadian national anthem by original Jets anthem singer Jennifer Hanson followed by a flyover by two Royal Canadian Air Force CT 156 Harvard II aircrafts.
ESPN2’s First Take launched a “First Take, Your Take” viewer contest offering two winning fans the chance to debate Stephen A. Smith and Max Kellerman on national television. Viewers can upload a one-minute video with their best original sports debate – by themselves – to FirstTakeYourTake.com. The contest will run for six weeks with a deadline of Nov. 22. Two winners will be selected by the First Take staff.
Just ahead of the Monster Energy Cup this weekend in Las Vegas, Team Honda HRC’s Cole Seely inked a multi-year deal with +RED ELIXIR to become the brand’s first athlete ambassador. Seely, the 2015 Supercross Rookie of the Year will debut a +RED helmet on Saturday where he will compete in the premier 450SX Class.
DIGITAL & STREAMING
FOX Sports is going Off Track for a new weekly digital series hosted by NASCAR Race Hub’s Danielle Trotta and Kaitlyn Vincie, exploring the lifestyles, kids, sports and fashion of NASCAR “to provide viewers a side of their favorite drivers and their families that they haven’t seen before.” The series debuts Oct. 18 at 3:30p on Facebook LIVE with four-time champion and FOX NASCAR analyst Jeff Gordon as the first guest.
DraftKings announced some tweaks for its fantasy contests during the upcoming NBA season, revealing that players will now have more flexibility for lineup construction with some players eligible for up to two positions. In addition, all lineup selections will now lock at the start of the contest.
The Topps Company is going wide to determine who will be the face of the iconic Card No. 1 in the 2017 Topps Baseball Series One. Voting will run through Oct. 19 through the Topps Blog found under the Rediscover tab on topps.com.
ESPORTS
DreamHack announced its expansion into the Nordic eSports market, announcing the Nordic Championship pitting players from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden in a tournament. The kickoff season will see National Champions from each country battling at Dreamhack Winter 2016 in Sweden on Nov. 24 for three titles: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Hearthstone and StarCraft II. All competition will be covered and broadcasted in a high quality English live stream.
THE MAIN EVENT
Alabama/Tennessee on CBS on Saturday at 3:30p.
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Answer to Our Last Sports Trivia Question: Who is also the only person in history with a Golden Globe, an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award nomination and a Super Bowl Ring? Answer: Steve Tisch. Kudos: Michael Ritz-BucStar Consulting/NY; Kyle Helm-CBS Sports/NY; Rose Anderson-New York Festivals/NY; David Kalan-MLB Advanced Media/NY; Julia Rodgers-Bexel/Atlanta; Chris Faulds-Massively Inc./Toronto; Synda Kollman-Charter Marketing Group/Deerfield Beach; Andy Pittman-TAMU/College Station; Robert Teinowitz-Live Action Media/Chicago; Judie Henninger-Valentine Productions/Santa Monica; Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA; David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA Federal Credit Union/Burbank; John Sutton-Charter Digital Media/LA.
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