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ESPN's Tommy Mitchell on Joining the Monday Night Football Operations Team
ESPN's Monday Night Football is in the thick of, perhaps, its busiest stretch of the entire season. Fresh off back-to-back weeks of two-game nights, the crew is now headed to Arrowhead as the New Orleans Saints visit the defending Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs to close out NFL Week 5.
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ESPN's Linda Schulz Previews NHL Opening Night Tripleheader From Salt Lake City
After opening in Prague over the weekend, the NHL 2024-25 season begins in North America tonight with an opening night tripleheader on ESPN and ESPN+. ESPN’s NHL studio show, The Point, is emanating live from the Delta Center in Salt Lake City with a GameDay-style atmosphere celebrating the highl...
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NBC Sports California Reflects on the Final A's Game at the Oakland Coliseum
It was a sad day in the city of Oakland - and for baseball fans at large - on Sept. 26, when the Oakland A's played their final game at the Oakland Coliseum, a stadium and city the team have called home for more than half a century.
The team's regional sports network partner, NBC Sports Californ...
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How Alex Morgan's Final NWSL Game Became a Multi-Network Simulcast
When women's soccer legend Alex Morgan announced on Thursday that she would be retiring from the game, the NWSL opted to go the extra mile to make sure her final outing on Sunday would be available to as many fans as possible. After a flurry of logistical maneuvering behind the scenes over the ne...
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Prime Video, TNF, and Next-Level Streaming: A Keynote Conversation
Over the past few years, Prime Video has emerged as a force to be reckoned with in live sports, both in the United States and globally. With the second season of Thursday Night Football under its belt — and with a wealth of other live sports properties to deliver — what innovations are the emergi...
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Meta's Sarah Malkin On How Meta Quest 3 Allows Greater Fan Engagement With VR
Whether it’s watching localized broadcasts of the National Basketball Association through League Pass or international competition during this year’s Summer Olympic Games, Meta is leading the pack with accessible VR experiences for fans across the globe. With the Meta Quest 3 headset, as well as ...
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Adventures in Live Cloud Production: ESPN
Over the past two years, ESPN has pushed the boundaries of live cloud-based production with several real-world deployments and a plethora of behind-the-scenes tests. Now, ESPN is focused on building a robust baseline to operate different cloud-based workflows from. In this fireside chat, ESPN tec...
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The Caitlin Clark Effect: A Peek at the Indiana Fever's Digital Content Strategy
The Caitlin Clark Effect. It's been said many times and has generated positive change throughout the professional and collegiate ranks of women's basketball, but the entity feeling its direct impact is the Indiana Fever.
Matching the NCAA's all-time leading scorer with last year's No. 1 overall ...
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NHL in ASL Alternate Broadcasts Bring Stanley Cup Final to the Deaf Community
This year's Stanley Cup Final was not only a seven-game thriller but also the catalyst for a first-of-its-kind, alternate telecast serving the deaf and hard-of-hearing community, NHL in ASL.
For every game of the Final, the NHL produced live game coverage presented with commentators communicatin...
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Inside ESPN’s Colossal NBA Rebrand Project: A Sports Graphics Spotlight
Prior to the 2022-23 NBA season, ESPN’s graphics team was tasked with overhauling the look and feel of its hardcourt broadcasts. Get an inside look at how they pulled it off, the unique workflows used to get it done, and how this package sets the tone for ESPN’s NBA coverage for years to come.
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