Christian Petersen | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images Tensions are building among broadcast station owners and pay-TV providers as the local rights to air NBA, NHL and MLB games go up for grabs. Broadcast station owners including E.W. Scripps Co., Gray Television, Nexstar Media Group and Sinclair, have been in discussions with leagues and
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BBL Trophy: First Round Plymouth City Patriots 105 – 53 St Mirren Saints (21-12, 47-32, 86-38)(Patriots: Bell/Simons, 16; Brandon, 15; Hawthorne Jr., 13 – Saints: Cleary, 18; Allahverdi/Carroll, 10; Harte, 9) Plymouth City Patriots wowed fans at the Plymouth Pavilions, beating Scottish side St Mirren Saints 105-53 in the BBL Trophy opener on Saturday night. Troy
They’re two of the BBL’s biggest heavyweights, but so far this season things haven’t quite gone to plan for the B. Braun Sheffield Sharks and Newcastle Eagles. That’s what makes tonight’s clash between the two titans live on Sky Sports Mix and YouTube (7:45 tip-off) so exciting: both coming into it off the back of
How lucky are we to have two of the BBL Championship favourites facing off LIVE on Sky Sports in just the second weekend of the season!? The London Lions and the Leicester Riders will take to the floor at the Copper Box Arena tonight for a 7:45pm tip-off, live on Sky Sports Arena and YouTube,
It seems like the All-Star break served the Connecticut Sun well. The Sun stumbled into the midseason(ish) pause, losing four of their last six games and raising questions about their status as a championship contender. Out of the break, Connecticut has looked more like the best version of itself, with a pair of dominating road
BBL ChampionshipNewcastle Eagles 93-80 Glen Luss Glasgow Rocks (30-28, 54-40, 82-63)(Eagles – Gordon 21, Peel 17, Defoe 16; Rocks – Murray 19, Harris 16, Hillsman 15) BBL ChampionshipB. Braun Sheffield Sharks 91-86 Manchester Giants (13-31, 42-49, 67-70)(Sharks – Ratinho 25, Nichols 18, Glasgow Jr 16; Giants – Armstrong 21, Clark 17, Anderson 11) BBL ChampionshipLondon
MIAMI — The eighth-place Nets will face the Eastern Conference-leading Heat in a potential first-round playoff preview Saturday. And with just nine games left in the regular season — and their play-in situation tenuous — Brooklyn is well aware of the need to cash in every single time it steps out on the court from
Neither the No. 21 Duke Blue Devils nor the North Carolina Tar Heels have a bad loss this year and Duke has one more loss. Yet the Blue Devils are ranked and the Tar Heels are not because Duke has two wins over currently ranked teams (No. 20 Notre Dame and No. 23 Iowa) and
Things are good on ol’ Rocky Top! In her third season commanding the checkerboard in Knoxville, head coach Kellie Harper has Tennessee back in the Top 5, and Lady Vol nation dreaming of a long-awaited return to the Final Four. But first, Harper and No. 5 Tennessee (17-1) must fend off a challenge from No.
Wednesday at the Garden, the Knicks will face their former point guard and two former starting shooting guards. They would have also faced their former All-Star power forward, but he’s sick. Most interestingly, the Knicks may also be facing their future point guard. The 22-18 “Dallas Knicks” are in town. Former Knicks lottery pick Kristaps