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Hawks make national footprint
The Blackhawks are as close to a national team as any in the NHL. Look no further than NBC. The network is riding the Hawks hard during the playoffs. The reason is simple: Ratings. The Hawks' local numbers from the nation's No. 3 market are having a...
Tags: Football, Entertainment, Chicago Bulls, Sports, Wrigley Field
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Andy Murray withdraws from French Open because of chronic back injury, will focus on Wimbledon
LONDON (AP) — Andy Murray withdrew from the French Open on Tuesday because of a chronic back injury and will now focus on preparing for the start of the grass-court season next month. The U.S. Open champion met with specialists this week after...Tags: Wimbledon Championships, Andy Murray, David Ferrer, French Open, Marcel Granollers
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Disney-owned ESPN cutting hundreds of jobs - source
ReutersBy Liana B. Baker May 21 (Reuters) - ESPN, the sports channel that is Walt Disney Co's most profitable unit, is cutting 300 to 400 jobs across the company and closing a small Denver office, a person with knowledge of the cuts said. The job cuts,...Tags: DirecTV Group Inc., Lucasfilm Ltd., Career and Workplace, Satellite and Cable Service, College Football
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Walt Disney Co.'s ESPN says it is cutting staff
Just one week after touting its strength to advertisers and declaring it wasn't worried about new competition from Fox Sports, ESPN is cutting its staff. The moves are part of an overall cost-cutting effort by ESPN parent Walt Disney Co. Earlier this...Tags: ESPN (tv network), Fox Sports (tv network), Twitter, Inc., Layoffs and Downsizing, Job Layoffs
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Serena Williams advances to final of Italian Open
Serena Williams continued her career-best winning streak, now at 23 matches, on Saturday to advance to the Italian Open championship match in Rome. The top-ranked American stopped Simona Halep of Romania, 6-3, 6-0, in the semifinals and will try to...Tags: Simona Halep, Kobe Bryant, Victoria Azarenka, Serena Williams, French Open
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"Venus and Serena" doc opens and EleVen debuts in SoFlo
Staff WriterAaaahhh, Serena and Venus Williams. I know it isn't exactly a frock-doc, but the movie "Venus and Serena" opens this weekend in SoFla (O Cinema in Miami Shores) after recently premiering at the Miami International Film Festival. No, it isn't about...Tags: Dresses (clothing), Miami Shores, Fort Lauderdale, Venus and Serena (movie), Clothing, Accessories, and Shoes
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'Star Trek' to hit warp speed. ESPN takes U.S. Open. CW upfront.
After the coffee. Before the flight back to Los Angeles. The Skinny: Finally heading home after a week and a half in New York. Hope my cats remember me and didn't tear our place up. Friday's headlines include the weekend box-office preview, some...
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ESPN wins exclusive U.S. Open tennis rights in 11-year deal
ReutersMay 16 (Reuters) - Walt Disney's ESPN sports juggernaut said it signed an 11-year contract to exclusively show all rounds of the U.S. Open tennis tournament on its channels in North and South America, giving it coverage of the sport's four major...Tags: Wimbledon Championships, ESPN (tv network), Satellite and Cable Service, CBS Corp., French Open
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U.S. Open tennis leaving CBS for ESPN
The U.S. Open tennis tournament will leave CBS and move all its television coverage to ESPN starting in 2015 under an 11-year contract. The deal means all U.S. Open coverage will be on cable TV only in two years. ESPN has televised the U.S. Open along...Tags: ESPN (tv network), Media Industry, CBS Corp., Television Industry, Tennis
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After nearly half-century on CBS, US Open tennis moving to ESPN in 2015 on 11-year deal
AP Tennis WriterThe U.S. Open tennis tournament will leave CBS after nearly a half-century and move all TV coverage to cable starting in 2015 under an 11-year contract with ESPN. The new deal between the U.S. Tennis Association and ESPN, announced Thursday, also...Tags: Football, Sports, ESPN2 (tv network), NBC (tv network), Wimbledon Championships
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On The Fly: Beckham Announces His Retirement
Underwear model and cultural icon David Beckham is leaving soccer behind. Beckham announced Thursday that he is retiring from the sport that made him famous, ending a career that's included stints with Manchester United, Real Madrid, the Los Angeles...Tags: National Basketball Association, Sports, The Boston Globe, Houston Texans, Road Running
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ESPN to take over U.S. Open tennis rights from CBS in 2015
After holding serve for 45 years, CBS has lost the rights to the nation's premier tennis tournament. ESPN on Thursday said it has clinched an 11-year deal with the United States Tennis Assn. for the exclusive TV rights, beginning in 2015, for the annual...Tags: Fox Sports (tv network), PGA Championship, Satellite and Cable Service, ESPN2 (tv network), NBC (tv network)
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