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Al Michaels may be done in the “Sunday Night Football” booth, but he’s not leaving NBC just yet. Michaels has been given “emeritus status” and will “continue to broadcast and contribute across NBC Sports’ high-profile properties,” the network announced on Tuesday. Among other things, Michaels is expected to work NFL playoff games on NBC and help with Olympics coverage again in 2024. Michaels is set to take over calling “Thursday Night Football” broadcasts for Amazon Prime… Source link

Epic Games isn’t just fighting the app stores over the right to process its own in-app payments in its popular game Fortnite, it’s also taken up its antitrust legal battle with the tech giants via Bandcamp, the internet music company Epic acquired in March. The following month, Epic filed an injunction asking for the right to allow Bandcamp to continue operating as usual instead of being forced to adopt Google’s own payments system as is now required via a policy change, or risk… Source link

One month into the 2022 MLB season, the league is once again dealing with a change to its baseballs. This time, MLB has reportedly expanded its use of a deadened ball that was partially used last year and begun using humidors at all 30 ballparks. The result is a new dead ball era, with runs down, batting average down and, most noticeably, home runs down. Except in nationally televised games, if New York Mets hitting coach Eric Chavez is to be believed. Speaking with Tim Healey of Newsday,… Source link

Colin Kaepernick made a direct pitch to NFL teams in need of a quarterback on Saturday: “I can help you win games.” The six-year NFL veteran who hasn’t played in the league since 2016 was invited by his old coach Jim Harbaugh to put on a throwing exhibition at Michigan Stadium. With NFL scouts in attendance, Kaepernick showcased his arm at halftime of Michigan’s spring game. Afterward, he and Harbaugh shared a hug. Kaepernick then spoke with local and network media and made a direct appeal for… Source link

Of course, we had to have at least one meeting of hall-of-fame coaches in Mike Krzyzewski’s last March Madness. Duke faces Michigan State in a game between two of the best programs in the sport. Tom Izzo’s Michigan State team wasn’t great this regular season, especially near the end, but is looking a lot better since tournament play started. Maybe it’s the start of another surprise Spartans run. Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski leads his team into a second-round game against Michigan State. (Photo… Source link

The second round of this year’s men’s NCAA tournament has already featured a No. 1 seed erasing a 25-point second-half deficit only to lose, two other No. 1 seeds pushed to the brink and a No. 15 seed extending its stay another week. What does the final day of the second round have to offer? Here’s a look at Sunday’s eight games ranked from must-see to most skippable: 1. Duke (2) vs. Michigan State (7), 5:15 p.m. (CBS) With two name-brand programs facing off and Mike Krzyzewski’s coaching… Source link

At its Google for Games Developer Summit, Google today unveiled Stadia’s B2B offering called “Immersive Stream for Games.” The offering, which was created in partnership with Google Cloud, will allow companies to take advantage of Stadia’s underlying platform technology and deliver games directly to players. With this offering, Google is branching out by opening up Stadia’s streaming technology for other companies to license. Google says the service will… Source link

Google’s Stadia cloud gaming service didn’t stick the landing, and it’s been a rough ride since. But today, at the Google for Games Developer Summit, it feels like Stadia might be moving in a promising direction — one that gives both gamers and game developers a reason to pay attention. And the magic word is “free.” Free demos, free trials, free for developers to offer, and hopefully free of the friction that made Stadia a difficult investment to start. I want to start off… Source link

NEW YORK — MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, say what you will about him, understands labor negotiations. Labor relations, less so — a fact that’s so hard to deny, he doesn’t even bother trying. But the part where you extract as much and surrender as little as possible through ruthlessness and savvy? Well, we wouldn’t have been in this mess if he was worse at it. And so when he offers insights into the inner workings, they’re worth taking seriously. After the latest, and longest in a… Source link

Google appears to have built its own solution for running Windows games on Stadia. Google is planning to detail its Windows “emulator” for Linux next week at the company’s Google for Games Developer Summit on March 15th. Reddit users have spotted a session at the summit that will detail “how to write a Windows emulator for Linux from scratch.” The session will be led by Marcin Undak, on Google’s Stadia porting platform team, and promises a “detailed overview of the… Source link