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Yahoo Sports has agreed a deal to become an official marketing partner of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and will work with the league on a range of fantasy and sports betting initiatives. The agreement will see Yahoo will continue to operate the exclusive season-long fantasy game of the NBA, as well as create NBA-branded daily fantasy and sports betting integrations. The deal will also permit Yahoo Sports to deliver expanded NBA content across its platforms, including… Source link

AFC Bournemouth Considers Legal Action Over Hawk-Eye Error By Andrew Cohen July 30, 2020 English soccer club AFC Bournemouth is debating whether to pursue legal action over a faulty goal line call from Hawk-Eye, according to the BBC. The errant call resulted in the team being relegated from the Premier League. Fellow Premier League clubs Ashton Villa and Sheffield United played a match on June 17 that ended in a scoreless draw. However, Sheffield United should have been… Source link

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — NBA referees will join the players and coaching staff in gathering around the “Black Lives Matter” signage on the court to kneel during the playing of the national anthem to peacefully protest racial injustice in America, league sources tell Yahoo Sports. The 45 referees selected by the league to officiate the restart recently had a “spirited” debate on whether to insert themselves into the storylines and it was decided that they wanted to support the… Source link

Zion Williamson and the New Orleans Pelicans kick off the NBA’s restart games in Orlando Thursday … [+] night. Starting next week, Yahoo Sports will be producing betting-focused broadcasts on League Pass. Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images Getty Images As part of a multi-year extension of their existing partnership, Yahoo Sports is now the NBA’s official gaming partner, an official marketing partner and will be producing league sanctioned betting… Source link

NEW YORK, July 30, 2020 – Yahoo Sports and the National Basketball Association (NBA) are joining forces to enhance the at-home fan experience with a multiyear relationship that will make Yahoo Sports an Official Marketing Partner of the league and RYOT a live virtual reality (VR) production partner during the NBA Restart in Orlando. The relationship will also allow Yahoo Sports to engage fans through fantasy and sports betting in unprecedented ways, including the right to create sports… Source link

– RYOT to Produce Immersive, At-Home Fan Experience as Live Virtual Reality Production Partner During the NBA Restart – – Yahoo Sports to Enhance Its Distribution of NBA League Pass with Fantasy and Gaming Integrations as Official Marketing Partner of the NBA – NEW YORK, July 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Yahoo Sports and the National Basketball Association (NBA) are joining forces to enhance the at-home fan experience with a multiyear relationship that will make Yahoo Sports an… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]The NBA is back…and ready for good trouble  Yahoo Sports Source link

We are on the precipice of restarting the 2019-20 NBA season, a monumental undertaking at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando’s Walt Disney World during a global pandemic. History will be made inside the league’s so-called “bubble,” which houses 22 teams at three hotels within 15 minutes of the three arenas where the eight remaining regular-season seeding games and the playoffs will be held. It is easy to forget where the league left off in March, considering the… Source link

Former First Lady Michelle Obama planned to meet with NBA and WNBA players on Sunday afternoon to talk about voting, Oklahoma City Thunder star and president of the Players Association Chris Paul said. Obama’s push on voting came just 100 days out from election day in November, part of the “When We All Vote” campaign. She announced on Sunday that they have already registered 100,000 new voters through that campaign, and hope to double that number before November. “We’re gonna talk about… Source link

When Damian Lillard finishes his daily hoop duties for the Portland Trailblazers, he will spend most of his downtime inside the NBA bubble working on his other passion: music. The All-Star point guard turned part of his suite into a mini recording studio at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex, where his team will make a push for a playoff berth. The league constructed a social bubble to resume the NBA season and protect 22 teams from COVID-19 while at the resort, which features several… Source link