ESPN continues it’s commitment to picking up the Barclay’s Premiership Television Rights around the world with the latest announcement coming out today that they’ve acquired the exclusive broadcast rights across Asia.
“You always have that bad dream, where you’re naked on the soccer field, you know?” Ben Olsen said Wednesday afternoon.
Casey Wasserman is on ESPNs Bill Simmons Podcast today. You may not know who he is, but he is BIG in sports and entertainment. How big you say.. .. big like his company WMG, The Wasserman Media Group, by his estimation represents about 45% of MLS players! He has an interesting take on sports and the economy and its a good listen. The second half of the conversation is mostly about getting an NFL team to LA, but before that he dabbles in what the MLS needs to do to become huge in the US, his thoughts on owning an MLS team, what the effect of increased international league (La Liga, EPL, etc.) viewership in America could mean and how some interesting partnerships could be on the horizon. Check it out here
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ESPN continues to believe in our game, this time doing a joint three year deal with British based Channel 5 to acquire the television rights to the UEFA Europa League from Setanta.
It’s official, Bill Simmons over at espn has the soccer fever. Today he welcomes Alexi Lalas as a guest on his popular podcast to talk about a myriad of topics:
Bill Simmons and ESPN soccer analyst Alexi Lalas build the perfect U.S. soccer player. Plus, the guys discuss the nuances of the game, the U.S.-Mexico match at Estadio Azteca and the 2010 World Cup.
Hop on over to the sports guy world and his podcast section and give it a listen.
Bob Ley, Alexi Lalas, and John Sutcliffe preview the supermatch from Estadio Azteca here.
Colin Cowherd interviews Landon Donovan.
“ESPN has decided to provide coverage as best it can (while the game will be shown on Mun2) by providing a live studio pregame show from outside Azteca Stadium, plus coverage on ESPN Deportes. Interesting stuff. Read the release.”
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