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Sports Archive

Archives for July 2016

Politics
Republicans and Democrats think their states are great for totally different reasonsRepublicans and Democrats think their states are great for totally different reasons
Politics

From beavers to Spam, we collected everything each state bragged about during the RNC and DNC roll calls.

By Sarah Frostenson, Zachary Crockett and 1 more
Twitter gets a chance to pitch its new video strategy to Wall Street today
Technology

Becoming TV is hard!

By Kurt Wagner
Culture
From Katy Perry to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a brief guide to the DNC celebritiesFrom Katy Perry to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a brief guide to the DNC celebrities
Culture

Most of them are more famous than Antonio Sabato Jr.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Technology
Full transcript: NBC Olympics President Gary Zenkel on Recode DecodeFull transcript: NBC Olympics President Gary Zenkel on Recode Decode
Technology

“The people of Rio and Brazil have never wavered from their commitment to delivering a successful Olympics.”

By Eric Johnson
Technology
Twitter will livestream some MLB and NHL games starting this fallTwitter will livestream some MLB and NHL games starting this fall
Technology

It also signed up another made-for-Twitter “TV” show.

By Kurt Wagner
The NBA pulled its All-Star game out of Charlotte over North Carolina’s anti-LGBTQ law
Sports

The NBA warned it would pull its All-Star game from North Carolina over its anti-LGBTQ law. Today, it did.

By Michelle Garcia and German Lopez
The NBA will livestream a bunch of U.S. Olympic exhibition basketball games on Facebook
Technology

The deal comes just two days after the NBA made a deal with Twitter, too.

By Kurt Wagner
The NBA is creating two new TV-style shows exclusively for Twitter
Technology

But Twitter isn’t getting any game broadcasts.

By Kurt Wagner
ESPN is getting more digital sports, but it still won’t let you watch them without paying for ESPN on TV
Technology

A new deal with the ACC means a new online network — but only for pay TV customers.

By Peter Kafka
What it was like to be an HIV-positive, closeted Olympian in the ‘80s
Features

My life has been a long journey to self-acceptance.

By Greg Louganis
At 17, I’d won two Olympic gold medals for swimming. I still couldn’t get a scholarship.
Features

It was 1964. Back then, male athletes were offered sports scholarships, but women were not rewarded in the same way for our achievements.

By Donna de Varona
When the Olympics canceled softball, it erased years of progress for women
Features

I felt like we were taken back 100 years, to a time when women were discouraged from becoming athletes.

By Jennie Finch
Why is the UFC worth as much as ‘Star Wars’? Live, of course.
Technology

It’s an on-demand world, but the entertainment business wants you watching stuff on its schedule.

By Peter Kafka
Technology
Twitter is talking to the NBA, MLS and Turner to buy rights to more sports streamsTwitter is talking to the NBA, MLS and Turner to buy rights to more sports streams
Technology

Twitter is looking to ink more NFL-style streaming deals.

By Kurt Wagner
Three things we liked (and disliked) about Twitter’s first take at streaming sports
Technology

Twitter tried live programming Wednesday. Here’s what we thought.

By Kurt Wagner