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Jim Williams: Second-screen options draw U.S. Open to ESPN deal
Jim Williams
Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013
On Thursday, the USTA announced a new 11-year multiplatform broadcast deal with ESPN. The deal will start in 2015 and will make the network the exclusive home of all U.S. Open tennis tournament coverage. CBS has broadcast the U.S. Open every year since 1968; its current deal expires after the...
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Jim Williams: Two days of coverage for the Preakness, Baltimore's jewel
Jim Williams
Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013
NBC and the NBC Sports Network have taken over Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore for extensive coverage of the 138th running of the Preakness Stakes, the middle jewel of the Triple Crown. There will be no shortage of coverage of the Kentucky Derby winner Orb, who many think is a legitimate Triple...