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South Park will once again be visiting the Denver Broncos stadium in the form of throngs of character cardboard cutouts. Comedy Central on Friday announced that a portion of Empower Field at Mile High will be filled with all new cutouts, some from the recent hourlong “Pandemic Special” that premiered last month. Read more…
The greatest wish of New York Mets fans around the world has finally been realized: The Wilpons will no longer be principal owners of their favorite team. MLB owners approved the sale of the Mets to billionaire hedge fund manager Steve Cohen on Friday for a reported $2.4 billion. Click Read more…
Mark Tatum couldn’t do it. The National Basketball Association’s deputy commissioner was asked to describe the league’s 2019-20 season in one word and found it too difficult. Keep in mind, before the pandemic and social unrest plagued the world, the NBA lost two of its icons in former commissioner David Read more…
With the second season of “The Mandalorian” set to lift off Friday, there’s a new wave of toys featuring the Child, also nicknamed by fans as Baby Yoda. Viewers were introduced to the character, evidently a younger specimen of the same race as Jedi master Yoda, in the Star Wars-based Read more…
Stars fans have their wish. A black jersey is back. For the first time since the Stars redesigned their entire brand in 2013, the team will wear a black jersey, as it unveiled an alternate design Wednesday morning dubbed its Blackout jersey. Click here to read the story at dallasnews.com. Read more…
Even though the world of college sports is currently deprived of fan-filled stadiums and reliable schedules, there is still an aspect of college athletics that should remain unchanged: content creation. Universities across the board, whether it be Toledo in the MAC or Duke in the ACC, should never take their Read more…
Like a lot of video game sequels, Call of Duty 2 was bigger and better looking than its predecessor. The 2005 follow-up to Infinity Ward’s franchise-spawning 2003 first-person shooter expanded on the original’s formula in a few different ways. Regenerating health replaced a finite health bar, and a new icon indicated the Read more…
The Professional Bull Riders group is taking its rodeo where none have gone before: an aircraft carrier. PBR Air Force Reserve Cowboys for a Cause will take place aboard the USS Lexington in Corpus Christi, Tex., and air on CBS on Dec. 5. The event launches the PBR Cowboys for a Cause: Every Read more…
Alex Bowman, driver of the #88 Nationwide Chevrolet, stands on the … [+] grid during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead Speedway on November 17, 2019 in Homestead, Florida. When Alex Bowman was named to replace Jimmie Johnson in the No. 48 Chevrolet at Hendrick Read more…
The Tampa Bay Rays are one win away from advancing to the franchises first World Series since 2008. But, it’s been a strange season without fans at the game amid the coronavirus pandemic. That’s where the Rays social media team has really stepped up their game to connect with their Read more…