The New England Patriots find themselves playing on Wild Card weekend for the first time in a decade. After getting upset at home by the Miami Dolphins on the last Sunday of the regular season, the Patriots lost their first-round bye, an advantage they have earned and enjoyed each of the past nine seasons, astonishingly. Meanwhile, the Tennessee …
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Game Seven. Those are two of the best words a sports fan could hear. Wednesday night, baseball fans will be the lucky recipients of such a gift with the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals set to play the final game of the 2019 MLB season. After the Nats jumped out to a 2-0 lead heading back to the nation’s capital, the Astros rallied off …
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As it gears up for its spring 2020 launch, more details are finally starting to come out about AT&T’s forthcoming HBO Max service. While we still don’t have all the details on what will be on the new HBO-centered service — that will likely need to wait until AT&T’s WarnerMedia investor day on Oct. 29 — a new report is …
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For the National League Championship Series, and the Nationals, it all comes down to tonight. In the last seven years Washington has made the playoffs four times, only to lose in the NLDS. The 2019 Nationals now find themselves on the brink of a World Series berth — the first for the franchise. Up a commanding three games to zero after …
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Editor’s Note, Feb 4 2020: Sony shut down the PlayStation Vue service on January 30, 2020, but for a list of the best alternative live TV streaming services go here. Sony’s PlayStation Vue has a name problem. It’s a live TV streaming service that doesn’t include “TV” in the name at all. Worse, the name could imply that it only works on Sony’s PlayStation …
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The NL Central is still up for grabs. The Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals are battling for the division crown, with the Milwaukee Brewers still hanging on in the race, despite losing reigning NL MVP Christian Yelich for the season. The NL Central pennant race could very well come down to the final day of the regular season. The …
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Despite losing reigning NL MVP Christian Yelich for the season, the Milwaukee Brewers refuse to die. The club remains very much alive in the NL Central and Wild Card races with the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals. Milwaukee Brewers fans who also happen to be cable TV cord cutters have a number of ways to watch the Brew Crew …
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AT&T is looking into offloading broadcast satellite provider DirecTV, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday, citing unnamed sources. It could be done as “a spin-off or combination with Dish,” CNBC also reported. DirecTV could either become its own separate company or be sold off to satellite TV provider Dish — which also recently bought $5 billion in wireless assets from …
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AT&T is facing a lawsuit alleging it created fake customer accounts to make it look like DirecTV Now was seeing customer growth ahead of the company’s merger with Time Warner. The lawsuit, which seeks class action status, alleges AT&T “encouraged” its employees to add the service to customers’ accounts without their knowledge, as reported earlier Monday by Bloomberg. The amended …
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It’s time for the VMAs, aka the MTV Video Music Awards, and you know what that means: pop stars doing the crazy! From Kanye West invading the stage to Miley Cyrus twerking, this show is always entertaining. Tonight there’s some big names up for VMAs: Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift lead the field with 10 nominations apiece, Billie Eilish earned 9 nominations, and …
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