Holy cow, another season of Yankees baseball is upon us! After hitting more home runs in a season than any team in baseball history last year, the Bronx Bombers resume bombing again in 2019. Aaron Judge, Mike Stanton, Gary Sanchez and Luke Voit will once again lead the Yankees attack, with youngsters Miguel Andujar and …
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The world’s largest media conglomerate just got bigger. Disney’s complete its acquisition of 21st Century Fox last week, March 19. The $71.3 billion dollar deal is one of the largest media mergers ever, and comes with a huge haul of properties such as movies, a movie studio, TV shows, TV networks and even a controlling stake in the TV streaming service Hulu. This …
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It may not get a dramatic trailer drop, but it’s still one of the most highly-anticipated climaxes in Hollywood. Disney, the largest traditional media company in the world, closed its takeover of major parts of fellow Hollywood giant 21st Century Fox late Tuesday. It marks the companies officially becoming one a year after they first reached an agreement to merge …
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Six major NCAA men’s basketball conference championships are happening this week, a frenzy of playoffs leading up to March Madness and the 2019 NCAA tournament later this month. But only one, the 2019 Big East tournament, is home to last year’s NCAA basketball champ. That would be the Villanova Wildcats. Despite losing four of their last six games, the 2019 version …
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The two best teams in the NFC — the Los Angeles Rams and New Orleans Saints — will face off to determine the conference champion to advance to Super Bowl LIII. It’s a battle of the old guard vs. the young bucks. Veteran QB Drew Brees and long-time head coach Sean Payton won the first Super Bowl for New Orleans …
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The NFL Playoffs continue this weekend. After a wild Wild Card weekend, eight teams remain in the running for Super Bowl LIII. There are two games on Saturday and two more on Sunday. Here’s how you can watch the games if you don’t have cable. Now playing: Watch this: Tips and tricks to master YouTube TV 2:12 Divisional Round schedule …
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The NFL Playoffs get underway this weekend with a quartet of games. Only the Kansas City Chiefs and New England Patriots earned a first-round bye in the AFC, and only the New Orleans Saints and Los Angeles Rams earned a bye in the NFC. The rest of the teams that qualified for the playoffs begin their road to the Super …
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Shayla Bruyneel, a 40-year-old Michigan mom, recalls how she used to pick up a phone to call her friends when she was younger. Today, her two sons use a kid version of Facebook Messenger. The boys, who are 9 and 6 years old, video chat with their friends or invite them over to play through Messenger Kids. They send selfies …
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Amazon has a game plan for more sports. The e-commerce giant has bid on Disney’s 22 regional sports networks, CNBC reported Tuesday, in another sign of Amazon’s widening video ambitions. Amazon declined to comment. Disney didn’t immediately return a request for comment. Amazon has been pouring money into the video-streaming facets of its Prime memberships, not only with its original shows and movies but also with top-dollar licenses …
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My favorite part of Thanksgiving weekend is either making and eating leftover stuffing waffles or digesting the Thanksgiving feast (that is, napping) on the couch in front of televised football on Thursday. If you are unable to watch the TV broadcasts of the three NFL games, you have streaming options. Each one is a bit different, however, since each game is …
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