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Silver Lake has successfully taken publicly traded Endeavor private again, closing its acquisition of outstanding shares that will see the entertainment giant led by Ari Emanuel wave goodbye to the New York Stock Exchange after four years. The Endeavor brand will no longer be used publicly. Its…

George Foreman, the boxing champ and George Foreman Grill mogul, has died. He was 76. The two-time world heavyweight champion, who was known as Big George Foreman and at 46 became the oldest fighter ever to win a title, “peacefully” died on Friday “surrounded by loved ones,” his family…

Charles Barkley went viral during CBS’ coverage of March Madness for calling out his co-host, Kenny Smith. As the sports broadcasters filled out their NCAA Men’s Tournament bracket, Smith picked his alma mater, the University of North Carolina, to take the championship despite its…

Boston Basketball Partners LLC, owner of the reigning NBA Champion Boston Celtics, has inked a deal to sell the team for $6.1 billion to an investor group led by William Chisholm, a lifelong Celtics fan and Boston-area native, pending a green light from the league’s Board of…

Zimbabwean Sports Minister Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the new president of the International Olympic President (IOC), replacing Thomas Bach who steps down in June after a 12-year-term. The 41-year-old former Olympic swimmer and gold medallist – who is Africa's most decorated Olympian…

Roku has acquired exclusive distribution rights to Just a Bit Outside, a documentary that chronicles the 1982 season of the Milwaukee Brewers. Viewers can stream the film on The Roku Channel from April 11-June 30. No subscription is required. Just a Bit Outside chronicles the ups and downs…

Netflix has lined up a stellar trio of quarterbacks for the second season of its eponymous NFL docuseries. The streamer is launching the second season of the series in July and has signed up Cincinnati Bengals' Joe Burrow and Detroit Lions' Jared Goff alongside Kirk Cousins, who is returning…

Charges in the February death of Adan Manzano, a Telemundo TV sports reporter in the New Orleans area to cover the Super Bowl, have been upgraded to second-degree murder, the Kenner (Louisiana) Police Department said Tuesday. Danette Colbert, 48, has been charged with second-degree murder in the…

John Feinstein, a sportswriter and bestselling author of dozens of sports-themed books including A Season on the Brink and A Good Walk Spoiled, died Thursday. He was 69. His brother, Robert Feinstein, confirmed to the Washington Post, where Feinstein had worked for much of his career, that he…

Comcast is paying $3 billion to extend its Olympics rights deal through 2036. The renewal with the International Olympic Committee will give two more Olympic Games to NBCUniversal, including the 2034 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City/Utah and the 2036 Summer Games in a city to be determined. The…

Cooper Kupp has officially been released by the Los Angeles Rams after eight seasons. The NFL star took to social media Wednesday to thank the city of L.A. and hinted the “best is yet to come.” “Eight years of incredible memories,” Kupp said in an Instagram post. “We talked often about the…

 EXCLUSIVE: Harder Than You Think (HTYT), the producer of Emmy-winning Netflix documentary Rising Phoenix, has struck a deal with the Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026 to create the official documentary film for next year’s Paralympic Winter Games in northern Italy. The partnership with the…