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Baylor’s rout of Gonzaga in the 2021 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship Game on Monday saw CBS’ viewership sink by 14% from 2019’s title tilt, averaging 16.92 million viewers. Its 9.4/21 household rating average was down by 19% from two years ago, when Virginia beat Texas Tech, 85-77, in overtime to win the title. The…

Baylor upset top-seeded Gonzaga, 86-70 tonight to win its first NCAA men’s national basketball championship. The Bears, who last played for the title 73 years ago, went into the game a decided underdog. That despite having lost only twice all year and coming off a lopsided win over the University of Houston on…

This afternoon just before the UCLA vs. Alabama NCAA tournament game, Dwayne Johnson unveiled the release date for his New Line/DC superhero movie Black Adam: July 29, 2022. Johnson appeared in a short spot on TBS for Black Adam, and also posted on Instagram and Twitter as well (see below) showing digital screens in…

While the VCU Rams were poised to take on the Oregon Ducks tonight, in the first round of the NCAA’s men’s tournament, the game, which was to air on TNT, was ruled a no-contest due to “COVID-19 protocols.” Any March Madness dreams on the part of the Rams abruptly ended there. “This decision was made in consultation…

With details that would be any parent's worst nightmare, WarnerMedia and Turner Sports might find themselves truly behind the eight ball if a discrimination complaint from once-prominent anchor Casey Stern gains traction. "Over the course of the last two years, Casey Stern has been put through his own personal hell…

Looking to avoid a repeat of March 2020, when its men’s basketball tournament became one of the first major casualties of COVID-19, the NCAA is looking to hold the three-week event in a single city next year. In a press release Monday, the organization said it is in “preliminary talks” with the state of Indiana and…

In what may be a harbinger for other leagues, the Ivy League has announced it is canceling winter sports for the 2020-21 season, according to a report by ESPN. As the pandemic hits what many are calling its second wave, winter sports like basketball and wrestling have been in a holding pattern. The Ivy League was one…

The Pac-12 has set a 10-game, conference-only fall schedule for football, including moving the USC-UCLA rivalry game to the first weekend of play in late September instead of its traditional closing weekend. The Pac-12 schedule will begin on Saturday, Sept. 26, the conference announced Friday. Besides USC-UCLA, the…

The college sports dominos are starting to tumble, as the Big Ten conference announced today that its fall athletics schedule will be strictly in-conference. The move comes a day after the Ivy League announced that it will not hold any fall sports. Reports indicate the other Power 5 athletic conferences – the…

The Ivy League said Wednesday it will not hold any sports events in the fall, becoming the first major conference to declare itself out of the game in football and other sports during the traditional September-to-December schedule. While the Ivy League rarely gets the national sports spotlight, its decision is…

Voluntary workouts are starting for a prospective college football season in the fall. But student athletes that wish to return will have to acknowledge the coronavirus risks and pledge to follow safety guidelines in order to participate. Ohio State is among the schools requiring a waiver, the Columbus Dispatch reporte…

ViacomCBS could see a $350 million hit this quarter on the cancellation of the Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament, says one media analyst. David Miller from Imperial Capital has cut earnings forecasts for the company and his price target for the stock, which is down 16% Wednesday. The NCAA on March 13 cancelled this…