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UPDATED, 8:19 AM: As tipped Monday night, Turner Sports and the NHL have inked a seven-year deal for TV rights starting next season. Along with as many as 72 regular-season hockey games, it means the the Stanley Cup Final and Playoffs will be on TNT and TBS for the first time. The agreement starting in the 2021-22…

Ahead of September’s 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Turner Sports has backed a commemorative project with a baseball angle. In collaboration with The Montag Group and Six West Media Group, Turner has greenlit More Than Just a Game: Baseball Remembers 9/11. The feature-length documentary will detail…

Did you see the game? Then you probably heard Dick Stockton. The man who has called more major U.S. pro sports games for television than anyone in history announced his retirement today after 55 years in the business. Stockton, 78, began his career at CBS in the late 1960s and spent 17 years at the network. He also…

Selection Sunday, when the teams playing in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament are announced, returns to its usual CBS timeslot this weekend. A year ago, the sudden cancellation of the tournament left a yawning void in the sports and cultural calendar. The demise of March Madness in 2020 ranks as one of the most…

March Madness, the annual college basketball ritual that leads to the Final Four and national title game, will unfold on a traditional TV schedule, according to Turner Sports and CBS Sports. The broadcast partners confirmed plans for the tournament, which the NCAA said last month it would hold entirely in the state of…

Sekou Smith, who covered pro basketball for more than 20 including the past decade-plus at NBA TV, died today of Covid-19. He was 48. Sekou was a popular presence on the Turner Sports-managed NBA TV, serving as a television analyst and writer. He also hosted the podcast NBA Hang Time, which has run three times a week…

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…

WarnerMedia’s Turner Sports and Major League Baseball have reached a seven-year rights extension through 2028, with HBO Max potentially a future venue for game broadcasts. While the partners are not commenting on the valuation of the deal, it has been reported to be $3.75 billion, or $535 million a year. The re-up…

The big man has a big new deal. Basketball Hall of Famer Shaquille has inked a multiyear contract renewal with Turner Sports to continue on its NBA coverage. The 15-time All-Star who won three titles with Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers and another with the Miami Heat is expending his role to include TNT's…

Turner Sports NBA analyst and Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley said that sports leagues and players have turned racial injustice issues into a "circus," and warned that fans could be turned off by too much politics in sports. Barkley, speaking in a phone interview on CNBC, said players are placing more…

No! The legendary NBA announcer who famously cries “Yes!” when a basket is made won’t be doing any play-by-play when the league’s restarts its paused season. Marv Albert told the New York Post today that he has opted out of calling the games for TNT when they start at Walt Disney World in Orlando next month. Albert…