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Although it had been in the works for a while, today’s virtual upfront presentation by Fox Sports packed uncanny punch after Thursday’s big mask news. The Centers for Disease Control dramatically shifted its guidance, saying those vaccinated against Covid-19 could ditch their masks in most situations. Fox’s 45-minute…

The Fortnite World Cup starts today, and the three-day tournament for gaming’s most popular attraction offers a prize pool of $30 million for its competitors. Contrast that to the prize pool for the Super Bowl: the winning players get $118,000, while the losing team gets $59,000 (this is in addition to their regular…

Apparently soccer star Megan Rapinoe will not become the next Secretary of State in a Jay Inslee administration. The Washington state governor, a Democratic candidate for president, has said he would make Rapinoe his Secretary of State if elected. But today on Meet The Press, the team co-captain of the US Women’s…

UPDATE, 2: 10 PM:  The ticker tape parade for the triumphant winners of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup doesn’t occur until July 10 but they are certainly doing a victory jig over at Fox Sports today now that the final numbers for Sunday’s Team USA clinching Final are in. Settling at 14.3 million viewers, the 2-0 win…

The United States women are once again the champions of World Cup soccer, taking down the Netherlands 2-0 to win its fourth World Cup title and second championship in a row. The championship game in Lyon, France saw US star Megan Rapinoe and Rose Lavelle score second-half goals, with Rapinoe breaking the scoreless…

Trevor Noah joked Monday about France's World Cup victory, saying Africa won, some team members being of African descent. Talking to his studio audience, but not as part of The Daily Show broadcast, Noah read a letter from Gerard Araud, Ambassador of France to the U.S., protesting his joke: I watched with great…

UPDATED with final viewership: Twenty years after winning its one and only World Cup, France claimed FIFA's biggest prize again Sunday in a 4-2 victory over Croatia that prompted a now-famous leap and fist pump by President Emmanuel Macron up in the VIP box, cheers and tears in the streets of Paris and all over the…

France's World Cup win helped commercial broadcaster TF1 to its best ratings since 2016 as Les Bleus defeat of Croatia peaked with 22.3M viewers. The triumph averaged 19.3M with an 82% share across its 90-minutes in France, which was marginally up on its semi-final win over Belgium, which averaged 19.1M viewers and a…

The famed Time Lord popped up Sunday during the final match of the World Cup between France and Croatia — but not on the field like the Pussy Riot protesters. BBC premiered a promo for the 11th season of Doctor Who that gave us a look at Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteen Doctor and her trusty companions which include…

Russia’s Pussy Riot anarchists briefly disrupted the World Cup game between France and Croatia , sending four people dressed as police onto the field and stopping the game. The group claimed responsibility via Twitter and said the protest was a message to free political prisoners. The group managed to evade the…

France decisively beat Croatia 4-2 today to win the World Cup in Moscow, a triumph 20 years in the making. The Croatian team battled hard and actually dominated play at times, but France managed to find the holes in the smaller country’s defense and never trailed. Croatia captain Luka Modric won the Golden Ball…

The 2018 FIFA World Cup final pitting France against Croatia is Sunday at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium, with kickoff set for 11 AM ET/8 AM PT. The game to wrap a wild monthlong tournament full of twists and turns, upsets and upstarts will feature one young team built for the long haul that finds itself a win away from…