The XFL, which has been resurrected by WWE chief Vince McMahon as a bid to satisfy year-round viewer appetite for football, has announced multi-year deals with ESPN and FOX Sports to televise games in its inaugural 2020 season. Games will have broadcast slots each weekend on ABC and Fox, with carriage on cable via…

WWE chief Vince McMahon confirmed today that he is reviving the XFL, a professional football league that infamously flamed out after one season in its first incarnation, a joint venture with NBC in 2001. The league will begin play in 2020, and the wrestling impresario insisted during a news conference that the…

UPDATE:  The XFL’s return may be moving closer to reality. In a move to fund his new Alpha Entertainment, which may be a vehicle to the XFL’s return, wrestling mogul Vince McMahon has filed details with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on the sale of 3.34 million shares of his WWE empire, equaling about…