Longtime ESPN producer and host Howie Schwab passes away at age 63. Plus: The Indiana Fever reach media rights agreement with local over-the-air broadcaster; Utah’s new NHL team to air on independent Scripps-owned station next season.
ESPN producer, researcher, and host of the eponymous Stump the Schwab passed away on Saturday, the network announced. Schwab joined the network in 1987, working in behind-the-scenes roles up until 2004 when the network launched the sports trivia show he hosted. After a three year run the show was canceled, though Schwab remained at the company until being laid off in 2013. Following his ESPN career, Schwab made stops at Fox Sports and as a consultant on Sports Jeopardy!. (ESPN, 4.20)
The WNBA’s Indiana Fever has reached an agreement with TEGNA, owner of NBC affiliate WTHR and MeTV affiliate WALV in the Indianapolis market, to air 17 games this upcoming season, the company announced Monday. The Fever, who drafted Caitlin Clark last week during a record-setting night for the WNBA, will also have 36 of 40 regular season games broadcast nationally between the WNBA’s several media rights partners. The 17 games scheduled for local over-the-air broadcast consist primarily of games slotted for NBA TV or Prime Video nationally. ESPN2 will air the first Indiana Fever game of the season on May 14th. (TEGNA, 4.22)
Utah’s new NHL franchise has secured a local broadcast partner before the team even has a name. The Salt Lake City-based team, formerly the Arizona Coyotes, will air on E.W. Scripps-owned KUPX, according to a report from FOX 13 in Salt Lake City last Thursday. The franchise is next in the line of NHL teams ditching traditional regional sports networks in favor of over-the-air affiliates. Now, both Utah’s NBA and NHL franchises will be broadcast on local channels, with the Jazz currently under contract with KJZZ. (FOX 13, 4.18)
Published By: Sports DeskLast Updated: May 05, 2024, 00:00 ISTRead all latest and breaking Sports News on News18.comThe only American driver in Formula One had
American leagues are eyeing pesos. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZDiyONp1kg[/embed] It is Cinco de Mayo, a beer bra
Tami Bobo, partial owner of Catalytic, one of the horses running in the 150th Kentucky Derby on Saturday, explained to Fox News Digital how her "humble beginni
Published By: Sports DeskLast Updated: May 03, 2024, 00:00 ISTRead all latest and breaking Sports News on News18.comTim Howard was 10 years old when he walked