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Walt Disney Co.'s ESPN says it is cutting staff
Just one week after touting its strength to advertisers and declaring it wasn't worried about new competition from Fox Sports, ESPN is cutting its staff. The moves are part of an overall cost-cutting effort by ESPN parent Walt Disney Co. Earlier this...
Tags: The Walt Disney Co., Television Industry, Fox Sports (tv network), Layoffs and Downsizing, ESPN (tv network)
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Serena Williams advances to final of Italian Open
Serena Williams continued her career-best winning streak, now at 23 matches, on Saturday to advance to the Italian Open championship match in Rome. The top-ranked American stopped Simona Halep of Romania, 6-3, 6-0, in the semifinals and will try to...
Tags: French Open, Sara Errani, Virginie Razzano, Victoria Azarenka, Australian Open
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'Star Trek' to hit warp speed. ESPN takes U.S. Open. CW upfront.
After the coffee. Before the flight back to Los Angeles. The Skinny: Finally heading home after a week and a half in New York. Hope my cats remember me and didn't tear our place up. Friday's headlines include the weekend box-office preview, some...
Tags: Television Industry, Fox Sports (tv network), Sony Corp., Iron Man 3 (movie), The CW (tv network)
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ESPN to take over U.S. Open tennis rights from CBS in 2015
After holding serve for 45 years, CBS has lost the rights to the nation's premier tennis tournament. ESPN on Thursday said it has clinched an 11-year deal with the United States Tennis Assn. for the exclusive TV rights, beginning in 2015, for the annual...
Tags: Television Industry, The Walt Disney Co., Fox Sports (tv network), Tennis, Wimbledon Championships
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2013 TV upfronts: ESPN not worried about a la carte or competition
ESPN President John Skipper said Tuesday he isn’t too worried about proposed legislation from Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) that would allow consumers to pick what channels they want instead of buying a big package of networks. “We don’...
Tags: College Baseball, Television Industry, Fox Sports (tv network), Fox Broadcasting Company, John McCain
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Venus Williams drinks Jamba Juice in Santa Monica
Tennis star Venus Williams was in Santa Monica on Thursday, doing fitness demonstrations, leading regular, less-in-shape folks in some exercise and promoting Jamba Juice because she likes to be able to add wheatgrass shots to her juice. Since announcing...
Tags: Venus Williams, Tennis, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Wimbledon Championships
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Rafael Nadal cements his return with hardcourt win at Indian Wells
On a hot summer-like Sunday afternoon, in a stadium that rises out of the Southern California desert like a huge misplaced castle, Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal slid onto his back and into the bright lights of his sport once again. It was match point...
Tags: French Open, Juan Martin Del Potro, Rafael Nadal, Maria Sharapova, Tennis
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Caroline Wozniacki is headed to final
Caroline Wozniacki made it back to the BNP Paribas Open women's final at Indian Wells on Friday night, fighting her way through a 2-hour 28-minute marathon that was mostly distinguishable by moonballs and service breaks. Eighth-seeded Wozniacki of...
Tags: Juan Martin Del Potro, Rafael Nadal, Maria Sharapova, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Novak Djokovic
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Maria Kirilenko continues strong run at Indian Wells, will face Maria Sharapova
On a long day of tennis in the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, fifth-seeded former Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic was among the casualties in matches that finished during daylight hours. She lost in a three-set battle, 4-6, 6-4,...
Tags: Juan Martin Del Potro, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Maria Sharapova, Sara Errani, France
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Novak Djokovic struggles at first, but beats Grigor Dimitrov at BNP Paribas Open
For a while Tuesday, the No. 1 men's tennis player in the world, Novak Djokovic, didn't play up to his rating and the No. 31 player, Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria, played well above his. But, as so often happens in big tournaments such as the BNP...
Tags: Association of Tennis Professionals, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Sara Errani, Novak Djokovic, Victoria Azarenka
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Andy Murray flies under the radar but he's still at top of his game
Andy Murray still doesn't pack 'em in, even on a sultry desert-perfect night in a big-time tennis event. Not even when he has taken his game to a level projected by many to be unreachable by the always-solid Scot. In Murray's case, the perception hasn't...
Tags: Goran Ivanisevic, Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic, Andy Roddick, Tennis
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Rafael Nadal finds his stroke at Indian Wells
Rafael Nadal wore a bright aqua shirt and a scowl as he came onto Stadium 1 Court at the BNP Paribas Open on Saturday night to play his first hard-court tennis match in 346 days. Nadal has avoided hard surfaces as he has tried to rest his left knee...
Tags: John Isner, Rafael Nadal, Victoria Azarenka, Sloane Stephens, Kevin Anderson (tennis)
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