- NBC and Pro Football Talk have come to an agreement that will move the popular NFL website to NBCSports.com. NBC plans to make Pro Football Talk “a permanent feature at the top of the NBC Sports site,” and at least two NBCSports.com writers will “make editorial contributions.” Creator Mike Florio “will still own the website but has sold exclusive rights to its content to NBC.”
- The NHL is “within a couple of weeks of announcing” a two-year extension of its television deal with NBC, reports the Sports Business Journal. The two-year extension would keep the NHL on NBC through 2011, the same year the league’s contract with Versus expires. With the Versus and NBC contracts both expiring in the same year, the NHL would be able to “go into the market with one big package and avoid some of the challenges of trying to sell the NBC package on its own.” (via Puck the Media)
- SportsCenter devoted just under 12 minutes of coverage to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals on Friday night, reports Sports Business Daily. The 12 minutes tops just the 9 minutes of coverage devoted to Game 6 of the series the previous Tuesday.
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