Mark J. Burns

By Mark J. Burns Top Stories Former Spectrum SportsNet host Kelli Tennant has accused Sacramento Kings coach Luke Walton of sexually assaulting her when he was an assistant with the Golden State Warriors. In a lawsuit, Tennant alleges Walton forced himself on her in a Casa Del Mar Hotel room in Santa Monica after she […]

By Mark J. Burns Top Stories The NBA will allow teams to sell international sponsorship rights to two current or new sponsors beginning with the 2019-20 season, a three-year test initiative designed to increase revenue and continue to broaden the league’s global presence. The new program, which could result in heightened interest from jersey patch […]

By Mark J. Burns Week in Review Golf Tiger Woods won his fifth Masters title and 15th major championship, his first since the 2008 U.S. Open. The victory, which ended a 3,955-day drought of victory in golf’s top four contests, brought Woods to within three major wins of tying Jack Nicklaus for most in history. […]

By Mark J. Burns Top Stories MLS Commissioner Don Garber announced plans to add three more teams to its stable as groups in St. Louis and Sacramento formally presented bids to the league’s expansion committee. MLS — which currently has 24 teams and is set to grow to 27 by 2021 — has set an […]

By Mark J. Burns Top Stories The Alliance of American Football announced it has filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition in Texas federal court after shuttering operations earlier this month, claiming assets of $11.3 million and liabilities of $48.3 million. The nascent league, which is currently facing lawsuits from former employees and players, has just over […]

By Mark J. Burns Top Stories The Walt Disney Co. received final-round offers for the 21 remaining regional sports networks it agreed to sell as part of its purchase of 21st Century Fox Inc’s entertainment assets, with Liberty Media Corp., Sinclair Broadcast Group and Ice Cube’s Big3 basketball league among those who bid, sources said. […]

By Mark J. Burns Top Stories Future first-ballot Hall of Famer Peyton Manning is slated to serve as host and executive producer for a new five-part, 30-episode documentary series called “Peyton’s Places,” which will debut on ESPN+ in July and air on ABC and ESPN for some features. In partnership with NFL Films, ESPN and […]

By Mark J. Burns Top Stories Tiger Woods won his fifth Masters title and 15th major championship, his first since the 2008 U.S. Open. The victory, which ended a 3,955-day drought of victory in golf’s top four contests, brought Woods to within three major wins of tying Jack Nicklaus for most in history. (The Wall […]

By Mark J. Burns Week in Review TV and Streaming ESPN agreed to a roughly $40 million media rights deal with the Big 12 that’ll see each football championship carried on the network or on ABC through 2024, including three title games in 2019, 2021 and 2023 that Fox declined to buy, along with hundreds […]

By Mark J. Burns Top Stories Amid concerns over “anticompetitive conduct,” House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), chairman of the panel’s subcommittee on economic and consumer policy, want MLB to produce documents pertaining to the league’s reported interest in purchasing the 21 regional sports networks from The […]