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The summer dates for the 2024 Copa América to be hosted by the United States were made official by CONMEBOL on Tuesday, with action set to begin on June 20 and run through to the final on July 14, 2024.
CONMEBOL confirmed in a statement that defending champions Argentina are among the 10 South American teams who will participate, with six additional slots reserved for guest teams from Concacaf.
CONMEBOL president Alejandro Domínguez said the 25-day tournament host cities and stadiums would be announced soon, as well as the full competition schedule.
The format, previously annnounced, will feature six Concacaf teams qualifying via the 2023-24 Nations League tournament.
For women's national teams, Concacaf has invited the top four CONMEBOL national teams to participate in the 2024 Concacaf W Gold Cup. The inaugural edition of this 12-team tournament will also be played in the United States.
The two Concacaf teams that will participate in the 2024 Summer Olympics (United States and Jamaica or Canada) will qualify directly for the 2024 Concacaf W Gold Cup. The remaining six Concacaf teams will be determined through the 2023 Road to Concacaf W Gold Cup.
The four guest CONMEBOL teams that will participate have been determined based on the results of the 2022 Women's Copa America: Brazil (champion) Colombia (runner-up), Argentina (third place) and Paraguay (fourth place).
The Copa América features all South American national teams, including Brazil and Argentina, but has also historically invited guest countries to participate.
Argentina is the defending Copa América and World Cup champion.
The U.S. has participated in the tournament four times previously, most recently in 2016, when they reached the semifinal. That tournament was also held in the United States.
The United States, Mexico and Canada will co-host the men's World Cup in 2026.
Ecuador opted not to organize the 2024 Copa America, as expected, due to public security issues.
Tash Farrant to undergo surgery after recurrence of back stress fracture
Farrant, 27, undertook an extensive rehab programme following the initial injury last May and returned to domestic action in April. However, she has played predominantly as a batter for South East Stars during this period, and will now miss the remainder of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, as well as her stint with Oval Invincibles in the Hundred.
"Following surgery, she will begin rehabilitation working together with the England and South East Stars medical teams," the ECB said in a statement.
The setback is a cruel misfortune for Farrant, whose last appearance for England was a one-off ODI during the Women's Ashes in Melbourne in February 2022. She was subsequently an unused squad member during the Women's World Cup later that winter, in which England lost to Australia in the final.
Karan KC's new-ball burst stamps Nepal's dominance over USA
Nepal 211 for 4 (Sharki 77*, Airee 39*, Bhurtel 39) beat USA 207 (Jahangir 100*, Karan 4-33) by six wickets
Nepal captain Rohit Paudel won the toss and didn't hesitate to send USA in to bat under moist early morning conditions. Karan struck with his fifth ball, trapping Steven Taylor with an inswinging yorker to win an lbw appeal. With USA captain Monank Patel out of the line-up sitting back in his hotel room battling illness, Sai Mukkamalla was bumped up to No. 3 but lasted just a single ball as a nervy prod at an outswinger on the fourth stump line produced an edge that carried low to Aarif Sheikh at first slip to make it 6 for 2.
Coming off a century against West Indies, Gajanand Singh got another start but was unable to convert it on this occasion, edging Dipendra Singh Airee's offspin to Aarif at slip for 26. Sushant Modani watched all the carnage unfold at the opposite end and did his best to stave off Nepal's bowling unit. The opener made 42 off 71 balls before he finally gave in, playing an ill-advised sweep shot to left-arm spinner Lalit Rajbanshi and saw his middle stump knocked back.
Jahangir arrived at No. 7 and did his best to shoulder the load with the tail. Entering the day with a best of 39 in his ODI career, he reached a maiden half-century off 56 balls before taking just another 23 balls to reach three figures as he carted a series of lofted cover drives to and over the off-side boundary. However, the single he took to bring up the three-figure landmark left the tail exposed. Gulshan Jha bowled Saurabh Netravalkar on the very next ball before last man Kyle Phillip was pinned lbw two balls later to end the innings with six balls unused.
Nepal were rarely troubled in the chase. Aasif Sheikh fell for 12 to a questionable lbw decision given in favor of Netravalkar that struck the batter high above his pads to end the fifth over at 25 for 1. Bhurtel and Sharki teamed up for a brisk 49-run stand that ended when the former was teased into a slog sweep that produced a top edge back to left-arm spinner Kenjige for 39.
Captain Paudel stayed mostly in his shell in making 16 before trying to clear mid-off in the ring against left-arm spinner Nisarg Patel but miscued the shot to Jessy Singh diving forward on the circle. Kushal Malla exited after a hasty run-a-ball 13, slogging Taylor's offspin flat to long-off to make it 137 for 4 in the 33rd over.
But Sharki kept his cool and teamed with Airee for an unbeaten 74-run stand that spanned just 10.4 overs. Sharki took 97 balls to get to his half-century, but spurred on by the arrival of Airee, unfurled a series of sweep shots to accelerate alongside Airee, who pumped a series of straight drives to the boundary in his 39 not out off 32 balls. A straight drive by Airee to the mid-on rope for his fifth boundary clinched Nepal's first win of the tournament while USA stand winless after two matches.
Pakistan wants venues swapped for World Cup matches against Australia and Afghanistan
In an extraordinary move, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has requested the ICC to swap venues for two of their league matches in the 2023 ODI World Cup. Pakistan are currently scheduled to play Australia in Bengaluru on October 20, and then Afghanistan in Chennai on October 23 but they have asked for a change where they play Afghanistan in Bengaluru and Australia in Chennai.
It is learnt that the PCB offered no specific reason to the ICC for the request, but an internal note accessed by ESPNcricnfo says the venue swap would "make" Pakistan "favourites" in both matches.
"Australia in Bengaluru and Afghanistan in Chennai are the two which we should look to get changed as much as possible," the PCB's internal note said. "Ideally, we can switch these around. Australia in Chennai and Afghanistan in Bengaluru would make us obvious favourites in both matches."
It could not be confirmed whether the ICC had responded to the PCB request, or, whether it would even consider it. Pakistan are also scheduled to play Afghanistan in one of their warm-up matches, and it is learned that the PCB has asked the ICC if they could play one of South Africa, England, New Zealand or Australia instead.
Normally, security is the primary reason for a venue change at an ICC event. For example, during the 2016 T20 World Cup, the original schedule had the India-Pakistan match on March 19 in Dharamsala, but in the absence of a water-tight security assurance from the from Indian government, the match was moved to Kolkata.
There is no mention of a security threat in the PCB's internal note, which was prepared as part of an assessment of the grounds where they will be playing during the World Cup. It suggests looking into changing the venue for all but three of Pakistan's matches, including the one against India on October 15.
"India in Ahmedabad will be advantageous to them, but I doubt that's going to change considering what that venue means for the BCCI and what this match means for the World Cup."
The New Zealand match, listed on November 5 in Bengaluru, is an "issue" but "not a hill worth dying on." The internal note cites a bit more concern about the two games Pakistan play in Kolkata, against Bangladesh on October 31 and defending champions England on November 12, the last match of the league phease. It also presents alternative venues that the team would be more comfortable playing.
"Lucknow would also be a good ground for us considering the overall numbers there. Delhi against most teams would be good for us too. If there is a third change we can make it to get the England game to Lucknow or Chennai."
World Cup schedule on June 27?
It is understood the BCCI was planning to unveil the World Cup schedule on June 27, which will be 100 days from October 5, the scheduled start of the tournament. However, the PCB are yet to give their approval of the fixture list which the ICC had distributed to all participating countries and the broadcaster in search of feedback.
Najam Sethi, who stepped down as interim PCB chairman on Monday, had said this at a recent media briefing: "We have written to the ICC that we can't give approval or disapproval to this [World Cup schedule]. It's our government who has to decide, just like when it comes to India, it's their government that decides when they go to play."
In its email to ICC, the PCB stressed that the Pakistan government would need to give a clearance for all venues. It is learnt that the PCB's response has played a part in the ICC's inability to release the World Cup schedule to the public and go live with ticket sales.
The next PCB chairman, who is likely to be Zaka Ashraf, will need to have an immediate conversation with Pakistan government. It is understood that ICC has notified the PCB that it cannot afford to wait for much longer before releasing the schedule.
Umar Farooq is ESPNcricinfo's Pakistan correspondent. Nagraj Gollapudi is a news editor at ESPNcricinfo
Pat Cummins rises to the occasion to seal two-wicket Edgbaston epic
Australia 386 (Khawaja 141, Carey 66, Head 50) and 282 for 8 (Khawaja 65) beat England 393 for 8 declared (Root 118, Bairstow 78, Crawley 61, Lyon 4-149) and 273 (Cummins 4-63, Lyon 4-80) by two wickets
Australia won an epic first Test by two wickets, to take a 1-0 lead over England at Edgbaston, an hour and six minutes after they seemed to have lost it.
But 12 overs later, Cummins and Lyon were still there. Cummins flogged Root for two sixes in the first over of the final hour to make a dent in the target and after surviving a spectacular effort by Ben Stokes at square leg when miscuing a hook, Lyon chipped Stuart Broad over mid-on to take the target down to single figures.
The Eric Hollies Stand roared England's depleted attack on. Cummins dug out a yorker from Robinson and both batters wore short balls on the body. With three to win and 28 balls left, Cummins guided Robinson away to the rope, tossed his bat and helmet away, punched the air and lifted Lyon off his feet. It had echoes of the 2005 Test here - but this time, it was Australia who won by two.
After rain wiped out the first session, he batted through an afternoon in which Australia added 76 runs for the loss of only two wickets - one of them nightwatcher Scott Boland, who edged Broad through to Jonny Bairstow. Travis Head poked Moeen Ali to slip as England kept a lid on the scoring rate, but with 98 to win after tea, Australia were clear favourites.
Khawaja added 49 with Cameron Green in a sixth-wicket stand that spanned the interval, but when Green inside-edged Robinson's in-ducker on to his stumps, Stokes sensed an opportunity.
He brought himself on for his only spell of the second innings, battling his chronic left-knee injury, and smiled wryly when Khawaja chopped his short, slow legcutter on to off stump. The Edgbaston crowd paused for a moment, deceived by Stokes' non-celebration, before erupting into life. England had the most important wicket, and needed only three more.
Root, bowling an extended spell from the Birmingham End with Moeen's blistered spinning finger rendering him unable to grip the ball, dropped two difficult half-chances off his own bowling, giving Carey and Cummins a life each. Stokes opted not to take the new ball when it became available; three deliveries later, Root held a stunning reaction catch.
With Carey gone, Cummins became the protagonist. He has been criticised throughout these five days for a perceived negativity in his tactics, but took control of the game in its decisive passage. Root went full, so he cleared his front leg and swung him down the ground for six - then repeated the trick two balls later.
Broad returned, still with the old ball, and Lyon hooked the second ball of his spell out to Stokes at square leg, 25 yards in from the boundary. He flung himself back, sticking his right hand over his shoulder; the ball looped towards him but escaped his grasp, then squirmed away from his desperate second attempt.
When Cummins slapped a cut for four two balls later, the target was down to 30. Stokes opted to take the new ball, but it offered little for Broad and Robinson. They charged in with spread fields but had almost nothing left in the tank; as if to mark the changing of a guard, James Anderson ambled stiffly around the outfield.
Despite the jibes, Lyon batted more like a No. 3, lacing an off drive for four down the ground to the rope - and beating Robinson at mid-off to his right. After Cummins' off-side slap snuck under Crawley at the cover boundary, Lyon flogged Broad over the top towards the Australian supporters.
They had been barracked relentlessly by the neighbouring Hollies Stand over the course of the Test match but jumped to their feet to celebrate an imminent Australian victory. Three overs later, they did so once more to mark the clinching moment of an enthralling run chase.
England were "devastated", in Stokes' words, but without their enterprising tactics this game would have been written off as a rain-ruined draw. Instead, it bubbled up to a conclusion that had Australians gripped to their television screens until well past 4am - with the promise of four more Tests to come.
Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. @mroller98
Ben Stokes 'emotionally beat up' as Pat Cummins savours epic Australia win
"I'm not gonna lie, I was absolutely s****ing myself for the last five minutes there," Khawaja said at the post-match presentations, after claiming the match award for his haul of 206 runs across the two innings. "It's so heart-wrenching. When you're playing and you're in it, you're fine, but when you're watching it from up there, you know how the fans felt. But that was an unbelievable game.
"I watched 2005 Edgbaston as a young kid on TV, I stayed up late, and I was there when Stokesy played an unbelievable innings in the last Ashes but this has definitely got to be one of my favourite Test matches I've ever played."
Stokes' emotions, by contrast, were rather more mixed. Despite England stating on numerous occasions that they are not a results-driven team, this was a setback that is sure to hurt, given that England made much of the running over the first four days of the game, including their bold but eyebrow-raising declaration at 393 for 8 on the first evening.
"It was gripping not knowing which way it was going," Stokes told the BBC. "If that's not attracting people to this game that we love and have committed so much of our time to, then I don't know what will.
Asked if England had thought the game was up at eight-down, Stokes replied: "You never think you've won a game till you've won it, and it was still massively in the balance there and hard to get genuine wickets on. We had to come up with different ideas constantly and change things up all the time.
"It comes down to small margins," he said, referencing his own crucial miss at midwicket off Cummins, a valiant one-handed effort that couldn't quite stick. "If a couple of small chances go our way, like that catch - I thought I did have it but it just popped out ... We can't look back too much on things like that. Unfortunately, we are here as the losers and Australia have won but we have got four more to go."
On the declaration, which had been made with six overs of the first day remaining and Joe Root cutting loose after reaching his hundred, Stokes said: "I saw that as the time to pounce. I said in the dressing room that, if we were playing against any other team and we were in that position, that is what we would have looked to do.
"I am not going to change the way I have gone about my cricket over the last year just because it's the Ashes. Who knows? We could have got another 40 runs - but Joe could have got out or Ollie [Robinson] could have got out next ball. I thought we were in control of most of the game and we managed to produce a result and that is all we want to try and do.
"If we are going to be involved in games like that, and we end up being on the losing end, it's obviously devastating. I am pretty beat up emotionally at the moment, but that is sport and it's the greatest emotion in the world."
Cummins, meanwhile, was understandably elated after his unbeaten 44 sealed the chase. And despite the challenge that had faced him when he arrived, he insisted he'd felt pretty upbeat about his chances.
"Honestly, pretty good," he said. "That wicket didn't have too many demons in it for a day-five wicket. I thought it was well within our grasp.
"I think both teams spoke a lot about playing your own style before the game," he added, after Australia's more measured style had won out over England's bombastic approach. "And I think it's just one of the beauties of this series. Totally contrasting styles. I think we both play to our strengths. And you don't necessarily know which style is better, but that makes for good entertainment."
On Khawaja, meanwhile, whose first-innings hundred was his third in seven Tests in a stellar start to 2023, Cummins added: "He showed incredibly composure in both innings. Just played at his own pace, played his own method, didn't get caught up in everything else. He's been a class player for the last couple of years and to have someone like that out in the middle that we could all bat around, we're really happy for him."
Andrew Miller is UK editor of ESPNcricinfo. @miller_cricket
Geno expects Bueckers ready for start of season
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. -- UConn head women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma said star guard Paige Bueckers is "90%" recovered from tearing her left ACL last summer and he expects her to be fully ready by the start of the regular season.
"If she's not ready to go [by then], then I'm not ready to go," Auriemma said Tuesday. "Let's put it that way."
Speaking to reporters at his annual charity golf tournament at the Hartford Golf Club, Auriemma praised Bueckers for the work she has put in as she continues to recover from the injury that sidelined her for the entirety of the 2022-2023 season and said he has been impressed by what he has seen from her in recent months.
"This is the best she's ever been, the strongest she's ever been, the fittest she's ever been," Auriemma said. "This is the most time she has spent working on her body, her mind, [and] just taking care of herself... [The injury layoff] showed her, if you want a long career, this is how you're gonna have to go about it from here on in injuries, no injuries, it doesn't matter. This is what you're gonna have to do. And she's embraced it.
"I've never seen her better either at playing one-on-one, 2-on-2 or 3-on-3, what she's doing in the weight room. Just her whole walk, the way she walks around, the way everybody looks up to her and the way everybody hangs on every word she says, there's just a maturity about her."
Bueckers earned national player of the year honors during her freshman season in 2020-2021 but hasn't been able to play a full season since because of injuries. During her sophomore year, she tore her lateral meniscus and had a tibial plateau fracture, limiting her to just 17 games. She led the Huskies to the 2022 national championship game in her return but then suffered the ACL tear in August.
Now a redshirt junior, Bueckers told reporters last week she was "very close" to being fully cleared but was uncertain if she would play in the team's August exhibition games in Europe.
Auriemma echoed her uncertainty about being ready in time for those games.
"I think it's going to be when she feels mentally ready, not physically ready, mentally," he said. "Physically, [she's] 90%, she said 90%. If we were in the Final Four this coming week, you think she'd play? Hell yeah, but this isn't April."
UConn was marred by injuries during the 2022-2023 season. Finishing with a 31-6 record, the team lost to Ohio State in the Sweet 16. The defeat marked the end of the Huskies' 14-season streak of consecutive Final Four appearances. Auriemma said the team is feeling "cautiously optimistic" about the upcoming season and that the Huskies are hopeful they will not face the same injury woes. He said the summer workouts had been primarily focused on strength, conditioning and injury prevention.
The Huskies are 11-time national champions but have not won the title since 2016. Auriemma said the expectations for the team are always high and admitted the past few years have been challenging. But, in trademark fashion, he said they weren't focused on the past or listening to any of the outside noise.
"The thing I learned a long time ago is stop talking about what you're going to do, stop talking about what you hope happens and what happened last year and how you felt," Auriemma said. "Everybody knows, 'Hey, what's your goal at Connecticut?' What do you think it is at Connecticut? Well, the goal is to win a national championship every year. Everybody knows it. You don't have to talk about it ...
"This isn't a 1970s rock band out for their 60th tour and they have to give every tour a name. You know, everybody's got a 'redeem team' and everybody's got a 'reload team' and everybody's got an 'unfinished business team' and everybody's got, you know, all this stuff going out there. You know, maybe we're not very social media savvy. How about we just shut the f--- up and win games?"
UConn is ranked No. 2 in ESPN's Way-Too-Early Top 25 rankings, trailing only LSU, the defending national champions.
Rahm is not wasting time on 'what-ifs' of alliance
Jon Rahm still doesn't know much about the proposed partnership between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf, but he knows this much -- he's not dwelling on it.
The FedExCup points leader and world No. 2 addressed the media Tuesday in Cromwell, Connecticut, home to this week's Travelers Championship, the final designated event on the PGA Tour this season.
It's also notable because the tour's Player Advisory Council is slated to meet Tuesday night, not that Rahm is expecting many answers about the alliance to come out of it.
"I didn't really talk about [the union] much last week, and I guess I might know more in a few hours once we're done with the player meeting tonight," Rahm said. "I don't think we're going to get a lot of answers, but I'm going to at least get an idea of where the membership head is at. That's all I can say. We don't know anything. I don't know if the people in charge know much more than we do.
"There are so many unanswered questions that at this point I wouldn't want to waste time thinking about it because there is a lot of what-ifs and unknowns," he added.
Rahm, 28, is at the Travelers for the first time since 2020 and is playing only because of the designated status. Players are allowed to skip just one designated tournament, so Rahm is playing the week after the U.S. Open -- something he normally wouldn't do.
"Well, there are two events I wouldn't have played this season if it wasn't for the world we had this year, right, and that's the reason why I haven't played them in the past," Rahm said. "Major weeks can be taxing and I've always tried to set up my schedule around not playing those weeks."
The event provided charter flights for the players, given the trip cross country from Los Angeles, site of last weekend's U.S. Open.
"I can tell you with certain confidence that I probably wouldn't have been here even though I love the tournament so much. With that said, they've done a great job like you said making players comfortable," Rahm said. "Having a charter flight always makes it a lot easier."
"It's just sometimes if it doesn't fit the schedule, it doesn't fit the schedule," he continued. "In this case I'm really glad this year happened the way it happened so I can come back."
Information from Reuters was used in this report.
NFL to reinforce its gambling policy to players
The NFL is redoubling its efforts to reinforce the league's gambling policy to players in the wake of a rash of recent violations.
All rookies will now be required to attend mandatory education sessions and a group of league officials is making in-person visits to team facilities to emphasize and clarify what activities are prohibited amid the rapid proliferation of sports gambling.
The six "key rules" of the gambling policy that the league officials will emphasize are:
Don't bet on the NFL;
Don't gamble at your team facility, while traveling for a road game, or staying at a team hotel;
Don't have someone bet for you;
Don't share team "inside information";
Don't enter a sportsbook during the NFL playing season;
Don't play daily fantasy football.
"The world has changed over the last few years," Jeff Miller, NFL executive vice president of communications, public affairs and policy said in a media availability Tuesday. " ... The availability of our phones and [with] a couple of touches, and all of a sudden, you can place a bet on many different things was not available a few years ago and is available now.
"So, sports gambling has a great deal more presence in people's lives than it did just a few short years ago, which means for us as [a] sports league -- where integrity of the game is the highest single principle -- that we have to be thoughtful and careful and scrutinize how we share information and educate people around the rules that govern it."
The mere decision to schedule the session with reporters is itself noteworthy and can be seen as a reaction to recent events. Five NFL players were suspended in decisions handed down in April.
And this month, an investigation focused on Indianapolis Colts cornerback Isaiah Rodgers came to light, with sources telling ESPN Rodgers is believed to have placed bets on Colts games. Miller, citing the ongoing investigation, declined to comment on the status of the Rodgers probe.
The league is also focused on intensifying its monitoring and policy enforcement efforts with the help of external monitoring firms and the various sportsbooks. The NFL is hopeful this will create additional deterrence.
"We have a number of resources and tools both internally and externally," said Sabrina Perel, NFL vice president and chief compliance officer. "We have to continue to be as robust as possible. So, it's multiple tools and resources that we're using. And I do think as time goes, those will continue to mature and develop and there will be things that we might be doing two years from now that we're not doing today."
The sportsbooks, Perel said, are working in conjunction with the league and will alert the NFL if and when a player places a bet under his own name. Geolocation technology is a big part of these efforts, too, as bets can be traced to a player's home, for instance.
The easy access to gambling has created some ambiguity in the gambling policy, but Miller rejected that as a possible excuse.
"It comes back to, in large part, a couple of rules that have existed as long as anybody can remember," he said. "Don't bet on the NFL. That's not new because sports gambling is more available. That's always been the case. And don't bet when you're at work, wherever work happens to be in that moment. That's existed for a long time."
The latter part of that statement was a reference to bans on players placing bets on non-NFL events while at the team facility or while traveling with the team.
"The rules around it are pretty straightforward," Miller added.
When it comes to any potential mixed messaging because of NFL owners' willingness to enter sponsorship relationships with sportsbooks -- even while NFL coaches and staff are prohibited from placing wagers of any kind and players are subject to tight restrictions on their gambling activities -- the NFL insists there is no double standard.
"It's just a little bit of apples and oranges," Perel said. "... At the end of the day, what that is about is bringing in new fans, keeping fans engaged, giving them the opportunities to engage in these things, versus what we all do personally and what we should not be doing to protect integrity."
Jazz unveil new options to watch games next year
The Utah Jazz will begin making their game broadcasts available over the air starting this coming season, becoming the latest franchise to pivot to a new option for fans and potentially reaching more viewers than ever before.
The Jazz unveiled their plan Tuesday, with owner Ryan Smith announcing the launch of his new production company called SEG Media. Its platforms will allow Jazz fans with a basic antenna to watch all games that aren't televised nationally and will also feature a paid subscription-based streaming service that will also feature unique team content.
Smith said only 39% of households in the state had the ability to watch Jazz games when he bought the team.
"Now, if you have a TV with rabbit ears, we're going to be able to hit 100% of our audience," Smith said.
It's similar to deals recently announced by the Stanley Cup champion Vegas Golden Knights, along with the NBA's Phoenix Suns and WNBA's Phoenix Mercury. The Los Angeles Clippers also unveiled a direct-to-consumer option last October.
The move is the latest development in a rapidly changing sports-viewership marketplace. Diamond Sports Group, the largest owner of regional sports networks, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in March; that company, under the Bally Sports banner, has shown games from more than 40 MLB, NBA and NHL teams.
"Obviously, the RSN model around the globe is changing and we'd rather lean into it and focus on the experience and providing the best experience for our fans," Smith said.
The Jazz and the new production company received necessary approvals from the NBA on the new venture, which will be ready to go when the season starts in October, Smith said.
"We have an incredible fan base, but we're only showing the games to, at best, 40% of them," Smith said. "And so, we came up with this new philosophy or way to do this where instead of licensing our TV rights to one group and just saying, 'Hey, we'll take whatever you guys do,' we basically said we're going to be in the media business."
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