The Liberty have signed star Sabrina Ionescu to a multiyear contract extension, the team announced Monday.
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Ex-exec accuses Cardinals, owner of defamation
Terry McDonough, the former vice president of player development for the Cardinals, is accusing the team and its owner, Michael Bidwill, of defamation and invasion of privacy.
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NBCU Kicks Off Upfronts Week With ‘Bravoholics,’ Inadvertent Twitter Jokes and a Fake Colin Jost
From the moment an animated “Ted” opened the NBCUniversal upfront, voiced by Seth MacFarlane prior to the writers strike, it was clear this was going to be an abbreviated event. For starters, until a week ago, this was still going to be Linda Yaccarino’s Radio City Music Hall show. But with Yaccarino off running Twitter…
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UPFRONTS 2023: Full List of New Series Orders (UPDATING)
UPDATED: The network upfronts are once again front-and-center for the television industry as major players gather in New York May 15-17 for the springtime ritual of presenting programming plans for the upcoming TV season. Upfronts are always a hectic time, but this year it’s even more so because of the writers strike that began May 2. Writers…
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Tonys Won’t Be Televised After WGA Denies Strike Waiver
UPDATED: Producers of the Tonys will file an appeal of the WGA’s waiver denial. The decision was made Monday during a meeting of the Tonys management committee. A source tells Variety, “Everyone is still trying to see if there is a workable solution.” UPDATED: This year’s Tonys won’t be televised on June 11 after the…
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How Bills Mafia was born: The dropped pass that launched an NFL phenomenon
Bills Mafia has grown into a force embraced by Buffalo’s fans and players alike. How did it start? With a botched TD catch.
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Unexpected contender tiers: From breakouts we saw coming to … how the heck are they doing this?
These six teams are way better than we expected. Are their starts real or not? What’s powering them? And who are the unexpected stars?
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Industry Survey: Striking Writers Winning PR Battle Versus Studios
Entertainment-industry professionals are far more likely to approve of how the WGA has handled the strike — and disapprove of the studios’ response — according to an exclusive new survey from Variety Intelligence Platform in conjunction with insights firm YouGov. Most entertainment-industry professionals (57%) approve of the Writers Guild of America’s handling, versus just 9%…
