XFL reaches settlement to broadcast video games on ESPN and Fox

The XFL has reached multiyear agreements with ESPN and Fox Sports to broadcast its video games starting in 2020. The league additionally introduced Monday that its season will begin Feb. 8, the weekend after the NFL season ends with the Super Bowl. This is the second time Vince McMahon has launched a soccer league. The first model of the XFL lasted one season in 2001 — three way partnership of WWE and NBC. All 43 XFL video games — 40 common season, three playoffs — will likely be televised with 24 on ABC or Fox. The the rest will air on ESPN, ESPN2, FS1 and FS2. The eight-team league has set its schedule with most video games on

Phillies Ticket Sales Spike On Reported Bryce Harper Contract Agreement

Phillies Ticket Sales Spike On Reported Bryce Harper Contract Agreement

The Philadelphia Phillies’ looming signing of Bryce Harper already is paying off. The Phillies sold 100,000-plus tickets in the hours after reports claiming Harper had agreed to join the team as a free agent emerged in the media, Phillies senior vice president of ticket operations John Weber told Philadelphia radio station 94WIP on Friday morning. Weber has worked for the Phillies since 1987 and has never seen such a one-day spike in sales. “I’m happy, I’m very, very happy,” Weber said. “My records, it is. Obviously, our big signings of Jim Thome in ’02. We had four months to sell him, we were going into a new ballpark in a year. And then... NESN.com

Chelsea announce agreement for Basel’s Salah

Transfer news By ESPN staff and Mike Whalley Chelsea have announced that they have reached an agreement with FC Basel for Mohamed Salah. • On the Move: Transfer blog• Thorgan Hazard stays put Liverpool have been chasing a deal for the 21-year-old, who can also play in midfield, for several months, but they are set to lose out on the Egypt international. A statement on the Blues' official website read: "Chelsea Football Club can confirm an agreement has been reached with FC Basel for the transfer of their 21-year-old attacking midfielder Mohamed Salah. "The move is subject to the Egyptian international agreeing personal terms and completing a medical examination." Basel are thought to have been seeking around 12 million pounds for Salah, and Chelsea were in a

KP, ECB reach agreement for his return

Axed England batsman Kevin Pietersen is set to play international cricket again after reaching an agreement with the England and Wales Cricket Board, the ECB said on Wednesday. "The ECB and Kevin Pietersen confirm that agreement has been reached concerning a process for his re-integration into the England team during the remainder of 2012," the ECB said in a statement. "Upon completion of the programme, the England selectors will consider Kevin for future matches." The 32-year-old star batsman was cast into international exile in August after sending text messages to touring South Africa players that