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COVID-19 is once again wreaking havoc on professional sports, as the NBA and NHL were each forced to postpone multiple games for the Chicago Bulls and Calgary Flames, respectively, due to outbreaks affecting players and team personnel. Meanwhile, the NFL is mandating that all staff who have direct contact with players, including coaches, receive a booster shot by Dec. 27, and a league source said a season-high 37 players were placed on the league's COVID-19 list yesterday. (CNN) Gymnasts who were sexually abused by former U.S. national team doctor Larry Nassar reached a $380 million settlement with the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, USA Gymnastics and their insurers, a deal that also requires USA Gymnastics to provide a seat on its board to one of Nassar's victims. The USOPC will contribute $34 million of its own money to the settlement, which is among the largest ever for a sexual abuse case, and loan an additional $6 million to USAG. (The New York Times) The NFL has selected Las Vegas as the host city for Super Bowl LVIII in 2024 pending final approval from team owners, according to sources familiar with the process, the latest indication that the city has emerged as one of the league's go-to markets for major events. New Orleans was initially scheduled to host the 2024 championship game, but its hosting duties were bumped back a year due to a conflict with Mardi Gras caused by the league's addition of a 17th game. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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New York Times Reconsiders Buying The Athletic A.J. Perez and Michael McCarthy, Front Office Sports The New York Times has reemerged as a potential buyer of The Athletic, sources told Front Office Sports. The two companies were unable to come to an agreement in June, and The Athletic has since hired investment banking firm LionTree to facilitate a sale. YouTube TV May Lose All Disney-Owned Channels, Including ABC Locals, ESPN, Disney Channel, FX, & Nat Geo Jason Gurwin, The Streamable If Disney and YouTube TV can't reach a deal by Friday, December 17th, YouTube TV subscribers may be without more than 17 Disney-owned channels, including local ABC affiliates, Disney Channel, and ESPN. YouTube TV said in a blog post that if they cannot renew the deal, they would drop the price of the service to $49.99 a month (from $64.99) until the two sides can reach a deal. Fox Sports promotes Brad Zager to oversee all live event production John Ourand, Sports Business Journal Fox Sports promoted Brad Zager to president of production & operations and executive producer, a position that will see him oversee all live event and pre- and post-game show production at Fox and FS1. Zager adds responsibilities for all digital content that relates to live events. He will continue to report to Mark Silverman, president of national networks at the company. How Pat McAfee became a nine-figure media mogul and why FanDuel made the eye-popping investment Andrew Marchand, New York Post FanDuel wants to be at the forefront of the sports conversation to drive people to use its platform to gamble. In the emerging United States sports betting category, FanDuel leads with around 40 percent of the market share.

COLLEGE SPORTS

What to know about Louisville's interim athletic director Josh Heird Cameron Teague Robinson, Louisville Courier Journal Louisville is in search of a new athletic director, but in the meantime it has named Josh Heird its interim AD. The University of Louisville board of trustees voted him into the position after the departure of Vince Tyra. College Athletics Experiencing SID Shortage CollegeAD "There are so many communications jobs open right now, it's a joke," one source said, when asked why, they told us, "It's a combo of things really, mass exodus, people leaving one role for another, it's been really hard to keep up." According to administrators we spoke with, the struggle to find communication staffers is being driven by two main factors, a change in the way media is consumed, and a work-life balance that wasn't known in the pre-COVID era. UTSA to Pay $2.5 Million Entry Fee to AAC CollegeAD According to documents obtained by CollegeAD, the move to the American will cost UTSA a one-time entry fee of $2.5 million which will be paid over a five-year period. The Roadrunners will also be assessed a one-time American Athletic Conference reserve fund fee of $471,000 which will be paid over the first five years in equal installments.

--Morning Consult

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