ESPN’s sports betting news and information programme Daily Wager moves to ESPN2 on August 20 and will be expanding with a new Sunday morning edition to air during the upcoming football season.

Daily Wager, which was launched on March 11, airs from 6-7 p.m. ET Monday through Friday. To date, it has gone out on ESPNEWS.

“Daily Wager has caught on with our viewers and now we look forward to serving even more sports fans with the move to ESPN2,” said Ilan Ben-Hanan, ESPN Vice President, Programming and Acquisitions, who oversees ESPN’s sports betting programming. “And the addition of a new Sunday morning edition this fall will expand the audience even more during a very busy time of the year.”

The one-hour Sunday morning edition of Daily Wager, which debuts September 8 will feature up-to-the-minute analytics, point spreads and discussion of how the day’s news will affect sports betting.

Also on August 20, ESPNEWS viewers will notice a change in the look of the channel as the screen is modified to include surrounding graphics related to sports betting news, lines and information 24 hours a day, with the exception of during live event telecasts. The same format will appear on ESPN2 during Daily Wager episodes.

As part of a new deal announced earlier this year between ESPN and Caesars Entertainment, Caesars is serving as ESPN’s official odds data supplier.

Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund hit a new record for revenues (excluding transfers) and delivered annual profits for the ninth straight season in the latest financial year.

In the year ended 30 June 2019 the Borussia Dortmund Group achieved consolidated revenues of €489.5 million (previous year €536.0 million).

Without transfers the consolidated revenues increased 18% from €313.3 million. to €369.3 million.

Consolidated earnings after taxes amounted to €17.4 million (down from €31.7 million the previous year).

EBITDA amounted to € 116.0 million (previous year € 137.3 million).

The revenues break down as follows (with previous year):

• Match operations €44.7 million (€ 42.3 million)
• TV rights €167.3 million (€122.3 million)
• Advertising €96.8 million (€94.0 million)
• Transfers €120.2 million (€222.7 million)
• Catering, conference and other €30.5 million (€25.2 million)
• Merchandise €30.0 million (€29.5 million)

Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT) Group will provide exclusive coverage across the Nordic region of the boxing match between Vasyl Lomachenko and Luke Campbell on 31 August at London’s O2 Arena. on the Viaplay streaming service as a pay-per-view event.

World champion and double Olympic gold medalist Vasyl Lomachenko (13-1, 10 КОs) can move one step closer to unifying all four major lightweight titles against 2012 Olympic champion Luke Campbell (20-2, 16 KOs).

Lomachenko vs. Campbell will be shown live as a pay-per-view event on Viaplay and will be priced at DKK 499 in Denmark, EUR 49.95 in Finland, NOK 499 in Norway and SEK 499 in Sweden.

Kim Mikkelsen, NENT Group Head of Sport: “Two southpaws, three belts – and only one place to stream. Undoubtedly one of the finest boxers of all time, Lomachenko can move nearer to unifying all four major lightweight titles, while British Olympic hero Campbell will give everything to cause an upset in front of a passionate home crowd. Nordic fight fans can look forward to another memorable night on Viaplay, the undisputed champion of the world’s best sporting action.”

What would the television market look like if the NFL couldn’t pool all of the league’s out-of-market games and sell them as a package? The question will be moving forward in court after a decision yesterday in the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

An anti-trust challenge by subscribers of DirecTV’s Sunday Ticket package was dismissed by a federal judge two years ago, when a judge rejected the proposition that restraining broadcasts of out-of-market games resulted in less output and higher prices.

On Tuesday, 9th Circuit Judge Sandra Ikuta delivered a majority decision reversing the dismissal.

The decision comes as DirecTV’s deal with the NFL for Sunday Ticket draws to a close.

Read the Hollywood Reporter’s coverage of this complex case here.

NFL quarterback Russell Wilson and his wife, R&B star Ciara, have become shareholders in the Seattle Sounders MLS team, joining 10 other new families in the club’s ownership group, all with direct ties to Seattle, bringing a wealth of expertise sports, entertainment, technology, broadcast and finance.

Wilson, who won the Super Bowl in 2013 and has been an NFL all-star six times in his seven seasons in the league, also joined a group that is looking to bring a NBA team to Seattle and is part of the group hoping to build a baseball stadium and lure an MLB team to Portland, Oregon.

This new group of Sounders investors is led by former Microsoft executive Terry Myerson.

Seattle-bred hip hop star Macklemore is also joining, in addition to several other representatives of Microsoft’s present and past, including CEO Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood.

Also joining is David Nathanson, who has overseen FOX Sports Media Group’s national sports networks.

This new group of partners joins Sounders FC’s existing Ownership contingent of majority owner Adrian Hanauer, Drew Carey and Jody Allen.

Sounders FC founding owner, Hollywood producer Joe Roth has announced his departure from the club.

“We are doubling down on this community and growing our local roots even deeper,” said Hanauer. “Sounders FC was born right here in Seattle, and for more than 40 years, the club has forged a meaningful legacy that is deep and far-reaching. Today’s news is a testament to what our community has accomplished, as 11 new families have joined with the broader Sounders family as fans and invested stewards of our club.”