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Netflix wins 2027, 2031 Women’s World Cup rights

Netflix shocked the soccer world by announcing the streaming platform had won the rights to the 2027 and 2031 Women's World Cup tournaments.

Fox, NBC reportedly submit bids for Women’s World Cups… but not ESPN

According to Puck's John Ourand, media rights bids for the 2027 and 2031 Women's World Cups are in and ESPN isn't one of them.

July 10, 1999; Pasadena, CA, USA; Members of the US soccer team parade around the Rose Bowl carrying the American flag after defeating China to win the Women’s World Cup. Mandatory Credit: Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY

College Basketball

2024 Women’s March Madness will be remembered like 1999 Women’s World Cup

Aug 20, 2023; Sydney, AUSTRALIA; Jenni Hermoso (10 Spain) passes the ball during the FIFA Womens World Cup 2023 Final football match between Spain and England at Stadium Australia in Sydney, Australia. Mandatory Credit: Noe Llamas/Sipa USA via USA TODAY Sports

Soccer

Women’s World Cup showcases the diverse strength of women in sports

Jun 27, 2023; Carson, California, USA; USWNT forwards Megan Rapinoe (left) and Alex Morgan during Women’s World Cup media day at Dignity Health Sports Park. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

Fox

The USWNT deserves better than Fox’s vicious, self-cannibalizing inner conflict

Bill Simmons targets Alex Morgan with USWNT criticism, calls her a ‘coach’s daughter’

"We gotta keep propping her up, pretending she's a superstar. She's not a superstar. She's really, honestly never been a superstar.”

Carli Lloyd becomes the most polarizing analyst in America overnight

The reaction to Carli Lloyd and her pointed criticism begs the question - what do we really want from our television analysts as sports fans?

USWNT knockout round schedule is a nightmare for Fox Sports, American soccer fans

By finishing second in their group, the next two USWNT games will take place in the middle of the night instead of primetime.

BBC apologizes after reporter asked ‘inappropriate’ question to Morocco women’s team captain

"We had no intention to cause any harm or distress."

The Athletic doubling women’s sports coverage through partnership with Google

Google is helping to fund a major expansion of women's sports coverage at The Athletic, an interesting bet.

Spanish-language USA-Spain broadcast on Telemundo and NBC averages 740,000, FS1 English broadcast averages 3.35 million (updated)

Spanish-language coverage of Monday's USA-Spain Women's World Cup match (on NBCSN, Telemundo, and NBC/Telemundo streaming platforms) averaged 740,000 viewers. On the English-language side, FS1 drew 3.15 million viewers and Fox's streaming coverage drew 204,000.

NBCSN will simulcast Telemundo’s Spanish feeds of U.S.-Spain and Sweden-Canada Women’s World Cup games Monday

Andres Cantor will call the United States-Spain match on Telemundo and NBCSN alongside Manuel Sol.

Fox ratings for Women’s World Cup group stage are up 6 percent nationally vs. 2015, up 13 percent in metered market average

The Women's World Cup has been a ratings success so far for Fox.

Fox Women’s World Cup host Rob Stone criticizes USWNT for 13-0 win, says “pull back, knock it around,” ignores tiebreaker

"This got humiliating at some point and just became an exercise in target practice for the United States. ...You know what I want them to do, pull it back, knock it around."

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