Category Archives: Premier League

Here are tonight’s main news headlines: Top-flight football crowds in England on course for 40-year high — Sporting Intelligence Chelsea 5-4 Manchester United | Capital One Cup match report — The Guardian Steven Caulker charged by Serbian police — Tottenham … Continue reading →

After the news that NBC Universal won the US media rights to the Premier League on US TV and Internet, it’s been announced today that Rogers and TSN will split the Premier League media rights in Canada fifty-fifty, with games … Continue reading →

The New York Times ran a story this morning quoting a NBC executive who said that The Premier League is interested in doing news things in the United States.” Unfortunately, the article didn’t pinpoint what some of those new ideas … Continue reading →

After NBC Univeral’s announcement tonight, we now know a lot more about their Premier League coverage plans for 2013-16. Here’s what we know so far: 1. NBC will make all Premier League matches available for viewing. 2. All of the … Continue reading →

UPDATED: NBC Universal has acquired the exclusive US media rights to the Premier League from 2013-2014 to 2015-2016 for a fee that is believed to be $83 million per season. Per the agreement, NBCUniversal becomes the exclusive English- and Spanish-language media … Continue reading →

On the eve of arguably the biggest weekend in the 2012-13 Premier League season thus far, soccer fans in the United States will be watching Chelsea-Manchester United and Everton-Liverpool with the knowledge that this will be the final season that … Continue reading →

UPDATED: FOX Soccer and ESPN have dropped out of the bidding for the US media rights to the English Premier League for seasons 2013-16, according to a report by Sports Business Daily. According to the report, NBC Universal is the … Continue reading →

The Professional Footballers’ Association has today revealed a six-point plan to tackle racism. The six points are: 1 Speeding up the process of dealing with reported racist abuse with close monitoring of any incidents. 2 Consideration of stiffer penalties for racist abuse … Continue reading →

Premier League’s impact on tourism has been written about today in The Guardian, who explain that almost one million soccer supporters traveled to Britain last year. According to the report, more than 60,000 alone came from the United States. It … Continue reading →

The auction for the US media rights to the English Premier League has moved into an additional round of bidding. The new deadline is now Friday, October 26, according to MultiChannel News. The publication says that sources close to the … Continue reading →

Ask Americans why they don’t watch soccer, and chances are that most of them will argue that soccer is boring and that there’s not enough scoring in the game. Dig a little deeper, however, and you may be surprised by what … Continue reading →

It’s easy to live in a bubble when following soccer in the United States. Ninety nine percent of my interactions are with hardcore soccer fans, so when I talk to a fan who’s new to the Premier League, it’s often … Continue reading →

Beginning this weekend, commentary of every single Premier League match this season will be available live for free from talkSPORT, the UK-based sports talk radio station. Under the new rights deal signed earlier this year, talkSPORT acquired the radio rights … Continue reading →

It’s often said that supporting a soccer team is a bit like a marriage. I could trot out the old cliches about “ups and downs” and “twists and turns.” But to be honest, some marriages don’t last, some people have … Continue reading →