Few interests bring people together the way sports can. Last year, the top 10 most watched telecasts were all live sporting events, with the Super Bowl bringing in 121 million viewers. Now, Bob Kostas, a voice that has been central to so many iconic sports moments, is marking the end of a legendary run after retiring from play-by-play announcing.Kostas spent four decades with NBC covering nearly every major sport and hosting a record 12 Olympics for the network. I sat down with Kostas to talk about the unif ...

Bob Kostas, welcome back to Meet the Press and welcome back to NBC. Feels like I never left. Well, it's wonderful to have you here and to be sitting with you.The NBA season is winding down. We're in the middle of baseball season. The NFL is right around the corner, so it seemed like the perfect time to sit and have a conversation with you.Okay. You of course retired from Playbyplay announcing last year. What has this chapter of your life been like.You know, I really think that for a number of years I was ri ...

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Illinois recently announcing it will raise taxes on sports wagers and sports betting platform DraftKings introducing a 50cent transaction fee per bet in Illinois as in response. Now other states could be on the radar too. DraftKings CEO Jason Robbins joins us now.He is speaking at a Jeffre consumer conference. Jason, it's good to see you. Welcome.Thanks for having me. So, so when did this this 50 cent increase on bets go into into place and have you seen any any evidence about how consumers are absorbing it ...

LONDON, June 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- International Game Technology PLC (NYSE: IGT) announced today that it recently signed a new, three-year sports betting technology agreement with Boyd Gaming Corporation. Under the terms of the agreement, IGT's award-winning PlaySports platform will continue powering Boyd Gaming's retail and mobile sports betting offering in Nevada through August 2028. The new agreement builds on IGT and Boyd Gaming's long-standing sports betting technology partnership that started in 20 ...

Partners with DAZN to distribute exclusive global betting dataST. GALLEN, Switzerland and LONDON, June 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Strengthening its leading global soccer offering, Sportradar Group AG (NASDAQ: SRAD) and DAZN today announced a partnership to secure exclusive rights to distribute ultra-low latency betting data, as well as non-exclusive media content, from the FIFA Club World Cup 2025, held June 14 through July 13, in the U.S. and broadcast globally by DAZN. Through this agreement, Sportradar ...

Ticket holders on Governors Island, New York gather to watch SailGP races, Season 4, New York, Sunday 23rd June 2024.Katelyn Mulcahy for SailGPFans watching the New York races for international sailing league SailGP this weekend will have another reason to root for their favorite team.SailGP is working with gaming companies DraftKings in the United States and Bet365 internationally to let fans place bets on races, starting at the Mubadala New York Sail Grand Prix on June 7 and 8."It's a sport that's natural ...

On May 27, executives from BetMGM, Las Vegas Aces, MGM Resorts International and The Just One Project (a cornerstone nonprofit committed to increasing access to food, resources and supportive services in Southwest Nevada) gathered in front of The Fountains of Bellagio to launch their partnership. Aces President Nikki Fargas and BetMGM Director of Team & League Partnerships Molly Wurdack-Folt led the festivities, unveiling plans for the "BetMGM Steals for Meals" program whereby BetMGM will donate $50 for The ...