(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE
Houston 2, Colorado 1 (11) San Francisco 8, LA Angels 2 San Diego 6, Texas 4 Arizona 10, Oakland 1 Cleveland 6, Pittsburgh 3 LA Dodgers 2, Seattle 1 Philadelphia 13, Boston 6 Cincinnati at Kansas City (Postponed)
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Tampa Bay 6, NY Yankees 3 Toronto 8, Baltimore 7 Chi White Sox 10, Detroit 4
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Washington 8, Atlanta 5 Chi Cubs 6, St. Louis 3
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
Orlando 122, Milwaukee 110 Miami 113, Indiana 101 Portland 100, LA Lakers 93 Houston 123, Oklahoma City 108
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Philadelphia 2, Montreal 0 Dallas 2, Calgary 1 Washington 3, NY Islanders 3 Las Vegas 4, Chicago 3
WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Indiana 62, Connecticut 84 NY Liberty 64, Seattle 105 Las Vegas 82, Chicago 84
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Houston 2, Colorado 1 San Diego 14, Texas 4 Arizona 4, Oakland 3 LA Angels 7, San Francisco 6 LA Dodgers 11, Seattle 9
AMERICAN LEAGUE NY Yankees 6, Boston 3 Toronto 7, Baltimore 2 Minnesota 4, Kansas City 1 Chi White Sox 7, Detroit 2 NATIONAL LEAGUE St. Louis 3, Chi Cubs 1 Chi Cubs 5, St. Louis 4 Atlanta 7, Washington 6 NY Mets 11, Miami 4 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS Denver 135, Utah 125 (OT) Toronto 134, Brooklyn 110 Boston 109, Philadelphia 101 LA Clippers 118, Dallas 110 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS Tampa Bay 2, Columbus 1 Colorado 7, Arizona 1 Boston 4, Carolina 3 St. Louis 3, Vancouver 1 MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER Nashville 0, FC Dallas 0
(NEW YORK) — As the NFL prepares to kick of the regular season, the Washington Football Team made a historic announcement Monday naming Jason Wright the league’s first ever Black team president.
The newest addition to the Washington organization joined ABC News’ Good Morning America exclusively to discuss the opportunity and his plans for the future of the team.
“I think first and foremost it’s obviously very personal for me,” he said, adding that he has played football since he was seven years old. “[I] played a decent amount of time in the league and then became a businessman and cut my teeth in some of the best business schools. I have been helping some of the most complex and important organizations around the world transform over the last few years, so for me it’s personal and an opportunity to bring together my two worlds in a really unique way, at a unique time.”
“The fact that I happen to be Black and the most qualified person for this is a boost,” Wright said.
Wright also shared his perspective on joining the team amidst turmoil and shared his plans as the new president for making changes from the inside out.
“Part of what excited me about taking this role — we had a phrase when we played that said, ‘you don’t talk about it, you be about it,’ — and I think what I’ve seen from Dan and Tonya Snyder in the hiring of coach Rivera and some of the decisions they’ve made, to have an independent investigator come in around the sexual harassment allegations, there are actual shifts in action to suggest it’s a new day, and that’s why I’m excited to take this on,” Wright explained.
“It’s a culture transformation first to make sure that we have an organization that people want to be a part of and that itself will start to expand the value of the franchise and make the good things happen,” he added.
The new leader joins the franchise after seven years in the league as a running back who was signed by the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent and played with the Atlanta Falcons, Cleveland Browns and Arizona Cardinals.
His responsibilities will include leading the organization’s business divisions, including operations, finance, sales and marketing, the team said Monday.
“The transformation of the Washington Football Team is happening across all aspects of the organization – from football to operations to branding to culture – and will make us a truly modern and aspirational franchise,” said Wright in a statement.
At 38, Wright is also currently the youngest team president in the league and the fourth former NFL player to become president of a team.
During his career in the NFL, Wright was a team captain and NFLPA player representative for the Arizona Cardinals during the 2011 NFL lockout.
He has a B.A. in psychology from Northwestern University, where he was an Academic All-American student-athlete, a two-time All-Big Ten football selection, and the president of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
He received his M.B.A. in Operations and Finance, with honors, from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
“If I could custom design a leader for this important time in our history, it would be Jason. His experience as a former player, coupled with his business acumen, gives him a perspective that is unrivaled in the league,” Washington Football Team owner, Dan Snyder, said in a statement.
“We will not rest until we are a championship caliber team, on and off the field. Jason has a proven track record in helping businesses transform culturally, operationally and financially,” Snyder said. “He is a proactive and assertive advocate for inclusion of all people and will set new standards for our organization, and for the league. There could not be a better duo than Jason Wright and Coach Ron Rivera as we usher in a new era for Washington Football.”
The latest shakeup comes on the heels of the organization’s name change and internal investigation into allegations of sexual and verbal harassment as it looks to make a fresh start in the team’s new chapter.
The decision comes after months of turmoil for the league’s Washington, D.C. franchise under Snyder, who has faced mounting pressure to sell the team after a series of scandals for the former “Redskins.”
Snyder, who once vowed to never change the controversial name was the center of direct backlash amid calls for racial justice, but after sponsors like FedEx, Nike and Pepsi all added to the pressure, the organization eventually renamed the team temporarily ahead of the upcoming season until it decides on a permanent one.
The team is also the subject of an internal investigation amid sexual and verbal harassment allegations made by 15 former employees to the Washington Post.
Multiple top-level employees who stood accused of misconduct are now no longer part of the Washington Football Team organization.
The team’s owner said in a statement to the Post that the behavior described, “has no place in our franchise or society” and the team plans to institute “new policies and procedures.”
(NEW YORK) — Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson teased fans for weeks — posting workout videos and cryptic messages on social media — before finally announcing his long-awaited return to the ring.
On Nov. 28, Tyson, 54, will face off against “Captain Hook” — also known as former four-division world champion Roy Jones Jr., 51.
Unlike fights of their generation, Tyson’s return to the ring won’t be presented by HBO, ESPN, Showtime or any other legacy network. Instead, the fight will be presented by Triller, an up-and-coming music video app akin to TikTok.
“At the end of the day, someone like Tyson has the pick of the litter,” Triller CEO Mike Lu told ABC News. “What our team was able to do for Tyson was really showcase the identity of Triller … and we just vibed with him.”
Founded as a music video app, the platform allows users to create professional-looking music videos in a matter of seconds using artificial intelligence — making the app a clear competitor to TikTok. And like TikTok, Triller has become more of a creative platform for users to produce many genres of video-based content.
“We get compared to TikTok often enough, but the way we look at it: we are the voice of an American based Gen Z platform,” Lu said, drawing a distinction from TikTok’s Chinese roots. “Another difference: We have grown 100% organically. We’ve never spent any money on marketing, it’s always been word of mouth interactions or people sharing creative content they made on Triller.”
Relying on that organic growth, Triller has more than 140 million downloads, with celebrities like Alicia Keys, Cardi B, Marshmello, Roddy Ricch and Eminem regularly using the app to create their own music videos.
“We’ve got a saying here, which is: ‘We want the next Chris Brown or Justin Bieber to be discovered on Triller,'” said Lu.
Along with the rights to the live event featuring Tyson, Triller — an app with no current footing in the world of sports — obtained streaming rights to a soon-to-be-released, 10-part docuseries featuring behind-the-scenes footage of the fight. Two episodes will be released each week leading up to the match.
“The way we look at our product: We define cultural moments,” said Lu, acknowledging Triller’s unprecedented introduction to the boxing scene. “Obviously we went against all the major [legacy companies], like ESPN. Everyone wanted this, but per our motto — ‘You do you’ — we allowed Tyson to express himself on our platform that’s all about creating and defining that cultural moment … and that’s why Tyson agreed to do it.”
Amidst the pandemic’s rocky economy and TikTok’s uncertain future in the United States, CNBC reported that Triller paid a whopping $50 million for the exclusive rights to the event.
“I can’t comment on rumors like that,” Lu said regarding exclusive’s reported price tag. “But look, at the end of the day we believe in Tyson, we believe in this cultural event … and I believe history will tell us this was the right move for us.”
Techcrunch reported earlier this month that Triller was seeking $250 million in funding that would push its valuation to over $1 billion, citing a source with knowledge of the matter. This would be an Olympic-length leap from its $130 million valuation reported last October by the Wall Street Journal.
A three-hour live event, the Tyson vs. Jones bout will last eight rounds and be part of a multiple-fight card. The event will also include significant undercard matches as well as musical performances to be announced in the coming weeks.
The fight will also be available on traditional pay-per-view platforms and the cost of the event is reported to be $49.99.
The fight, dubbed “Frontline Battle,” will be the first event in a series produced under Mike Tyson’s Legends Only League, a venture owned by Tyson and STX president Sophie Watts’ Eros Innovations. Per the deal, all rights for “Frontline Battle” are controlled by Triller. Lu has also teased further collaboration.
“We haven’t announced anything … but our goal is to move forward [working with them],” Lu told ABC News.
Lu added that Triller would be presenting similar events in the world of sports, music and entertainment in the near future.
Tyson himself has taken to Triller in anticipation for the event — sporting Triller attire with a promotional “Triller Presents” intro. His announcement video received over four million views on the platform.
Tyson is known as one of the most feared heavyweights in history, claiming the division for himself throughout the late ’80s. He became the youngest heavyweight champion in history with a 37-0 record before the world witnessed one of the greatest upsets in sports history: Tyson was knocked out by James “Buster” Douglas in Tokyo in July 1990.
Jones went on to be named the best boxer of the 1990s by Ring Magazine. After nearly 50 victories in the ring, Jones finally met defeat in a controversial disqualification against Montell Griffin. Jones swiftly repaid the favor in the first round of a rematch shortly after.
Although Tyson’s upcoming fight is slated to be an exhibition match, according to Andy Foster of the California State Athletic Commission, Triller plans to present a Vegas-scale event as the world-renowned champions return to the arena.
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE Washington 6, Baltimore 5 Chi White Sox 7, St. Louis 2 Colorado 10, Texas 6 L.A. Dodgers 8, L.A. Angels 3 Oakland 15, San Francisco 3
AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland 8, Detroit 5 Tampa Bay 1, Toronto 0 Minnesota 4, Kansas City 2 Houston 3, Seattle 2 Tampa Bay 7, Toronto 5 N.Y. Yankees 4, Boston 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia 6, N.Y. Mets 2 Atlanta 4, Miami 0 Milwaukee 6, Chicago Cubs 5 Arizona 5, San Diego 4 Pittsburgh at Cincinnati (Postponed)
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS Memphis at Portland (Unnecessary)
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS NY Islanders 2, Washington 1 (OT) Dallas 5, Calgary 4 (OT) Chicago 3, Vegas 1 Philadelphia 1, Montreal 0 St. Louis 3, Vancouver 2 (OT)
WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Dallas 95, Phoenix 89 Seattle 95, Connecticut 72 Chicago 92, Atlanta 67
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER Los Angeles FC at Atlanta (Canceled) Seattle at Minnesota (Canceled) Miami at Portland (Canceled)
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