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A television camera can be seen in the end zone at NRG Stadium in Houston before a game between the Tennessee Titans and the Houston Texans, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021.

NFL cuts lucrative new deals through the 2033 season with Fox, CBS, NBC, ESPN — and Amazon Prime. Look for Super Bowls on ABC, flexing on ‘Monday Night Football’ and more.

March 19, 2021 at 9:21 a.m.

You don't have to worry about the National Football League and its owners. The money is going to keep rolling in — and how. Making official on Thursday what long...

Illinois guards Ayo Dosunmu, from left, Andre Curbelo and Trent Frazier celebrate a 91-88 overtime win over Ohio State in the Big Ten Tournament championship game March 14, 2021, in Indianapolis.

Illinois has ‘a lot of juice’ and Loyola is ‘a talented team.’ Here’s what college basketball analysts said about the NCAA Tournament teams.

March 16, 2021 at 5:07 p.m.

Analyst Bill Raftery, who will be part of TBS' announcing team for Friday's Loyola-Georgia Tech matchup in the NCAA Tournament, is excited to see the Ramblers back in the Big...

Illinois guard Ayo Dosunmu (11) is introduced for the Big Ten Tournament championship game against Ohio State at Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday, March 14, 2021, in Indianapolis.

Winners and losers from Selection Sunday, including Illinois having ‘the easiest advance to the Final Four’ and only 1 Indiana team making the NCAA Tournament field

March 15, 2021 at 4:42 p.m.

It's nice when March Madness doesn't begin with anger, so let's thank CBS for again getting right to revealing the brackets on its NCAA Tournament men's basketball selection show Sunday....

Mark Giangreco is out after a 26-year run as ABC-7’s lead sportscaster

March 14, 2021 at 8:23 a.m.

Mark Giangreco's 26-plus-year run as ABC-7's lead sportscaster — and perhaps his 39-year Chicago TV career — has come to an abrupt, uneasy end. Giangreco, 68, has been off the...

White Sox broadcaster Jason Benetti works from the booth at Guaranteed Rate Field in the fourth inning of a game against the Indians on Aug. 8, 2020, in Chicago.

Jason Benetti and Adam Amin on the obstacles of calling games — from empty ballparks, apartments and studios — during COVID-19

March 11, 2021 at 11:00 a.m.

Jason Benetti idly dropped his notes during a break in Marshall's football rout of Eastern Kentucky, and neither viewers nor anyone at ESPN knew how close that came to spelling...

Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo hols up the MVP trophy after the NBA All-Star Game in Atlanta on March 7, 2021.

Winners and losers from the NBA All-Star Game, including Reggie Miller’s fake fan noise confusion and Giannis Antetokounmpo’s pregame moment with his son

March 8, 2021 at 9:09 p.m.

Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks was the Most Valuable Player of the 2021 NBA All-Star Game. The real star, however, was his toddler son, Liam. Team LeBron beat Team...

In this 1934 file photo, University of Chicago halfback Jay Berwanger is shown in the action pose that served as the model for the Heisman Trophy.

So much for Chicago’s Big Ten team: 75 years ago, the University of Chicago told the conference it wanted out

March 8, 2021 at 9:10 p.m.

So much for Chicago's Big Ten team. Seventy-five years ago — on March 8, 1946 — the University of Chicago announced its intention to leave the conference.

Mark Giangreco at the Avalon Banquet before speaking to the Gary Old Timers on Wednesday, Jan 9 2018.

Mark Giangreco is in limbo at ABC-7 after the sportscaster’s on-air line about casting anchor Cheryl Burton as a ‘ditzy, combative’ reality TV character

March 4, 2021 at 10:30 a.m.

ABC-7 sportscaster Mark Giangreco, a Chicago TV fixture for nearly 40 years, has been off the air since joking on a January newscast that anchor Cheryl Burton could play a...

Jon 'Boog' Sciambi sits in the broadcast booth before the Chicago Cubs play the Cactus League home opener against the Kansas City Royals at Sloan Park on March 2, 2021.

Boog Sciambi made his Chicago Cubs TV debut for Marquee Sports Network. Here’s how he did.

March 3, 2021 at 6:43 p.m.

Jon "Boog" Sciambi made it clear Tuesday where he stands in his debut as the TV voice of the Chicago Cubs on Marquee Sports Network. Boog doesn't believe in the...

Fans take their seats before the Chicago White Sox played the Milwaukee Brewers in a spring training game at Camelback Ranch on Feb. 28, 2021.

Winners and losers from the 1st Chicago White Sox spring broadcasts, including Len Kasper’s foul ball debut and Jason Benetti’s car care for Steve Stone

March 1, 2021 at 12:36 p.m.

The Len Kasper era of Chicago White Sox radio began Sunday not with a whimper or a bang, but with a foul ball. Darrin Jackson, having read the starting lineups...

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