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Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorLooking for way to make sure you don’t miss the most exciting moments in sports in real time?Startup Buzzer has an app for that — and it just banked $20 million from a roster of investors that includes a bevy of sports and entertainment industry heavyweights.Buzzer’s $20 million in Series A funding was led by existing investor Sapphire Sport and new investor Canaan Partners.

A devastating loss. Pro hockey player David Pastrnak received thoughts and prayers from fans after he announced the death of his newborn baby.

Our hearts are breaking…

David Pastrnak has shared some sad news with his fans – his newborn baby has passed away.

David Pastrnuk has shared some sad news with his fans – his newborn baby has passed away.

A post shared by Pasta (@davidpastrnak)The official Twitter accounts for the Bruins and NHL Players' Association also shared their condolences for Pastrnak and Rohlsson on Monday.«We are heartbroken by the passing of David and Rebecca's son, Viggo,» a statement from the Bruins read. «David and Rebecca are a part of our family and we share in their loss.

Boston Bruins hockey player David Pastrnak shared some heartbreaking news on Monday.

This week was a big one for Candace Cameron Bure and husband Valeri Bure, when the “Full House” actress and the former NHL star celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary.

Céline Dion would never turn her back on Quebec.

NHL website, the artist described what the piece means to him. “I am so grateful for the opportunity and the platform from the San Jose Sharks to create something from the heart to symbolize Juneteenth! I never imagined me sharing my art and talking about racial injustice with my team would lead to this.

Peacock has added premium streaming as an option for all of the National Hockey League’s remaining Stanley Cup Semifinal games.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorHockey great Wayne Gretzky was made an analyst for Turner Sports’ new NHL coverage, part of a quick ramp-up in talent as the WarnerMedia unit prepares to handle a new seven-year deal with the league it hopes will expand its professional-sports presence and draw new viewers to cable outlets like TNT and TBS.Gretzky is slated to offer studio analysis during key moments of the NHL regular season and throughout the Stanley Cup Playoffs, under terms of a new contract.

National Hockey League begins in October. He will appear during key moments in the regular season — including opening week and the Winter Classic — and then throughout the Stanley Cup Playoffs.Turner's seven-year agreement begins next season.

was first reported by The New York Post. Gretzky will serve as the lead analyst on the network’s studio show, which TNT hopes to resemble its Emmy-winning “Inside the NBA.” The former NHL great resigned his post as vice chairman of the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday.

Lindsey Vonn has reportedly been “having fun” with a new man following her split from P.K. Subban. 

Mike Fisher is quite the prankster.

Jimmy Kimmel has been known to bite the hand that feeds him in his annual monologues for the ABC upfronts, and Deadline reports that the late-night host pulled no punches when he appeared before advertisers for this year’s virtual upfronts.

Jimmy Kimmel isn’t holding back with his thoughts on the state of television.

Marv Albert, the man who made “Yes!” the catch-phrase of millions of basketball players who just hit a shot, will reportedly retire at the conclusion of the National Basketball Assn. playoffs.

“You don’t become good because you think you’re good.”

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorJason Kilar, CEO of WarnerMedia, revealed that his biggest regret from his time helming Hulu was being unable to convince the board to let the company launch Hulu service globally.“I think it’s totally fair to bash, candidly, Hulu’s lack of global footprint that could have been possible starting in 2008,” said Kilar, speaking Thursday at MoffettNathanson’s Media & Communications Summit.

Daniel Walcott was already excited to be in his first NHL game. He got even more excited when he got to see how his debut would happen.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorTwitter, at its virtual NewFronts presentation Wednesday for marketers, unveiled an expanded lineup of new and renewed premium video content deals, spanning entertainment, gaming, lifestyle, and news and sports.The social media company, which has nearly 200 million daily active users, announced partnerships with NBC, Tastemade, WNBA, MLB, NHL, Vice Media Group’s Refinery29, Riot Gams and Billboard — which is working with Twitter to create a real-time official

Hilary Duff and Matthew Koma have quite the family pack.

The personal finance service Wealthsimple has gotten a big new round of funding, with some big Canadian names among the investors.

The NHL and Turner Sports on Tuesday formally announced a seven-year agreement that begins next season and will put three Stanley Cup Finals on the TNT cable network.The world's top hockey league is eager to replicate the success found on Turner by the NBA.“From our standpoint, we looked at the strength of the Turner Sports portfolio, which is outstanding,” NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said.

National Hockey League's second television package.The two sides have agreed on a seven-year contract that includes three Stanley Cup Finals, two people familiar with the deal told The Associated Press.

The memo arrived out of the blue. On Jan.

The streaming component of Turner Sports’ long-term deal for NHL rights won’t likely come into focus anytime soon.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorHockey is going somewhere it has never been before.WarnerMedia gained rights to show live NHL games on its two big cable networks, TBS and TNT, as well as its new streaming hub, HBO Max, in a seven-year pact valued at least at $200 million that expands the company’s sports-rights portfolio for the first time in years. Disney’s ESPN already secured rights to a larger NHL package.

The National Hockey League has completed its next TV rights package — and for the first time in 16 years, NBC Sports won't be a part of it. As first reported by Sports Business Journal, NBC pulled out of negotiations for the partial rights for the league's next TV deal.

Turner Sports is preparing to step in and occupy the National Hockey League real estate occupied for nearly two decades by NBC and NBCUniversal.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNBCUniversal has decided to cap a 16-year relationship with the National Hockey League, according to two people familiar with the matter, walking away from negotiations with the league, which is poised to triple the rights fees it collects from media companies with a new deal for a package it will launch with AT&T’s Turner Sports.Turner will share overall rights with Disney’s ESPN, which struck a seven-year deal with the NHL in March that will give it control

The NFL has inked one more TV deal. Following its blockbuster 10-year, $100 billion rights deal with Disney, Fox, NBCUniversal, ViacomCBS and Amazon, the league has signed a less valuable but still strategically significant agreement with Hulu.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentNENT Group, the Nordic region’s leading streaming company, has ordered an English-language original biopic series about Börje Salming, one of Sweden’s biggest ice hockey stars. The series is created and directed by Amir Chamdin, whose latest show, “Partisan,” won the top prize at Canneseries in 2020.

Fifteen young wizards on the ice are official all-stars.