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[DeadsetAce]

ibra on madrid is straight lulz....i hope it happens. it will be a fun season.  

 

[eiddyfouw]

Can one really trust a Spurs signing? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I think Levy and Potch are pretty serious about re-shaping the team. Will be interesting to see how it all pans out.

 

[Kimchi Papi]

The "x" factor is Levy... His transfer history buying players has been horrible...

 

[AZwildcats]

Ben Talib is a good player, hell be good for Spurs

 

[MetalMario]

View media item 1615789Newspaper from where I am right now

 

[rck3sactown]

Can one really trust a Spurs signing? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Shots at Southampton?? 

Jazzed about Bentaleb being byke.

Him + Kane signing new deals is good business for Spurs this offseason tbh

 

[truth-serum]

This Kane hype train is about to run out of steam quick next season. Word to andy carroll

 

[back1ntheday]

lol @ united signing unal and jimmy kebe of all people...you funny for that one

 

[mastamind89]

Women’s World Cup Final Sets Soccer Ratings Record: 25.4 Million Viewers on Fox

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Womens World Cup RatingsJEFF VINNICK/GETTY IMAGES
JULY 6, 2015 | 07:47AM PT
Cynthia Littleton
Managing Editor: Television
@Variety_Cynthia
UPDATE: USA’s victory over Japan in the Women’s World Cup title game has crushed the U.S. ratings record for soccer.

Nielsen estimates that Fox Sports averaged 25.4 million viewers for Sunday’s lopsided 5-2 result, which gave the U.S. its third Women’s World Cup championship. Viewership peaked with about 31 million from 8:30-8:45 p.m. ET.

The 25.4 million tune-in was a huge 88% higher than that for ESPN’s coverage of the same women’s teams in the 2011 title game (13.5 million) and 41% higher than the United States-China women’s championship game on ESPN in 1999 (18 million) — the two other times the U.S. reached the final.

It also shatters the previous English-language viewership record for soccer in the United States, set last year when 18.2 million watched the U.S.-Portugal contest on ESPN in the group-play round of the Men’s World Cup. Add in the roughly 1.3 million watching on Telemundo — the largest-ever audience for a women’s soccer match on a Spanish-language network — and Sunday’s match attracted 26.7 million viewers in the States.

By comparison, the recent NBA Finals on ABC peaked with 23.25 million viewers for its sixth and final game. And no NBA game has drawn a larger audience since 2010. Similarly, no Major League Baseball game has drawn more viewers since the 2004 World Series.

Excluding the NFL postseason, the only higher-rated sporting events in the U.S. this year were the three games of the College Football Championship on ESPN (33.25 million for Ohio State-Oregon in the title game and more than 28 million for two semifinal games) and the men’s college basketball title game on CBS in April between Duke and Wisconsin (28.26 million).





The USA’s 5-2 victory over Japan on Sunday in the Women’s World Cup final has set a new ratings high for a soccer telecast in the U.S.

Fox Sports reports that the 7-9 p.m. ET telecast averaged a 15.2 household rating/27 share in Nielsen’s 56 overnight metered markets. According to Fox, that marks a new high for a soccer telecast on a single network, topping the previous mark set in 1999 when the USA women last claimed the World Cup in a victory over China.

According to Fox, Sunday’s overnights are up 77% over ESPN’s telecast of the 2011 Women’s World Cup, when Japan beat the USA. The game proved a star-making showcase for USA player Carli Lloyd (pictured), who scored three goals within the first 20 minutes of play.

Sunday’s viewership peaked in the final 15 minutes of the telecast at 18.3/31.

The top five markets for the game were in the Midwest and Southwest: Kansas City (20.6/35), St. Louis (20.5/33), San Diego (19.5/41), Denver (19.4/36) and Austin (19.1/37).

In social media, the game drew 3.4 million Tweets in the U.S. that were seen by a unique audience of 11.1 million people, according to Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings. And roughly 9 million people had 20 million Facebook interactions related to the Women’s World Cup Final. After the United States, the most active countries on Facebook were Mexico, England, Canada and Brazil.



Soccer dominated the first half of primetime on Sunday, cutting into the ratings for 8 p.m. firstrun series “Big Brother” on CBS (1.6/5 in 18-49, 5.1 million viewers overall) and “Celebrity Family Feud” on ABC (1.5/5 in 18-49, 6.9 million viewers overall), both of which hit season lows in Nielsen’s preliminary national estimates. Following “Family Feud” on ABC, “Battlebots” also posted its lowest scores to date (1.2/4 in 18-49, 4.3 million viewers overall).

 

[eiddyfouw]

lol @ united signing unal and jimmy kebe of all people...you funny for that one

I must apologize, after all, all I post about is United

 

[eiddyfouw]

The "x" factor is Levy... His transfer history buying players has been horrible...

Great negotiator, but a bit of a poor scout (or rather their scouting network has really been letting him down).

Maybe Potch will provide the solid scouting and Levy closing the deals this summer. Either way a serious change is needed in their incoming policy...

 

[Kimchi Papi]

Milenko Acimovic, Kazuyuki Toda, Jonathan Blondel, Mbulelo Mabizela, Bobby Zamora, Stephane Dalmat, Andy Reid, keeper Stipe Pletikosa, Roberto Soldado, Paulinho, Lamela, etc, etc...

There's a very loooooooooong list of Levy purchases since he's been there since what 00 or 01 that were touted to some degree or another that never panned out... He's been the downfall of the Spurs since he's gotten there...

 

[Coupé It]

Turan at Barca is going to be super weird.

But he can't play until January, what does that mean? Is he playing half the season in Atletico?

 

[8pm at msg]

I'm still wondering why he left. I mean I know why but....yeah lol

 

[Kimchi Papi]

Turan at Barca is going to be super weird.

But he can't play until January, what does that mean? Is he playing half the season in Atletico?

It is weird but he'll be a good fit for what Enrique wants to do. He wants an attacking on the ball midfield. Busquets, Rakitic, & Turan with the front3 Barca has? You then rotate Iniesta & Rafi in there too.

This poly means Sergi Roberto is out...

I just don't like the signing from an age stand point for the money the club paid.

It will be interesting to see who Atleti buys now.

 

[Coupé It]

What's he doing for half the season tho?

 

[Thierry Henry]

Need that cut Memphis is rocking

 

[imasoleman18]

View media item 1615789Newspaper from where I am right now

looks like it says ronaldo to bayern for 200 million euros

 

[rck3sactown]

Milenko Acimovic, Kazuyuki Toda, Jonathan Blondel, Mbulelo Mabizela, Bobby Zamora, Stephane Dalmat, Andy Reid, keeper Stipe Pletikosa, Roberto Soldado, Paulinho, Lamela, etc, etc...

There's a very loooooooooong list of Levy purchases since he's been there since what 00 or 01 that were touted to some degree or another that never panned out... He's been the downfall of the Spurs since he's gotten there...

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[rolaholic]

Need that cut Memphis is rocking

Looks like the old Cudi curly frohawk

 

[mastamind89]

What's he doing for half the season tho?

On extended vacation...he'll prob train with the team

 

[rook]

My dude

Can't wait to actually look forward to watching Man Utd play again

Need that Depay Kit asap

 

[imasoleman18]

what is wrong with phil jones shins

 

[rook]

Btw looking at Depays practice jersey, he doesn't have a number assigned yet?!

 

[rck3sactown]

his shorts are 26?