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Update: PBA’s new broadcast deal with FOX a step forward in multiple ways over current ESPN deal

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 8:20 am
Update: PBA’s new broadcast deal with FOX a step forward in multiple ways over current ESPN deal
The PBA’s new broadcast deal with FOX announced Tuesday isn’t so much a rejection of ESPN as an embrace of FOX’s offering of terms that make it the PBA’s best TV deal since the glory days last century, according to PBA CEO and Commissioner Tom Clark. ESPN’s current deal with PBA concludes when the 2018 PBA League shows finish airing in May, marking an end to a 38-year relationship that began when the PBA’s Winter Tour still was a ratings juggernaut on...