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Comcast-owned NBCUniversal is getting into the sports betting game. The New York-based media giant has inked a multiyear partnership with Australia-based PointsBet, a rapidly expanding sports betting company that entered the US market last year. NBCU also will take an initial 4.9 percent stake in PointsBet and receive options for shares worth $105 million that …

The National Hockey League has postponed two playoff games scheduled for Thursday night, following a push by some players to protest the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis. The decision came after an effort organized by the Hockey Diversity Alliance, a group of NHL players whose purpose is “to eradicate systemic racism and intolerance …

There is a reason why the sports section of your newspaper has for generations been dubbed — alternately with affection and with affliction – as “the toy department.” It was the Chief Justice of the United States, Earl Warren, who once provided a little extra context to that description “I always turn to the sports …

The NBA has postponed all playoff games scheduled for Wednesday night after the Milwaukee Bucks decided not to play their fifth playoff game against the Orlando Magic to protest the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis. Police were called on Blake after he took a woman’s keys and refused to return them. A Wisconsin Circuit …

Kenny Smith walked off the NBA on TNT set on Wednesday night in the wake of the league postponing its three playoff games scheduled for the same day. The postponements came on the heels of the Milwaukee Bucks boycotting their game against the Orlando Magic in response to Jacob Blake, an unarmed Black man, being …

You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers & columnists to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: sports media. Looks like Joe Tessitore is returning to CFB on ESPN with Greg McElroy and Holly …

You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Knicks. Why do so many NBA players hate the Knicks? They all celebrated when we fell to the eighth draft …

The potential comeback of Craig Carton to WFAN would rock the New York sports radio world, with Carton a worthy competitor to face-off with ESPN New York’s “The Michael Kay Show” for afternoon supremacy. And Carton’s return, after serving a year in prison for a ticket scam, is drawing closer. WFAN, according to sources, is …

Shaquille O’Neal still has regrets and gets emotional when talking about Kobe Bryant, seven months after the death of his former Los Angeles Lakers teammate. “I don’t want to see anybody go out like that and never to be able to talk to him again,” O’Neal said Monday to USA Today Sports about Bryant, who …

Spotify is digging deeper into podcasting in a new partnership Riot Games, maker of the battle royale video game “League of Legends.” The deal will include an original podcast series for “League of Legends,” as well as playlists inspired by the gaming community. It also will give users a look at the creation of the …