#live-sports

#live-sports

Would you want to be in a group chat with your favorite sports celebrities and athletes? You'll have your chance this fall, thanks to a collaboration between WhatsApp and OffBall. OffBall, a year-old sports media startup that focuses on careful curation for its followers, announced on Friday that it was bringing back The Chat, which it had previously conducted with sports stars such as LeBron James.

The companies' announcement specifically mentions "co-branding campaigns," and cites Netflix's increasingly global lineup of programs - Brasil 70 - A Saga do Tri, South Korea's Culinary Class Wars and the U.K.'s The Gentlemen were all mentioned - as one of the factors behind it. As for what people can expect, the press release alludes to "consumer activations, title integrations, limited-edition packaging [and] digital promotions" as possibilities.

Netflix's revenue rose 15.9% year over year to $11.08 billion, with earnings hitting $7.19 per share, surpassing analyst expectations.

Kevin Harlan, Ian Eagle, and Stan Van Gundy are moving from TNT to Prime Video for its inaugural NBA coverage, joined by Cassidy Hubbarth from ESPN.