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1 hour ago, WBT said:

If you have a cable/satellite login, you can surely still stream everything right?  I take it as this is a way for people who have cut the cord to get access to most of the espn3 stuff.

The Ringer has a more in-depth explanation of what ESPN+ is and what it offers: https://www.theringer.com/sports/2018/4/2/17190026/espn-plus-streaming-service-april-12

Basically, it's not really aimed at cord-cutters. It's intended as a paid supplement to ESPN's eight cable networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN Classic, ESPNews, ESPN Deportes, Longhorn Network, SEC Network) offering "less popular" sports like tennis, cricket, rugby, etc. It's completely separate from WatchESPN; no live event that is on one of ESPN’s existing networks will be on ESPN+. None of the ATP tournaments ESPN already owns the rights to (ATP World Tour Finals, Indian Wells, Miami, Cincinnati, and Montreal) will be on ESPN+ either. They're basically splitting off a big chunk of their tennis content to this service, forcing us to now pay $5/month more to see the Slam matches we could have seen on WatchESPN otherwise.

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20 hours ago, satyanash said:

The Ringer has a more in-depth explanation of what ESPN+ is and what it offers: https://www.theringer.com/sports/2018/4/2/17190026/espn-plus-streaming-service-april-12

Basically, it's not really aimed at cord-cutters. It's intended as a paid supplement to ESPN's eight cable networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN Classic, ESPNews, ESPN Deportes, Longhorn Network, SEC Network) offering "less popular" sports like tennis, cricket, rugby, etc. It's completely separate from WatchESPN; no live event that is on one of ESPN’s existing networks will be on ESPN+. None of the ATP tournaments ESPN already owns the rights to (ATP World Tour Finals, Indian Wells, Miami, Cincinnati, and Montreal) will be on ESPN+ either. They're basically splitting off a big chunk of their tennis content to this service, forcing us to now pay $5/month more to see the Slam matches we could have seen on WatchESPN otherwise.

So it's similar to what NBC Sports did with EPL this year.  That sucks.

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Djokovic just fired his coach Radek Stepanek, right on the heels of parting ways with Agassi. Djokovic has now essentially fired his entire coaching staff twice over the last 3 months, and he will now head into the clay season without a coach.

 

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First day of Davis Cup quarterfinals action saw Nadal and Zverev defeat Ferrer and Kohlschreiber, respectively. Series is level at 1-1. Also, Nadal has broken the record for most consecutive Davis Cup wins (singles and doubles combined) in history with 23.

 

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