ESPN Launches DTC Service with Stephen A. Smith, PGA Tour Teams with Tiger Woods and Theo Epstein, NFL and Microsoft AI Partnership - Sports Geek Rapid Rundown

Update: 2025-08-21

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Sports Geek Rapid Rundown is a daily sports business podcast curated by Sports Geek Reads. We publish it on Sports Geek twice per week. In this episode: ESPN's major streaming launch features Stephen A. Smith and their first mascot, the PGA Tour transforms with Tiger Woods and Theo Epstein leading change, Microsoft partners with NFL on AI game analysis, plus Yahoo Sports launches free streaming network and Bill Gates announces $1M AI competition for Alzheimer's research - all curated by Sports Geek Reads. Subscribe at https://sportsgeekhq.com/rapidrundown

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ESPN Launches DTC Service with Stephen A. Smith, PGA Tour Teams with Tiger Woods and Theo Epstein, NFL and Microsoft AI Partnership - Sports Geek Rapid Rundown

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ESPN Launches DTC Service with Stephen A. Smith, PGA Tour Teams with Tiger Woods and Theo Epstein, NFL and Microsoft AI Partnership - Sports Geek Rapid Rundown

ESPN Launches DTC Service with Stephen A. Smith, PGA Tour Teams with Tiger Woods and Theo Epstein, NFL and Microsoft AI Partnership - Sports Geek Rapid Rundown