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USA Today
29-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Scripps National Spelling Bee finals live updates: Time, TV, what to know
Scripps National Spelling Bee finals live updates: Time, TV, what to know Who will be crowned the champion of the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee? Follow along as nine finalists compete for the title. OXON HILL, Md. — Of all the schoolchildren who participate in their classroom spelling bees across the United States, nine remain in the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee as the finals begin tonight at 8 p.m. ET. Those finalists, ages 12-14, advanced over the first two days of the national competition. That is a cutdown from the 99 who made it to the quarterfinals Wednesday, with 57 advancing to the semifinals. The remaining spellers square off on ION with The Scripps Cup and a $50,000 cash prize on the line. Faizan Zaki, the 2024 runner-up, is among the group from which a champion will be crowned during the Bee's 100th anniversary celebration. Scripps National Spelling Bee finals live stream, TV The Bee's finals will air on Scripps-owned channel ION. The finals will also air on Scripps' other national networks: Bounce, Grit, ION Mystery and Laff, as well as its free, ad-supported streaming channels ION Plus, Scripps News, Bounce XL, Grit Xtra, Laff More and Scripps National Spelling Bee finals start time The finals begin at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. Fans can head to and enter their zip code for instructions on how to watch the Bee in their specific area. Who will win the 2025 Spelling Bee? Zaki, a 13-year-old from Dallas, Texas, is a strong candidate based on track record. He's the lone returning finalist and is competing in his fourth Bee. He advanced to the quarterfinals with a perfect score of 35 in the Round 3 preliminaries test Tuesday afternoon (the minimum score needed to advance was 13).
USA Today
29-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Scripps National Spelling Bee 2025 finals: How to watch, stream, start time
Scripps National Spelling Bee 2025 finals: How to watch, stream, start time An orthographic, prepubescent champion will be crowned Thursday when the 2025 Scripps Spelling Bee wraps up with its final round outside of Washington D.C. Nine spellers, ages 12-14, advanced to the final round over the first two days of the national competition. That is a cutdown from the 99 who made it to the quarterfinals Wednesday, with 57 advancing to the semifinals. The remaining nine will square off in the finals beginning at 8 p.m. ET on ION with The Scripps Cup (and a $50,000 cash prize) on the line. Faizan Zaki, the 2024 runner-up, is among the group from which a champion will be named during the Bee's 100th anniversary celebration. Scripps National Spelling Bee finals live stream, TV channel The Bee's finals will air on Scripps-owned channel ION. The finals will also air on Scripps' other national networks: Bounce, Grit, ION Mystery and Laff, as well as its free, ad-supported streaming channels ION Plus, Scripps News, Bounce XL, Grit Xtra, Laff More and Scripps National Spelling Bee finals start time The finals begin at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. Fans can head to and enter their zip code for instructions on how to watch the Bee in their specific area. Who will win the 2025 Spelling Bee? Zaiki, a 13-year-old from Dallas, Texas, is a strong candidate based on track record. He's the lone returning finalist and is competing in his fourth Bee. He advanced to the quarterfinals with a perfect score of 35 in the Round 3 preliminaries test Tuesday afternoon (the minimum score needed to advance was 13).
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
NHL's Lightning Bolt to Scripps Sports, ViewLift for Local Games
The Tampa Bay Lightning is the latest sports team to offer games to fans through free over-the-air television. The three-time Stanley Cup champions have signed a multiyear local broadcast agreement with Scripps Sports. Except for nationally televised games, all regular season games and the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs will be shown on WXPX-TV (Channel 66), Scripps' Ion Television affiliate station. Advertisement More from On July 1, WXPX will be rebranded as 'The Spot – Tampa 66,' and it will continue to broadcast news and entertainment programs alongside Lightning telecasts. Steve Griggs, the team's CEO and vice chairman, said the challenges faced by RSNs had little to do with their decision. Instead, he said, Tampa Bay wants to prioritize local reach. 'We continue to do our research on our fans about what's important to them,' Griggs said in a phone interview. 'Access was the key to watching our games, and we wanted to create something that had no barriers, that is free and easy for all of our fans to watch across Tampa Bay.' Advertisement Griggs also connected with his two of his counterparts—Florida Panthers CEO Matt Caldwell and Las Vegas Golden Knights CEO Kerry Bubolz—to learn how those teams made the switch to Scripps Sports and local streaming TV. 'We've had conversations over the last year about their ability to expand their audience and what they did with their DTC platform,' he said. 'If you're looking at those three teams, you're talking about the teams that have won the Stanley Cup in the most recent years. We're always trying to do bigger and better things and being able to lean on those two guys was part of our process.' Scripps and the Lightning will also work with ViewLift to launch a direct-to-consumer streaming service that will make Tampa Bay the first NHL franchise to integrate live game streaming into its existing team app. Other teams have created separate platforms for live streaming. With 2.14 million TV households, the Tampa/St. Petersburg media market is the 12th-largest in the U.S., as counted by Nielsen (via Sports Media Watch). The Lightning's footprint extends beyond its immediate metro area across Central and North Florida, with their games also shown in the Orlando (1.84 million TV households) and Jacksonville (799,000 TV households) markets. Advertisement The new local rights deal brings an end to the Lightning's 35-year relationship with FanDuel Sports Network Sun and its various incarnations. Lightning games had been broadcasted on the network since the franchise debuted in 1992, and it remained with FanDuel throughout the bankruptcy saga of Diamond Sports Group, now Main Street Sports Group. Tampa Bay joins the defending Stanley Cup champion Panthers, Golden Knights and Utah Mammoth as NHL teams carried by Scripps' local affiliate stations. The Lightning will also pad ViewLift's roster, which recently added New England Sports Network (NESN). Shifting their broadcasts to Scripps and ViewLift is the latest move as it relates to the business of the Bolts. In October, Jeff Vinik sold the majority share of the franchise to a group of investors led by Blue Owl Capital founders Doug Ostrover and Marc Lipschultz at a valuation of $1.8 billion, which ranks 11th in Sportico's NHL franchise valuations. Ostrover and Lipschultz were set to pay for the 54% stake within a year of the October announcement. Additionally, the Lightning signed a multiyear agreement with stadium management firm Oak View Group last month to take on food and hospitality at Amalie Arena, the team's longtime home. Amalie becomes the first arena primarily for an NHL team to be managed by OVG's hospitality division. Advertisement Best of Sign up for Sportico's Newsletter. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Yahoo
26-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Scripps Eliminates Leader of Emerging Talent Position
Count Chip Mahaney as one more victim of the Scripp's layoff machine. Mahaney was the Scripps' Emerging Talent Leader for the station group. He posted news on social media that his position had been eliminated. 'BREAKING: I've had an amazing 16 year run at Scripps, leading journalism and broadcast/digital content at high levels and helping countless numbers of journalists grow their careers. Unfortunately, my position as Scripps' Emerging Talent Leader has been eliminated,' he wrote. 'While I'm sad to leave Scripps in a few weeks, I'm super proud of the work I've done for the company, especially in helping hundreds of others get ahead. That help remains available, anytime. I'll always help you.' On his LinkedIn, his job description was to 'grow Scripps by mentoring, coaching, recruiting and hiring the next generation of journalists and media professionals.' Mahaney had worked at Scripps since 2008. In that time he worked his way up to news director at WCPO in Cincinnati until moving to Billings, Montana to be the interim ND at KTVQ in 2021.
