Big3 Men's Minor League Basketball News

Last Week around the Leagues

OSC Original by Fran Stuchbury

June 25, 2019 - Last week the National Women's Soccer League announced the North Carolina Courage will host the NWSL Championship on October 27th, the United Soccer League Championship awarded a franchise to San Diego and the Big3 tipped off its third season. Highlights from this week are from the Canadian Football League, Major League Soccer, International League, Southern League, Women's National Basketball Association, Big3 and the Premier Lacrosse League. FOOTBALL Canadian Football League Hamilton Tiger-Cats speedster B... Full Story

Weekly Sports League and Franchise Report

OSC Original by Dan Krieger

June 24, 2019 - BASEBALL Arizona League: The pure Rookie-level AzL started its 2019 season this week and has grown from 18 to 21 teams now aligned in a six-team Central, seven-team West and an eight-team East division. AzL teams are operated by Major League Baseball (MLB) organizations and play at the various spring training complexes in the Phoenix area. The increase in teams was due to MLB's Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Dodgers and Oakland Athletics adding second teams in the league for 2019. These teams are now called the Brewer... Full Story

State Farm and BIG3 Announce Sponsorship for 2019 Season

June 14, 2019 - (LOS ANGELES, CA) - BIG3 announced today that State Farm has signed a major sponsorship deal to become the exclusive official insurer of the professional 3-on-3 basketball league founded by producer, actor and music legend Ice Cube and entertainment executive Jeff Kwatinetz. The sponsorship includes State Farm branding throughout BIG3 arenas in all 18 cities the league visits this summer, including on basket stanchion pads, center court jumbotrons, and courtside LED signage. The insurer will also present BIG3 games played at... Full Story

OSC Weekly Ratings Wrapup

OSC Original by David Carlson

June 12, 2019 - Major League Rugby Championship on CBS Sunday Major League Rugby will have its first telecast on CBS this Sunday with its championship game between Seattle and San Diego. Most telecasts have been on CBS Sports Network which isn't rated, so a high rating is not likely expected. Expectations would be in the ballpark of the Premier Lacrosse League and WNBA ratings recently on ABC and NBC. If MLR were to top 600k viewers, that would have to be seen as a major victory for the league, and maybe an indication that some ... Full Story