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League of Legends World Championship, the Overwatch World Cup, and Serral's incredible victory at Blizzcon. Featuring Unikrn CEO Rahul Sood, Aziz "Hax$" Al-Yami, and Kelsey Moser.

Amazon's Bid for Regional Sports Networks is Plan to Boost Prime Members
Amazon is reportedly looking to expand its foothold in live programming, with an eye on the 22 regional sports networks that Disney must spin off as part of its acquisition of 21st Century Fox. For Amazon, it would be the extension of a grand strategy that has been both simple and consistent: drive more Prime subscriptions.

High School Esports Platform PlayVS Gets $30M Series B Funding Led by Los Angeles Dodgers
PlayVS, a start-up created to build an infrastructure for high school esports, has announced a new Series B funding round of $30.5 million, led by Elysian Park Ventures, a firm that operates on behalf of the Los Angeles Dodgers ownership group. The new funding will also bring in new investments from Adidas, Samsung NEXT, and Plexo Capital, and angel investors include Sean “Diddy” Combs.

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From Lazy Summer to Major League Gaming: Mike Sepso on Founding the Esports Giant
Mike Sepso is a gilded name in esports. His latest win? The senior VP of Activision Blizzard was recently appointed a strategic partner of Overwatch team league New York Excelsior. And he also happens to be the leader of Major League Gaming, which he founded with partner Sundance DiGiovanni in 2002. But before he assumed his throne, Sepso conceived MLG during a single lazy summer when he and his partner were basking in the glory of their previous company, Gotham Broadband.

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Bookmaker PointsBet Goes All In on NFL Great Darrelle Revis
Super Bowl Champion Darrell Revis is now the face of online bookmaker PointsBet's digital sportsbook, launching later this month. Revis and PointsBet CEO Johnny Aitken told Cheddar how they're trying to educate consumers about legal sports betting.

Golden State Warriors Turn to Real Estate for Revenue Beyond the Hardwood
The Golden State Warriors' star-studded lineup and three championship rings over the last four seasons have been a major revenue driver for the team's business, but the next phase of growth will rely on local real estate, said the team's chief financial officer Jennifer Cabalquinto.
