Specifically, broadcasters wanted the commercial breaks that had been built increasingly into football, baseball, hockey and basketball matches in the U.S. over 40 years of televising American pro sports.

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According to The New York Times, Fox Sports 1 plans to carry NASCAR races, MLB games, college basketball and football games, soccer matches, and UFC fights.

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Uncertainty about participation and funding difficulties meant the Cypriot men's basketball team had no warm-up matches, which they would normally schedule ahead of the games, said head coach Panayiotis Yiannaras.

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Fans of college basketball who've grown weary of the wrestling matches that take place in Division I hoops these days ought to make their way to small-college games.

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