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CBS delivers on Masters, UFC and ESPN
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CBS had a perfect situation with the Masters. The UFC-ESPN negotiating window ends without a deal. Is streaming finally going to take over cable? Awful Announcing's Ben Axelrod, Brendon Kleen, and Drew Lerner discuss these topics and more, including how the Trump administration is handling RSN's, on the latest episode of The Play-By-Play.
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-:45: A perfect Masters
-23:57: ESPN’s exclusive negotiating window with UFC ends with no deal
-45:46: It’s the end of TV as we know it?
-1:00:43: WrestleMania 41 underwhelming
-1:03:28: Who in sports media can fill an arena?
-1:08:49: RSN’s
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