Major League Baseball has announced that a minor league veteran umpire will become the first female umpire ever to work a regular-season Major League game.
Why it matters: When Jen Pawol walks on the field during this weekend's Marlins-Braves series in Atlanta, she'll be breaking another barrier in a league that helped break the color line with Jackie Robinson nearly 80 years ago.
The National Football League has agreed to sell the NFL Network and certain other media assets, including linear rights to the RedZone channel, to Disney-owned ESPN, in exchange for a 10% equity stake.
Why it matters: Media ethics professors will have a field day with this one.
Disney announced Tuesday that ESPN will acquire the National Football League's NFL Network, and would get broad rights to its other media platforms such as RedZone, in exchange for a 10% equity stake in the sports network.
Why it matters: The landmark deal brings the country's biggest sports league even closer to the preeminent sports network as streaming upends live TV.
