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Facebook’s (NASDAQ: FB) Instagram is the No. 1 photo and video-sharing app in the world. With over 120 million monthly active users in the U.S. alone, Instagram’s free-to-use model gives advertisers ample opportunity to reach their target audiences. It's not surprising that...

Producers of The Game Awards on Thursday will lead into that event with a new offering called The Game Festival, an opportunity for gamers to try out new games. The producer of the event said in a blog post on Medium that the 48-hour event, which begins streaming Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern Time,...

Article by Natan Ponieman & Javier Hasse, originally published on The Fresh Toast, provided exclusively to Benzinga Cannabis. Barber entered the cannabis business because he trusts the plant’s potential in relieving the physical consequences that playing a professional sport can...

By The Fresh Toast's Brendan Bures, provided exclusively to Benzinga Cannabis. As an effort to crack down on opioids, minor league players will no longer receive marijuana drug testing. Professional baseball players will no longer receiving marijuana drug testing at any level, effectively...

Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) rolled out its new "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare" battle pass, along with other new Season One content, a move KeyBanc says makes sense given that the battle pass is becoming the standard gamers are used to. Why The Battle Pass? The battle pass...

Super Bowl Sunday is the No. 1 avocado consumption day of the year, according to the Dallas-based trade group Avocados from Mexico (AFM).  Football fans consume an astounding 105 million pounds of pounds of avocados — mostly in the form of guacamole — during the big game, AFM said. As Super Bowl...

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (NYSE: BABA) co-founder Joe Tsai is buying a minority stake in German-based esports franchise G2 Esports. Tsai, who also owns the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets and the Barclays Center, will invest $10 million in the team, according to a Tuesday report by Bloomberg. G2...

Oakland University in Michigan recently announced it will launch a varsity esports program next fall, investing $100,000 into the program, which will offer partial scholarships to student gamers. The team will play “Super Smash Bros.,” “Rocket League” and “League of...

Major League Baseball is working on a new drug agreement with the players’ union that would introduce several changes to athlete drug testing, according to CBS Sports.  The new agreement could remove marijuana from the league’s list of banned substances for minor–league...

The president of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, on Monday protested the World Anti-Doping Agency’s decision to ban Russian athletes from competing in the Olympics and other major sporting events under the country’s flag. What Happened WADA’s executive committee earlier on...

Hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen, CEO of Point72 Asset Management, is in talks to boost his ownership in the New York Mets baseball team to a majority stake, perhaps bringing more of a Wall Street vibe to the team out in Queens. If the deal is completed and Cohen becomes the main owner in five...

Calisthenics is a form of exercise consisting of a variety of movements that exercises large muscle groups, such as running, standing, grasping, pushing, etc. These exercises are often performed rhythmically and with minimal equipment, as bodyweight exercises. At Imperium Group, our founder and CEO...

PGA Tour Champions player Scott McCarron has been playing remarkable golf over the past two years. After finishing second on the money list in 2018, McCarron capped off the 2019 season with a Charles Schwab Cup victory in dramatic fashion on Nov. 10 and topped the money list. What was the...

Despite concerns from some in the West about the kingdom's human rights record, Riot Games on Thursday opened a "League of Legends" tournament in Saudi Arabia, starting an effort to expand the reach of esports with its first tournament in the Middle East and North Africa region. What...

The family that owns baseball's New York Mets are in talks to sell up to 80% of the team to minority owner and hedge fund manager Steve Cohen in a transaction that would value the team at a baseball-record $2.6 billion. Bloomberg reported the team's main owner, Fred Wilpon, would stay in...