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missharvey wins Canada’s Smartest Person TV show

Stephanie "missharvey" Harvey has been named Canada’s Smartest Person after winning a TV show competition testing contestants smarts.  missharvey made it to the final of the competition after winning week one of the show. In the final she faced off against a mechanic, a national rugby player, a hockey commissioner …

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Cloud9 reveals 2017 LCS roster

Cloud9 has announced its roster for the upcoming North American LCS season.  Most of the roster is the same as last split, with Jung "Impact" Eon-yeong, Nicolaj "Jensen" Jensen, Zachary "Sneaky" Scuderi and Andy "Smoothie" Ta all returning. The latter three players have all signed new three year contracts, with …

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Virtus Pro re-signs CS:GO team for another three years

Virtus Pro has re-signed its legendary CS:GO team to some of the longest contracts ever seen in eSports.  Wiktor “TaZ” Wojtas, Filip “NEO” Kubski, and Jaroslaw “pasha” Jarzabkowski, Janusz “snax” Pogorzelski and Pawel “byali” Bielinski have all signed new contracts that will see them stay with VP until 2020. The …

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Dignitas CS:GO team departs organisation

The team Dignitas CS:GO team has left the organisation, despite having one of the best few months in the team’s history.  The announcement stated that both parties mutually agreed to not renew contracts, meaning that once the contracts expire, presumably at the end of the year, the team of Rene …

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Counter Logic Gaming sign Overwatch team

Counter Logic Gaming has signed an Overwatch team, presumably in preparation for the upcoming Overwatch League from Blizzard.  The new CLG team was formerly known as The 1 Percent, and features Joao Pedro "Hydration" Goes Telles, Adam "waffletastic" Syndor, Bryan "iShiny" McCarthy, Nathan "Miso" Lui, Michael "The" Kuhns, and Daniel …

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$100,000 Smash 4 championship series announced

2GGaming and eSports Arena have announced a new Smash Bros Wii U (4) circuit for 2017 with a massive $100,000 prize pool.  Exact details are a little thin on the ground after a brief announcement over the weekend, but it seems that there will be twelve events over the course …

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Terry Crews might be about to appear in Overwatch

Actor Terry Crews may be in line to voice the next Overwatch character after a fan campaign and a trip to Blizzard headquarters.  After much digging around in the game and its lore fans seem to have concluded that the next Overwatch hero will be called Doomfist. One image in …

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MLBAM to to stream and monetize League of Legends eSports in $300 million deal

Major League Baseball Advanced Media’s BAMTech division has acquired the streaming rights for League of Legends.  The deal will cost MLBAM at least $50 million a year, with the initial deal being secured until 2023. Officially the deal is for the monetisation and commercialisation of League of Legends eSports, although …

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The weekend wrap up: 19/12/16

Here at eSports Pro we hate event spoilers, but also know that no one has the time to watch every major tournament every weekend. That’s why we are starting up the weekend wrap up, a short post every Monday that lists all of the winners from the previous weekend. This …

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