Play by Play: EA's (NASDAQ: $EA) Madden NFL 20 Has Record Launch Week and Nautilus (NYSE: $NLS) Announces Bowflex SelectTech Adjustable Kettlebell

Point Roberts, WA and Delta, BC - August 15, 2019 (Investorideas.com Newswire) Investorideas.com, a leader in investor news and research issues today's edition of Play by Play covering what's new in sports headlines and recent news from publicly traded companies in the sector.

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Electronic Arts Inc. (NasdaqGS:EA) announced that its EA SPORTS Madden NFL 20 had "the highest final week of pre-orders in franchise history" and is "the biggest ever digital launch in its first week of sales." An excerpt from the press release reads:

The superstars of the Madden NFL community have also been shining during launch, creating nearly 2,000 videos which have been viewed over 63 million times. This year's features are striking a chord with Madden NFL players, with the highest positive sentiment ever measured on social channels for the franchise.

Nautilus, Inc. (NYSE:NLS) has improved its Bowflex SelectTech line of strength products with the new 840 adjustable kettlebell. Chris Quatrochi, Senior Vice President, Innovation at Nautilus, Inc, explained:

"Our new adjustable kettlebell takes an extremely popular and effective strength training product, and makes it even better with an adjustable weight setting and tailored design. As with our other SelectTech products, our new 840 kettlebell is perfect for all fitness levels because it adjusts with you as you get stronger, eliminating the need to purchase and store multiple weights."

Federer and Djokovic Play Matches in Cincinnati, Halep Overcomes Injury to Advance While Williams Drops Out, Iowa Becomes 11th State to Allow Sports Betting and Tokyo Shortens Triathlon Event in Response to Extreme Summer Heat

The Cincinnati Masters, or Western & Southern Open as it's currently called, is heating up. Today will see Wimbledon finalists Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer square off against Spain's Pablo Carreño Busta and Russian Andrey Rublev, respectively. Wimbledon 2019's Women's Singles champion Simona Halep faces off against American player Madison Keys today after defeating Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova yesterday 3-6, 7-5, 6-4. Halep was recently forced to drop out of the Rogers Cup in Toronto due to an injury to her foot, but has since recovered. Halep's Wimbledon co-finalist, Serena Williams, did in fact have to miss the Cincinnati Masters due to a back injury.

The Associated Press reports that Iowa is becoming the 11th U.S. state to legalize sports betting. So far, 6 of Iowa's 19 state-regulated casinos are ready to sign up players and take on bets. According to the article, "Casinos in Altoona, Bettendorf, Osceola and Waterloo will offer betting on-site and through a mobile app" and "Casinos in Burlington and Council Bluffs will offer on-site betting only for now until their mobile systems are set up". Legal betting begins at noon local time today.

The AP also reports that an Olympic women's triathlon qualifying event in Tokyo has been shortened due to high summer temperatures. The running portion of the triathlon was reduced from 10 kilometers to 5 kilometers by the International Triathlon Union (ITU). The ITU said:

"There was full consensus on all parties for the decision of the ITU medical delegate and ITU technical delegates to shorten the run distance to 5km, considering the athletes' health."

By Samuel Mowers at Investorideas.com

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