- This week’s SBJ Sports Media Podcast features host Austin Karp talking with Elle Duncan to discuss her move to Netflix. He also interviews Sportradar’s Brian Josephs to dig into the data and analytics that his company is bringing to sports TV telecasts.
- The USGA enlisted Derek Jeter, one of the most notable voices in New York sports, to headline its U.S. Open campaign for this year’s tournament at Shinnecock Hills on Long Island, reports SBJ’s Josh Carpenter.
- Carpenter also notes that PIF Gov. Yasir Al-Rumayyan said the sovereign wealth fund remains stable and committed to its investments even amid the current instability in the Middle East from the fighting between the U.S. and Israel and Iran.
- With U.S.-based investors backing acquisition of two Indian Premier League franchises, SBJ’s Chris Smith examines why Americans are pouring money into this cricket league.
- Smith also notes that Synergy Sports Capital, the newly launched private equity firm from former football players Terrence Murphy and Reggie Bush, invested in League One Volleyball (LOVB) and acquired the operating rights to the league’s team in Salt Lake City.
- Kings League, the 7-on-7 soccer series that former Spanish star Gerard Piqué launched in 2023, is entering an All-Star team in this year’s edition of The Soccer Tournament, which is set to be held in Cary, N.C., from May 27 through June 1, notes SBJ’s Alex Silverman.
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