- A federal jury in New York City determined on Wednesday that Live Nation operated as an illegal monopoly at both the federal and state levels, bringing a nearly two-month trial to an end and re-igniting a long-lingering question about a Live Nation-Ticketmaster breakup, reports SBJ’s Ethan Joyce.
- Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund is on the verge of cutting its support for LIV Golf, writes SBJ’s Josh Carpenter, as sources tell the Financial Times that an announcement could come as soon as Thursday but add a final decision has not been made about the league’s future.
- Louisville will host USA Gymnastics’ 2028 U.S. Olympic team trials, reports SBJ’s David Broughton, with 15 days of events at the KFC Yum Center and the Kentucky International Convention Center from June 5-19, 2028.
- CBS averaged 14 million viewers Sunday for Rory McIlroy’s win in the Masters, the best viewership total for the final round in 11 years, writes Carpenter. Also: The network is adding “Scorecard,” a post-round show following Saturday and Sunday telecasts.
- The NBA saw its best regular-season viewership since 2018-19, averaging 1.78 million viewers in the first year of media pacts with ESPN/ABC, NBC/Peacock and Prime Video, reports SBJ’s Austin Karp.
- Fubo became an 11th-hour suitor of the 13 NBA teams that have just exited Main Street Sports Group, multiple sources told SBJ’s Tom Friend, with a hybrid direct-to-distributer and direct-to-consumer model that would include rights fees likely in the vicinity of $10 million.
- The Big 12 reorganized some of its senior-level staffers, with CFO Nick Bowes taking on an expanded position as its COO, writes SBJ’s Ben Portnoy.
- Carpenter also notes that Bryan Karns, one of the PGA of America’s top officials, is taking a sponsorship job with GSE Worldwide as VP/golf sponsorship sales.
- Wednesday’s op-ed explores whether the College Sports Commission should become a nonprofit in this semipro era of college athletics.
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