- The NBA and EuroLeague ramped up discussions Tuesday about a potential NBA Europe collaboration, with sources telling SBJ’s Tom Friend that the NBA reiterated its blueprint of how EuroLeague franchises can join the prospective start-up.
- Friend also writes that Bay FC CEO Stacy Johns is now the president of the Sparks as owner Mark Walter seeks synergy between the WNBA team, the Lakers and Dodgers. Bay FC promoted Bernard Gutmann to team president in the wake of Johns’ departure.
- Donna Brothers, the former champion jockey who joined NBC Sports in 2000 to work as the track reporter for coverage of the Triple Crown races and Breeders’ Cup World Championships, announced this week that Saturday’s Kentucky Derby will be her last on horseback for NBC, writes SBJ’s Richard Deitsch.
- USA Volleyball named Bari Greenfield as its new COO, bringing in the former MLS and N.Y. Road Runners exec as it looks to build on the sport’s momentum ahead of the L.A. 2028 Olympics, reports SBJ’s Mary Gaughan.
- TGR Haas F1 Team does have a powerful new rival on its hands, team principal Ayao Komatsu admitted, but he sees clear differences between his organization and Cadillac and thinks Haas still has a good story to tell, writes SBJ’s Adam Stern.
- US Squash signed Hightower as its official wealth management sponsor, giving the national governing body a multiyear deal ahead of the sport’s inclusion in LA2028, notes Axon.
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