Closing Bell

Tuesday 4:00pm ET....Latest News....Safety Squeeze

  • MLB's Manfred Does Not Want Be "Reactive" On Fan Safety Issue
  • Rob Manfred Intends To Sit With Pete Rose To Discuss Reinstatement
  • Islanders, Barclays Center Reach Deal With Daily Fantasy Operator
  • USTA Raises U.S. Open Prize Purse 10.5% To Record $42.3M

The Starting Five....

The most-read stories today on SportsBusinessDaily.com:

1)  New Home Run Derby Format Widely Praised, With Brackets, Clock A "Rousing Success"

2) FanDuel Closes On $275M In VC Financing; Fox Sports Expected To Invest In DraftKings

3) WME-IMG's Emanuel Knocks CAA's Relevance, Details Shifting Focus To Property Ownership

4) Harris Poll: Yanks, Red Sox Still Favorite MLB Teams, While Royals, Giants See Decline

5) Silver Admits Current Moratorium Period "Imperfect," But No Change On The Horizon

Headliners....

Here are tonight’s headline guests on the following talk shows:

“Tonight Show” LeBron James
“Jimmy Kimmel Live” Liev Schrieber (r)
“Late Late Show” Jim Gaffigan
“Late Night”  Ben Kingsley
“Conan” Emma Stone
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We are enjoying a lot of momentum, and I think it’s due to the fact that we listen to our fans. We’ve made some changes in the game that I think were really important, and we’ve been blessed with a great influx of young talent and a lot of it showed up and played in the World Series.
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, on the league seeing growth as the 2025 World Series was awarded at the 2026 Sports Business Awards.
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