Daily Issue

05.07.2021

Featured

Leagues

Battle Brewing?

Ja'Wuan James' injury away from the Broncos facility is the center of a conflict between the NFL and NFLPA.

Media

ESPN eyeing Gretzky for possible TV role

No Section

Preakness finds stable footing

Marketing and Sponsorship

Many NCAA official sponsors see fans' brand recognition on the decline

Nike launches campaign showing star athletes trying different sports

Media

Sources: ESPN looking to lure Wayne Gretzky for broadcasting gig

Over 90% of PGA Tour-LPGA joint TV rights fees going to men's side

TNT could have new NBA broadcast team in booth next season

Sources: NBCUniversal exploring streaming, or selling off, RSNs

Sources: The Athletic could target NYT for merger, with Axios deal nixed

NESN broadcast team returns to booth in Fenway Park for first time in over a year

People & Personalities: Ahmad Rashad links with Knicks for digital content work

Leagues and Governing Bodies

Broncos' injured OT becomes focal point of NFL-Union bout over OTAs

NFL to allow teams short head-start on schedule release next week

MLB says 83% of Tier 1 personnel partially or fully vaccinated

Franchises

Direction, pace of Rangers' rebuild motivated Dolan to dismiss top execs

Bills GM would cut non-vaccinated player if it meant return to normalcy

Twins allowed full capacity at Target Field, will slowly ramp up to it

Betting

Ruling allows Illinois bettors to wager on Tokyo Games

Finance

Genius Sports continues recent roll with $200M deal for Second Spectrum

Colleges

Georgia becomes fifth state with NIL law set for July 1

Northwestern president defends Mike Polisky hire amid criticism

Univ. of Hartford moving from D-I to D-III

Pac-12 commissioner search ongoing at crucial time for inclusion in CFP

Events and Attractions

Preakness' future in Baltimore more stable with redevelopment plan

People and Pop Culture

ESPN promotes pair of production execs into Senior VP roles

Executive Transactions

Names in the News

Technology

Arizona Diamondbacks Partner With Caesars to Open Sportsbook Outside Chase Field

Genius Sports Buys Second Spectrum for $200 Million

Mobile Streaming App Buzzer Signs NBA League Pass Deal

NBC to Livestream Olympic Programming on Twitch

The SAP Coaching Insights App Is Changing Hockey: ‘This Is What You Can’t See With Video’

Olympians to Receive Vaccines From Pfizer, BioNTech Ahead of Tokyo Games

Oracle to Introduce New Premier League Analytics for Fans

Mayhem at Old Trafford—and in Miami

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Quote of the Day

Everybody has to be together as a team, because everyone makes a contribution. Our organization doesn’t have that.
-- Rangers Owner James Dolan, on why he made the overhaul at the top of the team's front office.

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