Daily Issue

05.31.2022

Featured

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LIV Golf lures Dustin Johnson with lucrative $125M offer

Dustin Johnson reportedly was offered as much as $125M to join Greg Norman's LIV Golf.

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Oklahoma softball getting its moment

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Madden on cover of namesake game

Franchises

Giants brass supports manager Gabe Kapler's protests

RedBird Capital buying Serie A's AC Milan in $1.3B deal

Turnover at Tepper Sports continues with Charlotte FC's surprising firing

Warriors' Joe Lacob uses lessons from Celtics to fuel team's rise

T'Wolves look to future under guidance of new President Tim Connelly

Phillies combat criticism over hotel plan for minor league affiliate

Leagues and Governing Bodies

LIV Golf lures Dustin Johnson with lucrative $125M offer

PGA Tour responds to LIV Golf's first field release

Media

NESN launches streaming app that includes live Red Sox, Bruins games

TNT concluding successful first NHL season with Western Conference Finals

Peter Drury to replace Arlo White as NBC's lead EPL announcer

People & Personalities: NFL announcers locked in for '22 season

Facilities

New $275M plan would upgrade Spectrum Center, add practice facility

Virginia lawmakers delaying vote on Commanders' new stadium

RFK Stadium site negotiations stalled by disagreement between local pols

Colleges

Boston College expected to hire Blake James as new AD

LSU's Brian Kelly wary of NIL bringing college sports closer to pro model

Sankey talks CFP, potential SEC football tournament

College softball popularity grips Oklahoma ahead of WCWS

Marketing and Sponsorship

The Only Choice: John Madden to grace cover of "Madden NFL '23"

NBA heads into Finals after explosive growth in crypto category

Events and Attractions

First NASCAR Cup Series race in St. Louis announces sellout

Argentinians meet with IndyCar officials to discuss potential international race

Finance

SeatGeek, RedBall dissolve effort to take ticketing company public

Betting

Caesars Racebook app going live today in Florida, Ohio, using NYRA platform

Olympics

Sports continue campaigns for spot in LA28 program

People and Pop Culture

Buzzer hires Twitter's Andrew Barge as Chief Business Officer

Executive Transactions

Seeking nominees for the '22 Game Changers honoree class

Names in the News

Technology

Blast Motion Inks Oklahoma Slugger Jocelyn Alo, Along With Teammates Jayda Coleman and Kinzie Hansen, to NIL

Dom Smith’s BaseballGenerations Launches NFTs to Support Youth Baseball Camps

How Eo’s SwimBETTER Wearable Could Prove to Be Game-Changing for the Sport of Swimming

New Social Media Platform OPON Founded by Four British Pro Soccer Players

Spartan Runners Will Track Muscle Fatigue With Strive Apparel Sensors

WIN Reality, the Virtual Baseball and Softball Training Tool, Nets $45 Million in Funding From Spectrum Equity

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Quote of the Day

This has turned into a runaway train that has moved well past a student-athlete and is moving too fast toward a professional contract. I don't think that's what the intention was. So we're going to need some guidelines here before this gets thrown into Congress.
-- LSU football coach Brian Kelly, on how NIL has affected college athletics.

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