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08.08.2022

Featured

Facilities

Cincinnati's New Stripes

The Bengals have signed a naming rights deal, as Paul Brown Stadium will be known as Paycor Stadium.

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ESPN officially out of Big Ten talks

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Serena Williams set to retire soon

Facilities

Bengals secure stadium naming rights deal with Cincinnati-based Paycor

Length of Bengals' stadium naming-rights deal gives team stability in Cincinnati

Texans slash concession prices for popular items at NRG Stadium

Galaxy's pursuit of Orange County venue taken off local agenda, for now

Media

ESPN out of Big Ten media rights talks; CBS, NBC set to join Fox

Big Ten moving on from ESPN could fuel battle between net, Fox

NESN's Eckersley praised for on-air humility, honesty following retirement announcement

Hulu's new Lakers documentary serves as 'counterbalance' to 'Winning Time'

Leagues and Governing Bodies

Serena Williams reveals plans to retire from tennis; will play U.S. Open

Nneka Ogwumike calls out WNBA's continued travel issues

Former PGA Tour commish Beman: LIV Golf not good for the game

Journeyman player says LIV Golf pushing PGA Tour to evolve

Franchises

Walton-led ownership group expected to be unanimously approved by NFL owners

Sue Bird's farewell tour means big business for road opponents

Franchise Notes

Marketing and Sponsorship

Tony Stewart, Leah Pruett enter NFT space via Orange Comet partnership

Dapper Labs strikes full-season NFT deal with Rams around Super Bowl win

Colleges

Big Ten commish Kevin Warren open to discussing unionization, athletes' rights

College volleyball looking to break into mainstream sports media

SMU collectives making school a leader in NIL deals

Events and Attractions

Cloud hangs over World Junior Hockey Championship following Hockey Canada scandal

Technology

Big3 Using Noah Basketball Shooting Analytics System for Performance Feedback

Blast Motion Adds Pro Softball’s Amanda Lorenz, Aliyah Andrews and Nicole Bates as Brand Ambassadors

Study shows how fans want venues to prioritize digitation

Liga Portugal to Deploy Fraud Detection of Fake Online Merchandise in New Partnership With LaLiga Tech

New study shows how fans want sports venues to prioritize digitization

Ordr Integrates With SpotOn, Allowing Venue Concessions to Process Mobile Orders From Existing Point-of-Sale System

Overtime Raises $100 Million in Series D Funding Led by Liberty Media Corporation

Prevent Biometrics Measures Real-Time Head Impact Data With Smart Mouthguards to Help Coaches and Athletes

Finance

Overtime raises $100M in series D funding round

Esports

SBJ Spotlight: Call of Duty Championship Weekend in review

People and Pop Culture

Executive Transactions

Names in the News

Art Rooney II to headline SBJ All In conference

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Quote of the Day

She’s taken tennis off the sports pages into pop culture. She bridges people of all generations and a diversity of backgrounds. She’s become a great spokesperson, a philanthropist, she’s matured before our eyes.
-- ESPN's Pam Shriver, on Serena Williams announcing plans to soon retire.

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