Daily Issue

09.20.2022

Featured

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Buster Posey joining Giants ownership

Giants great Buster Posey will be the first former player to join the organization's ownership team.

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Search underway for De Smith's successor

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Report: Leagues could own RSNs

Media

Sources: Diamond Sports expected to begin talks with leagues over RSNs

Amazon emerges as bidder for college football media rights

WNBA draws best postseason viewership in 15 years despite Finals drop

Clippers working on new TV deal after Bally Sports contract ran out

Cardinals' John Rooney to call Pujols milestone on radio

Audience Analysis: NHRA piggybacks off NFL for record figure

NHL will allow media access in locker rooms during 2022-23 season

Leagues and Governing Bodies

LIV Golf changes rhetoric around wanting to settle with PGA Tour

Draymond Green calls for NBA owners to vote on removing Sarver

NFLPA begins search for new Exec Dir to replace DeMaurice Smith

Data shows decline in girls' high school basketball participation

Pickleball rapidly expands at all levels in U.S. as popularity grows

From ‘Drive to Survive’ to Vegas, Snow says Formula 1 is on a roll

Franchises

Former All-Star Posey joining Giants ownership to stay connected to team

Tigers hope to modernize approach with new Baseball Ops prez Harris

MacKinnon's record contract secures Avalanche's core, but stretches cap

Senators re-introduce Ottawa Senators Foundation

Colleges

Pac-12's Kliavkoff says conference focused on media rights deal

ACC saw opportunity in move to Charlotte, leaving Greensboro 'difficult'

New college football calendar proposal could see season start moved up

SEC's Sankey hoping expanded CFP moves sport from being too regionalized

Marketing and Sponsorship

N.Y. Jets partner with U.K. fashion brand Charles Tyrwhitt

Labor and Agents

Steinberg Sports opens new action sports division, SSE Action

Facilities

Browns, Aramark using new technology for faster service at concessions

Events and Attractions

Canelo-GGG III underperforms in PPV buys

People and Pop Culture

Arrow McLaren President Kiel steps down from IndyCar team

Hendrick Motorsports VP/Marketing Pat Perkins leaving his role

Executive Transactions

Names in the News

Technology

Bleacher Report Partners With Vivid Seats to Sell Tickets Through Bleacher Report’s App, Website, Social Platforms

Ticketing Platform EventsFrame Is Entering Web3 With NFT Tickets as Tech-Savvy Event Attendees Wish for More Exclusive Content

Miami Marlins Find Improved Parking Payment Compliance at loanDepot After Using Genetec for Mobile Payment

Starting at Love: How SwingVision Helped a Tennis Novice Make Improvements Thanks to Immediate Data and Analysis

TenCate Grass Launches Synthetic Turf Recycling Program for Worn-Out Sports Fields

Sports Marketing and Ad-Tech Firm TGI Sports Acquires Virtual Advertising Company Brand Brigade

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Quote of the Day

It seems like every day there’s something new and exciting and someone else that wants to get involved. It’s really hard to even predict three years out.
-- Professional Pickleball Association Founder & Commissioner Connor Pardoe, on the momentum around the game.

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