Weekly Issue

Marketing and Sponsorship

Deal with Pac-12 a first for Adidas

Melt acquires Ninja Multimedia firm

Nike commits $6.2B to sports deals

Media

Bounce TV ready for championship event

ESPN bids French Open adieu after 13 years

As others leave ESPN, Schaap signs on to stay

NBC’s Premier League goal: Refining coverage

Coplin becomes sports TV’s man in Moscow

Leagues and Governing Bodies

Garber briefs owners on league’s progress

Stays in Vegas: NASCAR signs deal to keep end-of-season activities in Las Vegas though ‘16

Leiweke’s hire seen as boon for Goodell

UFC, Pistons develop their own cross-training

Facilities

Browns sell out ticket inventory for new event-level club

Rise of the drones

Close encounters: Front-line tales of stadium drone incursions

Next frontier: Drone operators eyeing arenas

Changes in premium mark remaking of Nassau arena

Spectra Ticketing clients will list on SeatGeek

In Depth

Rio's economy is a work in progress

Rio presents serious logistical challenges

Labor and Agents

Recalling a bad year, and a good one, for MLB

NBPA expects February vote on revised agent regulations

NFLPA president: Agents will get say before rules are changed

Events and Attractions

PGA Championship projects attendance surge

Olympics

Can USOC get over Boston?

Opinion

Cartoon: Flame out

A fascinating first half of 2015, more to come

People and Pop Culture

People: Executive transactions

Plugged In: Corrine Vitolo, CEO, SmartSports

Spotlight: Colby Connell, U.S. Equestrian Federation

The Sit-Down: Ivan Khodabakhsh, Ladies European Tour

Research and Ratings

MLS Turnstile Tracker

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Quote of the Day
Women’s sports can only catch up if there’s sophisticated, critical coverage. Fans have to care about more than the game being a good experience. They actually have to care about the sports part of it, which is about winning and losing.
-- iHeartMedia's Sarah Spain, on how the difference in coverage between men's and women's sports can impact popularity.
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