Weekly Issue

08.26.2024
Featured

Franchises

The Soccer Don

Don Garber has led MLS for 25 years now, guiding the league and sport to unimagined heights.

Colleges

2024 Season Preview: The Butterfly Effect

Facilities

PNC Arena's $300M update aims to meet unique needs of college hoops and NHL

State of Play

State of Play

Forum

Madkour: Don Garber led despite the initial noise on his hiring

Upfront

USTA targeting 1 million U.S. Open fans through enhanced experiences

East Lake restoration helps add ‘wow’ factor to Tour Championship hospitality

SBJ announces the New Voices Under 30 Class of 2024

BetMGM’s rebuilt app will offer better parlays, fan experience

Technology guiding PBR’s Austin Gamblers for help on rider lineups

Insiders

Marketing and Sponsorship: Behind Athletic Brewing, Heineken 0.0 and others, non-alcoholic beers are earning more sports share

Portfolio

PNC Arena's $300 million update will dial in and repurpose venue space to meet 2024 needs of Wolfpack, Hurricanes

MLB teams go deeper with fans, from batting practice to high-end meet-and-greets

ESPN baseball package aimed at the most avid fans

MLS Commissioner Don Garber celebrates 25 years of transformational leadership

Don Garber still hearing about long-running Columbus Crew saga from fans

Don Garber's 25 Years at MLS: Timeline

Fellow sports commissioners offer thoughts on MLS's Don Garber and his major milestone

Looking back at the 25 biggest moments of Don Garber's tenure as MLS commissioner

The Beckham Effect: A creative solution gave MLS some spice

Don Garber spent more than a decade at the NFL, where he proved to have the makings of a future commissioner

MLS financial growth, player spending see big growth under Garber's leadership

Stadium boom during Don Garber era helps build MLS’s image

How MLS got to 30 teams during Commissioner Don Garber's 25 years

Big Apple deal gets to core of Garber’s success at MLS

In Depth

College Football Preview: The Butterfly Effect

College Football Preview: Realignment Madness

Realignment: The Money Effect

Opinion
People and Pop Culture

Faces and Places

Faces and Places — Paris Olympics

Closing Shot

Closing Shot: Going To Bat For Bhutan

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Sports were fine for 150 years before we had technology. ... So now we've added this VAR, Video Assisted Referee, which again, I wouldn't mind, what I mind is when we get it wrong. ... I could live with human error, I can't live with human error when the technology is wrong.
-- Peak6 Investments co-founder Matt Hulsizer, on his frustration with the Premier League's VAR technology getting calls wrong.
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