PWHL averages 13,733 fans on Takeover Tour
The PWHL averaged 13,733 fans per game during its nine-stop Takeover Tour, which drew a combined attendance of 123,601 from January through March. All six teams participated in the neutral-site series that included stops in Seattle, Vancouver, Denver, Quebec City, Edmonton, Buffalo, Raleigh, Detroit...
MLS waiting on schedule overhaul until at least ‘27
MLS owners did not vote on a proposed alignment of the league’s schedule with the international soccer calendar at today’s board of governors meeting in Chicago. Instead, the league said the earliest such a change would happen is now the 2027 season, meaning the schedule shift won’t take place immed...
Denver NWSL team taps Bay FC’s Jen Millet as president
The incoming NWSL expansion team based in Denver has hired Bay FC COO JEN MILLET as its president and first employee. Millet, who went to Cherry Creek High School near Denver before attending the Univ. of Colorado Boulder, brings recent experience launching an NWSL franchise, having led Bay FC’s bus...
Blues hope return of Frozen Four ushers in more hockey events
The Blues’ yearslong effort to brand St. Louis as the “heartland of hockey” will reach a major milestone this week as Enterprise Center hosts the NCAA’s Frozen Four men’s hockey championships for the first time since 2007. Tonight’s semifinals feature Denver against Western Michigan and Boston Univ....
MLS owners could vote on schedule change today
MLS and its clubs will have more clarity after a pivotal Board of Governors meeting in Chicago today on whether and when a proposed schedule shift will be implemented. Team owners and executives will discuss the hotly debated plan that would see the league align its calendar with global soccer by ad...
LAFC names Stacy Johns Chief Business Officer
LAFC has promoted COO Stacy Johns to Chief Business Officer as part of a restructuring of the club’s executive leadership team. She will take over day-to-day responsibility for both LAFC and BMO Stadium, which is also home to NWSL club Angel City FC.
Tepper lobbies for Women’s World Cup in Charlotte
Panthers and Charlotte FC owner David Tepper publicly lobbied for FIFA to make Charlotte a host city for the 2031 Women’s World Cup during a 2025 Club World Cup promotional event on Tuesday at Bank of America Stadium. The U.S. is expected to be the primary host of the 2031 women’s tournament, as U.S...
Ovechkin sets Fanatics NHL merchandise sales record
Capitals LW Alex Ovechkin on Sunday set the record for the most merchandise sales revenue by an NHL player in a single day via Fanatics’ network of e-commerce sites, which includes NHLShop.com and the Capitals’ online store. The sales surge followed Ovechkin’s record-setting 895th goal against the I...
Mexican legal dispute keeps Univision from airing high-profile Liga MX match
TelevisaUnivision was unable to air Saturday night’s Liga MX match between first-place Club América and C.F. Pachuca in the U.S. after the network found itself caught in the middle of a dispute between Pachuca and the club’s former Mexican broadcast partner, Grupo Lauman. Univision holds the rights ...
NHL to players: Protect your neck
Tom Fitzgerald, New Jersey Devils president of hockey operations and general manager, choked up during March’s GM meetings as he recounted the anguish he and his wife, Kerry, experienced last December.