In horse racing, Mike Repole aims to disrupt and win
Mike Repole’s first sports property purchase was a thoroughbred racehorse in 2002, a business that became Repole Stable the following year. Over the ensuing 23 years, it became one of the largest stables in the country, with more than 300 horses. Repole won his first Triple Crown race when Mo Donega...
A ‘Crazy Cowboy’: UFL owners hope a bit of swagger from Mike Repole is the answer to unlocking spring football
In February, uber-entrepreneur Mike Repole took to social media to address complaints from Birmingham Stallions fans about their team’s new uniforms.
With Mike Repole’s money, input, a red storm is brewing in Queens
It’s a bit inelegant to compare a 156-year-old Catholic university with a startup football league, but Mike Repole’s relationship with the UFL is not entirely unlike his relationship with St. John’s University, his alma mater in New York City.
SBJ Football: Packers’ plan to keep up with deep-pocketed teams
The March 12, 2026, SBJ Football newsletter reports on Packers CEO Ed Policy's plans to keep the NFL's only nonprofit financially competitive with billionaire-owned teams, the estate planning behind the Tisch ownership moves for the Giants, and the NFLPA closing in on an executive director.
NFLPA director vote imminent
The NFL Players Association could elect a new executive director within days, a necessary but preliminary step toward possible talks with the NFL on a longer regular season.
Nonprofit Packers see threat coming in NFL boom times
As another offseason of eye-popping player contracts and franchise valuations continues, the chief executive of one of the NFL’s flagship franchises fears being left behind. In an interview, Green Bay Packers President and CEO Ed Policy says the new surge of wealth coming into the league threatens t...
Ashton Jeanty, DeVonta Smith, Bud Crawford among new additions to Fanatics Flag event
Raiders RB Ashton Jeanty, Eagles WR DeVonta Smith and Saints RB Alvin Kamara are among the biggest new names confirmed to participate in the Fanatics Flag Football Classic, recently relocated from Saudi Arabia to BMO Stadium in L.A. due to the ongoing war in the Middle East.
Appeals court poses skeptical questions to NFL in ‘Sunday Ticket’ case
A three-judge appeals panel expressed skepticism toward the NFL’s arguments in the high-stakes “NFL Sunday Ticket” antitrust lawsuit on Monday, but one law professor who watched the hearings thinks the league is poised to avoid its worst-case scenario.
SBJ Football: DAZN’s role in the NFL’s international growth
The March 5, 2026, edition of the SBJ Football newsletter features reporting on DAZN's NFL Game Pass growing 40 percent in Spain, Brazil and Mexico last year and retired Giants/Cardinals lineman Justin Pugh's role as commissioner of the restructured Italian Football League.
Former NFL lineman turns heads toward Italian football (yes, football)
Last week’s headline that former Giants and Cardinals OL Justin Pugh is now the commissioner of the Italian Football League seemed like novelty news, but it’s another sign of how the NFL’s international push is generating meaningful knock-on investment activity far away from 345 Park Ave.