With three years to go until the opening of the Olympics, LA28 organizers on Monday released the competition schedule for the Games.

Uber has signed on to sponsor LA28 and Team USA, adding to the influx of partners announced this year. The deal makes Uber the official rideshare and on-demand delivery partner of the Games. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

SBJ Women’s Sports: Meridia runs its own race

With beach days, flights and road trips ahead for (hopefully) many of us, I’m convening our unofficial women’s sports book club.

For a look at the decades-long path to overnight success, check out Jane McManus’s new book, The Fast Track: Inside the Surging Business of Women’s Sports.

In a crowded landscape of pro running teams, Meridia, a new women-led team -- launched last month -- is aiming to stand out. With a different structure than the shoe company-led teams that dominate the upper echelons of track and field, Meridia hopes to chart a new course in the sport.

Our 15th annual Games Changers class came out last week, with lots of recognition for execs operating in and around women’s sports:

When it comes to social media engagement, women’s sports dominated May and June, per data from Blinkfire. Among the Top 10, there are eight WNBA teams, one MLS team and one NHL team.

USA Surfing has secured a multi-million dollar investment that it hopes can be a boost in its recertification efforts and stave off an effort by U.S. Ski and Snowboard to take over its top teams.

Many times in their careers, U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee CEO Sarah Hirshland and NWSL Commissioner Jessica Berman have found themselves as the only women in the room.