Events and Attractions

The first-ever WNBA game played in South Dakota is “coming to Sioux Falls next month” as the Mercury and Sky will face off at the Sanford Pentagon on April 25 in a preseason game at 3pm CT. Tickets go on sale on March 25. The Mercury will also “host a youth basketball clinic at the Sanford Pentagon ...

The NHL and NHLPA, together with Live Nation, today announced the 2026 NHL Global Series Finland, a pair of regular-season games matching the Hurricanes and Kraken at Veikkaus Arena in Helsinki, Finland, November 12 and November 14. These games expand the league’s slate of 2026-27 regular-season gam...

Taylor Twellman, lead MLS analyst for Apple TV, sat down with SBJ soccer reporter Alex Silverman for a conversation about whether the 2026 World Cup will usher in a new era of growth for MLS. The one-time MLS MVP also shares his thoughts on the league’s upcoming shift to a European calendar and the ...

MGM Resorts International has signed Dana White’s Power Slap to a new residency deal to host all of its events in Las Vegas, growing a relationship with White that also includes UFC and may eventually involve Zuffa Boxing.

Ontario’s plan to crack down on what Ontario Premier Doug Ford calls resale “rip-offs” on sports and concert tickets by capping prices at face value is “raising questions about unintended consequences,” according to Rob Ferguson of the TORONTO STAR. The move is being “applauded” by Live Nation Enter...

LIV Golf’s template for “massive international events” worked again, as it has in Australia in recent years, with “more than 100,000 tickets sold” for its event in Johannesburg, South Africa, according to Sean Zak of GOLF. LIV wanted to test if South Africa can “party harder” than Australia. The eve...

Wimbledon will use “video review technology for the first time at this year’s tournament,” according to Charlie Eccleshare of THE ATHLETIC. It will also “continue with electronic line calling” after several controversies during last year’s edition, which was the first in Wimbledon’s 148-year history...

The opening rounds of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament over the weekend in Philadelphia was the “opening act” of a sports calendar that includes the PGA Championship in May at Aronimink, the FIFA World Cup in June at Lincoln Financial Field, and the MLB All Star Game in July at Citizens Bank Par...

SBJ has written about Daps several times over the last few years, and I checked in with them again after the company (formerly known as Daps Bounty) shed another layer (and word in its name) to reveal a narrower focus.

The Ottawa Charge defeated the Montreal Victoire 2-1 in front of a sold-out crowd of 15,225 at Winnipeg’s Canada Life Centre on Sunday night in a PWHL Takeover Tour game. The league is looking at additional franchises for next season, and the turnout and atmosphere on Sunday might mean Winnipeg coul...