Franchises

The launch of BravesVision in Atlanta was a daunting task. Heck, the team’s players had more time at spring training than the staff did in getting a TV network up and running in time for Opening Day.

A special committee of MLS owners “met earlier this month to discuss and evaluate the future” of the Whitecaps, “including the possibility of relocation,” according to sources cited by Tenorio & Bogert of THE ATHLETIC. The sources said that a “move to Las Vegas was the chief option discussed at ...

Rogers Communications is “offering voluntary departure packages” to 50% of its employees, “excluding Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment.” Rogers said that “about half of its employees across numerous business divisions will be offered packages,” but “did not say whether it had a reduction target....

Red Sox Chief Baseball Officer Craig Breslow and President Sam Kennedy led a group of execs to meet with players prior to Sunday’s game against the Orioles and explain the firing of manager Alex Cora and five coaches on Saturday, but SS Trevor Story said that Breslow’s explanation “was not ‘satisfac...

The Red Sox’ on-field fate is “all on” Chief Baseball Officer Craig Breslow now after the team fired manager Alex Cora and five coaches on Saturday following a 10-17 start, according to Mac Cerullo of the BOSTON HERALD. With Cora gone, Breslow’s consolidation of power within the team’s hierarchy is ...

The Rays are “still striving” for a Hillsborough County ballpark vote in May after the county informed the team it is unlikely to meet its June 1 deadline for the completion of a ballpark deal, according to Nicolas Villamil of the TAMPA BAY TIMES. The county on Thursday said that a timeline “‘cannot...

In Toronto, Natasha Baldin noted all of PWHL club Ottawa Charge’s home postseason games “will be held at” the Senators’ Canadian Tire Centre. The announcement came just minutes after the club clinched a postseason berth with a 3-0 win over the Toronto Sceptres on Saturday. Earlier this season, the C...

Hundreds of Whitecaps fans marched to B.C. Place “behind a giant banner reading ‘Save the Caps’” ahead of the team’s home game Saturday, as rumors “swirl about the club’s potential move,” according to Gemma Karstens-Smith of the CP. A sold-out crowd of 27,589 people watched the Whitecaps down the Ra...

Sabres fans Brandon Carr and Ron Seltz have “tried to build a unifying fan base platform and culture by starting the Buffalo Sabrehood,” a new fan gathering comparable to Bills Mafia, amid the team’s 2025-26 surge, according to Michael Petro of the BUFFALO NEWS. The co-founders have been getting fan...

N.Y. Mayor Zohran Mamdani has collaborated with NWSL club Gotham FC and “extended his campaign of making soccer more affordable,” according to Melanie Anzidei of THE ATHLETIC. The mayor on Sunday afternoon shared with his 11.7 million followers across Instagram and X that his administration and Goth...