Franchises
Lakers set for front office revamp in offseason amid push to capitalize on new business
Lakers owner Mark Walter’s first offseason in charge will see the franchise “undergo several changes” to its front office and infrastructure as the team tries to “keep pace in the ever-evolving NBA,” according to Thuc Nhi Nguyen of the L.A. TIMES. Lakers President of Basketball Operations and GM Rob...
Report: Morey dismissed due to 76ers’ frustration with postseason ceiling
76ers President of Basketball Operations Daryl Morey was dismissed by the team because the results in the playoffs “weren’t good enough,” with the team never advancing past the second round in five trips, according to sources cited by Tony Jones of THE ATHLETIC. Parting ways with Morey was “ultimate...
Report: Racing Louisville FC exploring sale of stake in club
Racing Louisville FC owner Soccer Holding has “begun to explore selling a stake” in the NWSL club, according to sources cited by Jeff Kassouf of ESPN.com. Sources said that there is “not currently a prospective buyer identified.” Rather, Soccer Holdings Chair John Neace and partners have “more forma...
Daryl Morey out as 76ers president after six years
Daryl Morey “will depart” as the 76ers’ president of basketball operations, while coach Nick Nurse “will return for a fourth season,” according to a source cited by the PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER. Bob Myers, president of Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment and the former president of basketball ope...
Kraken hire Sportsology for audit of hockey operations
The Kraken have partnered with the Sportsology Group to “perform their external audit of their hockey operations department,” according to Curtis Crabtree of Tacoma-based KCPQ-Fox. Sportsology is conducting a “full assessment of all areas of hockey operations including, organizational structure, com...
Plans become clearer for NFL games in Madrid, Paris
The Bengals will be the visiting team against the Falcons in Madrid this season, with the teams set to face off at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium on Nov. 8. The game in Spain, which will kick off at 9:30am ET on NFL Network, will be the Bengals’ third regular-season international game after playing at L...
Sacramento Kings name Sutter Health jersey patch sponsor
The Sacramento Kings have made Sutter Health their jersey patch sponsor with a wide-ranging deal that also installs Sutter Health physicians and orthopedists as the franchise’s team doctors.
Sabres ask Buffalo fan group to stop using ‘Sabrehood’ trademark
The Sabres asked “The Buffalo Sabrehood,” a fan group that hosts road game watch parties, to “stop using ‘Sabrehood’” -- a phrase the team trademarked several years ago, according to Michael Petro of the BUFFALO NEWS. Logos, marks and intellectual property that were being used by the fan group are “...
Meeting in Vancouver to discuss B.C. Place deal with Whitecaps
FIFA VP Victor Montagliani, representatives of three local First Nations bands, City of Vancouver, provincial/federal government and MLS officials have a meeting on Wednesday and the “hope” is to get a memorandum of understanding signed on a four-to-five-year B.C. Place contract with the Whitecaps, ...
NHL Franchise Notes: Sedins to take expanded hockey operations roles with Canucks
In Vancouver, Ben Kuzma noted Hockey HOFers Henrik and Daniel Sedin “were approached” by the Canucks and “accepted bigger roles with the franchise in a hockey operations reconstruction.” The Sedins, previously in player development roles, are “expected to move into new positions” when the new GM is ...
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