Franchises

In Toronto, Dave Deschuk wrote the Golden Knights are refusing to grant permission for other teams to speak with former coach Bruce Cassidy. That is their right, though it is “highly irregular behaviour for an NHL team to deny a fired head coach the right to interview for his next job.” The idea tha...

The T-shirt giveaway has become a staple of the NBA postseason, with teams like the Spurs, the Thunder and the Cavaliers -- three of the four remaining teams -- having “embraced the shirts this postseason with enthusiasm,” while Knicks crowds have remained “stubbornly kaleidoscopic” despite giveaway...

A 30-second YouTube video featuring an interaction The Usos, Logan Paul and IShowSpeed during the first night of last month’s WrestleMania 42 in Allegiant Stadium drew more than 10 million views and helped WWE generate 873 million on the platform in April, according to Tubular data, the most of any ...

The Thunder has “brought back Loud City Live,” an official watch party at Paycom Center during road playoff games, according to Isa Almeida of the OKLAHOMAN. Attending fans can “watch the game on the big screens while still enjoying regular game-night fun, like T-shirt tosses and Thunder entertainer...

The Texans won the contest of “best comedy video” at the 18th Annual Shorty Awards beating out the likes of late-night host Jimmy Kimmel and standup comedian star John Mulaney, according to Matt Young of the HOUSTON CHRONICLE. It is an international award show honoring the best content across digita...

The Fever received a warning from the WNBA for “not reporting” G Caitlin Clark’s back injury sooner after disclosing Clark’s injury less than two hours before tipoff on Wednesday, according to Doug Feinberg of the AP. Clark missed Wednesday’s 90-73 victory over Portland. She had not been listed on t...

Major League Pickleball begins its regular season this weekend, and the Orlando Squeeze are seeing “merchandising, a popular social media presence and tons of support across the country,” according to Jason Beede of the ORLANDO SENTINEL. Their “bright orange uniforms are hard to miss,” and their mas...

UEFA Head of Women’s Football Nadine Kessler has said that rules prohibiting clubs with the same owner from playing together in the Women’s Champions League “will be strictly enforced, dealing a blow to investors such as Michele Kang,” according to Tom Garry of the London GUARDIAN. Kang owns OL Lyon...

One of the perks of investing nearly $150 million in Canada’s first WNBA team is that it grants you a private tour of the century-old Coca-Cola Coliseum, an 8,000-plus seat arena in downtown Toronto originally built for agriculture fairs that has since morphed into a charming hockey barn for the AHL...

Portland is allowed to call itself weird, but you can’t. Spring is headed to summer, which means they’re all mostly outdoors now — tree-hugging, bike-riding, downward-dogging, having vegan picnics in the park, racing to Powell’s Books to buy “How to Survive in the Woods.” Except for the night the Po...