Franchises
Rapids to refresh brand identity, keep name following fan research
The Rapids are beginning the process of developing an updated visual identity after surveying nearly 5,000 fans over four months. The club, which is working with Dallas-based creative agency ModestWorks and soccer-specific marketing firm Name + Number, will keep its name and retain burgundy as its p...
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USA TODAY’s Meghan Hall noted the Mystics have “ended their relationship” with GM Jamila Wideman on the first day of WNBA free agency. The Mystics on Monday parted ways with Wideman over “strategic differences.” Wideman began her tenure with the Mystics in December 2024 after six years in the NBA le...
Report: Bulls front office faced ‘credibility’ concerns before key departures
The Bulls front office faced “a ‘credibility’ problem around the league and with their own fans” leading up to the ouster of President of Basketball Operations Arturas Karnisovas and GM Marc Eversley, according to sources cited by Jamal Collier of ESPN.com. Sources noted that while the leadership sh...
Angel Reese trade fuels questions about Sky’s direction, leadership
The Sky trading F Angel Reese to the Dream on Monday raises a “deeper question” of why stars do not stay in Chicago, according to Julia Poe of the CHICAGO TRIBUNE. Reese, sent to Atlanta for two future first-round draft picks and rights to a 2028 second-round pick swap, joins a “long line of All-Sta...
Stars ban fan from American Airlines Center after video doing Nazi salute
The Stars “banned an individual” from American Airlines Center after an internal investigation into a group of fans “performing what appeared to be a Nazi salute” at a home game in December. The action comes a week after the video of the fans was “first widely shared on social media.” The Stars did ...
Devils part ways with GM Tom Fitzgerald
The Devils and GM/President of Hockey Operations Tom Fitzgerald are mutually parting ways after he spent more than six years leading the front office. Under Fitzgerald’s leadership, the Devils reached the playoffs twice -- in 2023 and 2025, with just one playoff series win in those two runs. After a...
New Angels President Molly Jolly ready to take on challenges facing team
New Angels President Molly Jolly “knows she is stepping into an environment in which the customers want change,” and she is “ready for it,” according to Jeff Fletcher of the ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER. Jolly, who officially took over for the retiring John Carpino on Monday, said, “The first thing I want...
Mets offer complimentary tickets after game times shifted due to weather
Mets fans quickly snapped up a limited number of complimentary tickets to games Tuesday and Wednesday after both were moved up to 4:10pm ET starts “due to expected cold weather and windy conditions,” according to NEWSDAY. Tickets for the originally scheduled 7:10pm starts on Tuesday and Wednesday “w...
Bulls part ways with EVP Karnisovas, GM Eversley
The Bulls on Monday fired EVP/Basketball Operations Arturas Karnisovas and GM Marc Eversley. Karnisovas and Eversley were hired to run the Bulls front office at the start of the 2020-21 season and went 224-254 across six seasons. The 2021-22 season saw the only winning season and playoff appearance ...
Padres’ business growth paying off for San Diego region
Petco Park is expected to host closer to 160 non-baseball events in 2026, up from 135 in 2025 and 98 in 2024, Padres CEO Erik Greupner said Monday.
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[Fans] don’t see Colorado, they don’t see the Rocky Mountain region and then they don’t see Rapids -- there’s nothing unique to the current crest that really creates that emotional and evocative feeling.-- Rapids CBO Haley Durmer, on one of the reasons why the team has decided to create a new crest as part of its brand refresh.
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