Franchises

Bay FC has promoted BERNARD GUTMANN to team president, following CEO STACY JOHNS’ departure to the WNBA’s Sparks. Guttman had served as chief financial officer for 18 months and will remain in that role, as well.

STACY JOHNS has been hired as the Sparks’ president after a three-month stint as Bay FC’s CEO, a move to accelerate the synergy between owner MARK WALTER’s three L.A. franchises: the Dodgers, Lakers and Sparks.

In Hartford, Emily Adams noted “nearly 1,500 season-ticket holders” showed up to Mohegan Sun Arena on Sunday to watch the Sun host their annual open practice and meet-and-greet to kick off the 2026 WNBA season. Lines to see players “wrapped around the length of the court for nearly an hour.” While t...

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.

Wings G Paige Bueckers said her personal relationship with teammate Azzi Fudd is “nobody’s business but our own,” according to Myah Taylor of the DALLAS MORNING NEWS. Since the Wings drafted Fudd No. 1 overall in the 2026 WNBA draft, “discourse has swirled about Bueckers’ relationship with Fudd, alo...

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...