Franchises

Kraken owner Samantha Holloway on Monday created the umbrella brand One Roof Sports & Entertainment, a transaction that gives her a majority stake in Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena and is a likely precursor to a bid for an NBA expansion franchise.

A Fiesta Mall developer said that nearly 20,000 people “signed a fan initiative to attract” an NWSL team to Mesa’s former Fiesta Mall site, according to Maritza Dominguez of the ARIZONA REPUBLIC. Now known as the Palo District, the 80-acre site is “poised for a major transformation that its owner, V...

Former Chelsea Dir Marina Granovskaia, a onetime top lieutenant to former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich, “would face an investigation from soccer authorities in Britain should she return to the sport,” according to Tariq Panja of the N.Y. TIMES. The Premier League earlier this week released a repor...

Mavericks fans “keep showing up” to the American Airlines Center, slightly fewer in number, despite 11 straight home losses being the most since losing 12 straight near the end of the 1993-94 season, according to Brad Townsend of the DALLAS MORNING NEWS. In 35 home games entering Saturday this seaso...

La Liga club Atlético Madrid F Antoine Griezmann is “coming to” MLS as he “was authorized by Atlético to fly to Orlando during his two scheduled days off to complete a deal to join Orlando City this summer,” according to sources cited by Tenorio, Bogert & Cortegana of THE ATHLETIC. A source adde...

In Chicago, Ben Pope wrote the “precipitous” rise of the NHL’s salary cap over time “might help” the Blackhawks. Outspoken NHL agent Allan Walsh posted on March 8 that he “expects the 2028-29 cap to end up around” $123M. Pope wrote it “still seems likely that some poorer, smaller-market franchises w...

The Senators have taken steps to “gradually phase out” road fans filling the home arena in “favour of their own fans,” according to Julian McKenzie of THE ATHLETIC. The team notified season-ticket holders last month that it would offer them “additional tickets for a select number of ‘rivalry games’”...

The return of the NBA to Seattle has “never felt closer,” with the NBA Board of Governors expected to wrap two days of meetings in N.Y. on Wednesday by giving the green light to begin conversations for expansion franchises in Seattle and Las Vegas, according to Tim Booth of the SEATTLE TIMES. Source...

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The mayors of K.C., Kansas, and Olathe “may soon get to vote on the public-private authority that will own and supervise construction” of the Chiefs’ incoming stadium in Wyandotte County and accompanying facilities in Johnson County. The Kansas House on Tuesday “passed an amendment to the new stadiu...