Franchises

Of the nine teams looking for a new GM, coach or both, just one — the Falcons — are using external search consultants. That’s the same rate as seven years ago, when the Bucs were the only one out of eight.

It’s early January, and once again the NFL coaching carousel has started up. It’s a familiar pattern, but you may not realize just how familiar this story is. Since at least the early 1980s, almost every year with few exceptions, somewhere around one-fifth to one-quarter of the NFL coaching fraterni...

The Dolphins have fired coach Mike McDaniel, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Dolphins owner Stephen Ross met with McDaniel this week and after that meeting and “reflection, Ross decided to move on.” Sources indicated that the Dolphins “have not contacted John Harbaugh or made inquiries into other...

Updates to Chase Field “edged closer to reality than ever” as a new governing board tasked with “funneling hundreds of millions in taxpayer money to the embattled ballpark met for the first time” this week, according to John Leos of the ARIZONA REPUBLIC. The first public meeting took place on Jan. 6...

The Trail Blazers are “prepared to ask” that Oregon state income tax on all players and team employees and those with visiting teams be “redirected from the state’s general fund toward” a $600M Moda Center renovation, according to sources cited by Bill Oram of the Porland OREGONIAN. The money, about...

The Mets “are not bringing back” the Amazin’ Day fan fest at Citi Field this year, according to Anthony Rieber of NEWSDAY. Last year, an “estimated 10,000 fans turned out to mingle with more than 50 former and current players,” plus owner Steve Cohen and President of Baseball Operations David Stearn...

The Padres have “sold out season ticket memberships for a fourth straight year,” according to Jeff Sanders of the SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE. The team has capped season ticket sales each of the past three seasons, with the number of season ticket memberships sold for 2026 “setting a new franchise recor...

Premier League club Chelsea’s hiring of manager Liam Rosenior -- who comes from partner club Strasbourg in Ligue 1 -- is similar to the “kind of pathway taken by players” who move up the ranks, but “managers following suit takes the relationship to another level,” according to Sam Tighe of ESPN.com....

The Mammoth being selected to host the 2027 NHL Winter Classic at the Univ. of Utah’s Rice-Eccles Stadium marks a “massive victory for a franchise in its second NHL season,” according to Elliotte Friedman of SPORTSNET.ca. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said, “The speed with which they have accomplish...

Eagles sponsors are finalizing activation plans behind this Sunday’s Wild Card playoff game against the 49ers.