Franchises
Fire Burning: Inside Portland’s two-decade journey to bring the WNBA home again
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...
Larry Tanenbaum: ‘Sports is good business’
The pursuit of a WNBA franchise has been a multi-decade quest for Toronto Tempo owner Larry Tanenbaum. In 2002, he and Richard Peddie, then the CEO of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, examined the prospect of bringing a WNBA team to Toronto, but their research at the time suggested the market ...
Dream Team: The Toronto Tempo embody Larry Tanenbaum’s vision and represent all of Canada and its WNBA hopes
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...
Giants sign GM Joe Schoen to multiyear extension
N.Y. Giants GM Joe Schoen is “getting a multiyear extension to remain with the team.” The decision comes months after the Giants hired John Harbaugh as the team’s coach and “many questioned if Schoen would maintain his grasp on power.” But that has “now officially been answered,” as the Giants have ...
NFL’s overseas shift: From request to mandate
On Tuesday, NFL owners voted to drop the policy allowing them to protect their two most lucrative home games from being scheduled overseas, which figures to increase the quality of international games. It was a great illustration of how the league has gradually but persistently twisted arms to turn ...
New stadiums encounter modern competition in race for Super Bowls
There’s strong precedent for new NFL stadiums getting to host a Super Bowl — the last nine did — and the lure of major events is a common talking point when teams line up for financial help from taxpayers. Many people continue to labor under a belief that new stadiums always get a new Super Bowl. Bu...
Rays ballpark deal inches closer with pair of key approvals
The Hillsborough College Board of Trustees “approved a ground lease” with the Rays, in a “major step towards a stadium deal,” according to a front-page piece Lucy Marques of the TAMPA BAY TIMES. While approving the lease is the “first binding action” from the college, its execution “hinges on defini...
Arsenal set to break Premier League revenue record
Arsenal is “on course to set a new Premier League record for revenues even if they lose the Champions League final,” according to Martyn Ziegler of the London TIMES. This season, which saw Arsenal win the Premier League, should result in the club “posting revenues of up to” $1.03B (All figures US) i...
Montreal Victoire become first Canadian team to win PWHL title
The Montreal Victoire “finally captured its first Walter Cup,” winning the PWHL title Wednesday night with a 4-0 win over the Ottawa Charge in Game 4, marking the first time a Canadian team won the league’s championship. Though the win was not on home ice, Victoire captain and F Marie-Philip Poulin ...
Spurs, Pelicans to face off in Paris, Manchester in 2027
The Spurs and Pelicans will play a pair of international games in 2027, facing off first at Accor Arena in Paris on Jan. 14 then at Co-op Live in Manchester on Jan. 17. The Paris game will mark the 16th game featuring an NBA team in France since 1991 and the league’s sixth regular-season game in Par...
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