Franchises

Tottenham Hotspur manager Thomas Frank is confident that the Premier League club’s “intelligent” owners “will give him enough time to bring long-term success to a still-divided club,” according to Jon West of the London TIMES. The club has won only one league match at home this season and Saturday’s...

November boosted the Blackhawks’ attendance average for the season to 18,094 through 14 home games, which is “lower than their average at this point during each of the last two seasons ... but a lot higher than it was in October,” according to Ben Pope of the CHICAGO SUN-TIMES. The Hawks have “climb...

The N.Y. Jets and the Eastern College Athletic Conference are launching a first-of-its-kind collegiate women’s flag football league that will begin play in February 2026. The team and owner Woody Johnson, through the Betty Wold Johnson Foundation, are making a $1M investment to support the creation ...

Atlanta United President & CEO Garth Lagerwey “will not return” to his role after taking “two leaves of absence earlier this year for a cancer-related issue.” Lagerwey’s job “will be turned into a role that will oversee Atlanta United and the NWSL franchise" that is scheduled to start in 2028. T...

The Stars rode the release of their new alternate jersey to a single-game NHL merchandise sales record. The total after-tax revenue for merchandise sales during last Friday’s game at American Airlines Center against the Mammoth was the highest for any regular season or playoff game in league history...

Following a 26-7 home loss yesterday, what was “almost certainly unprecedented” were the “loud, clear, vociferous chants of ‘Fire Tomlin’” as Steelers coach Mike Tomlin nears the end of his 19th season on the job, according to Brian Batko of the PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE. Most fans “wearing black and ...

The owners of EFL Championship club Sheffield United have “begun sounding out potential new investors, after the club faced tougher-than-expected first phase under its current ownership,” according to Hellier & Turner of BLOOMBERG NEWS. Sources noted that COH Sports has hired advisory firm Penwi...

In Calgary, Wes Gilbertson noted the Flames not only confirmed a two-year contract extension for GM Craig Conroy but “added that three other hockey ops executives” -- President of Hockey Operations Don Maloney, SVP/Hockey Operations & Assistant GM Dave Nonis and VP/Hockey Operations and Assistan...

The Vancouver Whitecaps will head to the MLS Cup final in a season in which the club signed MF Thomas Müller to “lead them to glory” and to “elevate the club’s name,” according to Patrick Johnston of the Vancouver PROVINCE. In October, Müller and the Whitecaps won the Canadian Championship. This wee...