Franchises
Bay Area’s women’s sports boom continues with PWHL expansion
The Bay Area has “gone from zero to three top-flight women’s pro teams in a flash” -- Bay FC of the NWSL (2024), the Valkyries of the WNBA (2025) and now PWHL San Jose, which arrives later this year, according to Dieter Kurtenbach of the San Jose MERCURY NEWS. San Jose is now the only city in the U....
Arsenal partners with Echo Collectibles on precious-metal memorabilia
Arizona-based Echo Collectibles will begin “selling a series of commemorative medallions, tickets, art prints and VIP lanyards made with precious metals in a new partnership” with 2026 Premier League champions Arsenal later this year, according to Benjamin Burrows of THE ATHLETIC. The collaboration ...
Trail Blazers’ layoffs largest since 2020, with organization size ‘unsustainable’
The Trail Blazers laying off 70 employees on Tuesday was the “most substantial” layoffs by the team since June 2020, when roughly 40 jobs were eliminated alongside a round of salary reductions, according to Freeman & Oram of the Portland OREGONIAN. However, that came in the thick of the COVID-19...
Trail Blazers lay off around 70 workers as Dundon continues cutting costs
Around 70 people “were let go” on Tuesday in layoffs by the Trail Blazers “on the business side” (X, 5/19). The layoffs included “roughly a quarter of the team’s business staff,” as Trail Blazers owner Tom Dundon made his “most significant cost-cutting move since purchasing the team at the end of Ma...
Golden Knights lose appeal of fine, pick loss; GM defends Cassidy stance
The sanctions handed down to the Golden Knights and coach John Tortorella for not following media regulations “have been upheld by the NHL,” according to Danny Webster of the LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL. The Golden Knights had an in-person meeting with the league in N.Y. on Tuesday morning, with the le...
Blue Owl’s Ostrover sells remaining stake in Commanders
Blue Owl Capital co-founder Doug Ostrover recently “sold the last of his stake” in the Commanders. Ostrover was among the individuals who “cashed out their investments in the Commanders in recent weeks,” according to sources cited by the WALL STREET JOURNAL. A source said that Ostrover started “sell...
Ari Emanuel, Mark Shapiro among new Raiders investors as Egon Durban expands his minority stake
The Raiders have added another tranche of high-profile limited partners, with Dell Technology founder Michael Dell, Blackstone Head of Global Private Equity Strategies Joseph Baratta and TKO Group executives Ari Emanuel and Mark Shapiro buying stakes in the team for the first time, under a deal appr...
Arctos continues to spread its bets in NFL, takes stake in Browns
Arctos Partners acquired 3.2% of the Browns in a deal approved by NFL owners Tuesday, sources said, its third ownership stake in the world’s richest sports league.
Rays, Hillsborough County leaders urge approval of stadium framework
The Rays, the City of Tampa and Hillsborough County have a memorandum of understanding outlining the framework for a new Rays ballpark and a reinvented Hillsborough College Dale Mabry Campus, and Rays CEO Ken Babby & Hillsborough College President Ken Atwater in an op-ed for the TAMPA BAY TIMES ...
Inter Miami supporters’ silent protest, Messi reaction suggests strain on both sides
The silent protest by a supporters’ group at Inter Miami’s Sunday contest was a “so-silly, too-petty, only-in-soccer controversy that erupted” at Nu Stadium, according to Dave Hyde of the South Florida SUN-SENTINEL. Inter Miami “has the best show in MLS history,” and it is “not enough for its most p...
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When we’re going to a stadium or arena, there’s so much that’s already at our fingertips that we can tap into, including shore power, back-of-house infrastructure ... ushers and venue security -- all of that doesn’t exist here. So we’re really truly building this facility from the ground up.UFC Chief Content Officer Craig Borsari, on one of the challenges of building up the White House temporary venue.
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