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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...
Suns and Mercury extend OTA deals with Gray, sending message to the industry
In a move that should resonate across the NBA, the Suns and Mercury have extended their over-the-air broadcast deal with Gray Media through 2030 and have consolidated both team’s DTC apps under Gray’s control through an impending Arizona’s Family Sports App.
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...
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