Franchises

The WNBA’s Toronto Tempo played their first game ever on Wednesday at Coca-Cola Coliseum, and “normalcy reigned” for the preseason bout against the Sun -- which drew a sellout crowd of 8,210. Fans “waited in long lines for merchandise” ahead of the game, as players “went through shootaround and seat...

TGL’s newest team, Motor City Golf Club, is set to unveil its brand identity on Thursday. The circular logo, designed by Doubleday & Cartwright, ties into Detroit’s automotive history with a checkered-flag, blue-and-white pattern. MCGC is the seventh franchise in TGL, which starts its third seas...

The Kraken announced Wednesday that they will “break ground on a new ice complex in Kirkland in May.” The $60M privately financed project is at the site of the former Houghton Park and Ride and is “expected to open in the fall of 2027.” Kraken General Counsel Lance Lopes said that the new facility, ...

The province of British Columbia is “all ears” if the Whitecaps want the “challenge of running B.C. Place” amid questions on the club’s future in Vancouver, according to Patrick Johnston of the Vancouver PROVINCE. MLS Commissioner Don Garber first intimated that “he thought a solution to keep the te...

Thrive’s investment in the S.F. Giants is “for a sub-10% stake and includes both primary and secondary purchases,” according to sources cited by Dan Primack of AXIOS. Joshua Kushner’s Thrive is now investing in pro sports and is doing so via a new holding company called Thrive Eternal. Neither of th...

BLOOMBERG NEWS’ Henrique Almeida cited a source as saying that U.S. investor Entrepreneur Equity Partners has “agreed to buy a minority stake in Portuguese football club Benfica at a steep premium.” The source added that Benfica’s second-largest shareholder José António dos Santos, together with his...

The cheapest ticket for the Mets’ midday home game against the Nationals on Thursday is going for $4 with fees included on VividSeats as the team is “struggling,” according to ESPN.com. The low price “isn’t entirely egregious” in the context of a Thursday day game -- the cheapest tickets for matinee...

Phillies President of Baseball Operations Dave Dombrowski “knows what a winning team looks like,” but this year’s team “isn’t it,” and Dombrowski “must see” that, according to Scott Lauber of the PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER. Hours after firing manager Rob Thomson on Tuesday amid a 9-19 start, Dombrowski w...

Pacers Sports & Entertainment owner Herb Simon is bringing Blake Shelton’s music bar venue Ole Red to his burgeoning mixed-use Fieldhouse District, as the organization continues to expand Indianapolis’ market size through data and real estate.

India-based tech consultancy HCLTech has become an “official A.I.” sponsor at MetLife Stadium as part of its renewal of a cornerstone sponsorship first signed in 2022, a designation and deal extension that also applies to its sponsorship of the N.Y. Jets and N.Y. Giants. Neither financial terms nor ...