Franchises
Privateer Haas F1 still likes its hand amid new ‘America’s team’ rivalry with car giant Cadillac
TGR Haas F1 Team does have a powerful new rival on its hands, team principal Ayao Komatsu admitted, but he sees clear differences between his organization and Cadillac and thinks Haas still has a good story to tell.
Phillies fire manager Rob Thomson in second early MLB season firing
The Phillies fired manager Rob Thomson amid a 9-19 start to the season. Bench coach Don Mattingly will take over for Thomson on an interim basis through the 2026 season. The Phillies are off to their worst 28-game start since 2002. They have slid to 10 1/2 games behind the NL East-leading Braves, th...
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Bay FC promotes CFO Gutmann to team president following Johns departure
Bay FC has promoted BERNARD GUTMANN to team president, following CEO STACY JOHNS’ departure to the WNBA’s Sparks. Guttman had served as chief financial officer for 18 months and will remain in that role, as well.
Sparks land Bay FC CEO Stacy Johns as team president
STACY JOHNS has been hired as the Sparks’ president after a three-month stint as Bay FC’s CEO, a move to accelerate the synergy between owner MARK WALTER’s three L.A. franchises: the Dodgers, Lakers and Sparks.
Franchise Notes
In Hartford, Emily Adams noted “nearly 1,500 season-ticket holders” showed up to Mohegan Sun Arena on Sunday to watch the Sun host their annual open practice and meet-and-greet to kick off the 2026 WNBA season. Lines to see players “wrapped around the length of the court for nearly an hour.” While t...
Derek Schiller says BravesVision showing positive financial indicators, creating better fan connection
The launch of BravesVision in Atlanta was a daunting task. Heck, the team’s players had more time at spring training than the staff did in getting a TV network up and running in time for Opening Day.
Paige Bueckers says relationship with Azzi Fudd ‘nobody’s business’
Wings G Paige Bueckers said her personal relationship with teammate Azzi Fudd is “nobody’s business but our own,” according to Myah Taylor of the DALLAS MORNING NEWS. Since the Wings drafted Fudd No. 1 overall in the 2026 WNBA draft, “discourse has swirled about Bueckers’ relationship with Fudd, alo...
Report: MLS owners discussed possible relocation of Whitecaps
A special committee of MLS owners “met earlier this month to discuss and evaluate the future” of the Whitecaps, “including the possibility of relocation,” according to sources cited by Tenorio & Bogert of THE ATHLETIC. The sources said that a “move to Las Vegas was the chief option discussed at ...
Rogers offering buyouts to half of its workforce
Rogers Communications is “offering voluntary departure packages” to 50% of its employees, “excluding Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment.” Rogers said that “about half of its employees across numerous business divisions will be offered packages,” but “did not say whether it had a reduction target....
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We don’t think it’s part of Fifa’s mandate to give such a prize. ... This peace prize given at the [World Cup] draw in Washington was a breach of Fifa’s own statutes of political neutrality and there was a lack of legal process within Fifa.-- Norwegian Football Federation President Lise Klaveness, on wanting the abolition of the FIFA Peace Prize because it breaches the world governing body’s rules on political neutrality.
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