Franchises
Arlington mayor promises new fan experience from AT&T Stadium improvements
Arlington Mayor Jim Ross said the recently approved $273M for improvements to and around AT&T Stadium will offer “some radically different things” for fans, according to Mac Engel of the FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM. Ross said pedestrian safety is a “critically important thing around AT&T Stadiu...
Rays ballpark has more ahead in finalizing construction agreements
Rays CEO Ken Babby said that there is “still ‘a lot of work to be done’ in finalizing agreements to fund construction of a new ballpark,” according to Marc Topkin of the TAMPA BAY TIMES. Babby “made clear” that work would not include “any substantial changes to the financial terms laid out in the no...
N.Y. officials cancel Knicks fan gatherings outside of Madison Square Garden
N.Y. officials have “canceled the gatherings” of Knicks fans outside Madison Square Garden, leaving “some loyal fans to rue that a beautiful tradition has been ruined” by fake fans using the scenes outside MSG as fuel for viral videos, according to Bromwich, Marcius & Kamin of the N.Y. TIMES. Th...
Angels fans intensify ‘sell the team’ chants amid growing frustration with ownership
Angels fans “gathered in the upper reaches of the ballpark during each of the past six games to voice their frustration with team owner Arte Moreno,” chanting “‘sell the team’ and other more vulgar incantations,” according to Jeff Fletcher of the ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER. At the same time, fans have s...
NESN pulls Graham Platner campaign ad criticizing Red Sox ownership
The Red Sox cable station “stopped airing” a U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner campaign ad that “criticized the team’s ownership” during Friday night’s game because a representative said that it “violated the network’s intellectual property rules,” according to Callie Ferguson of the BANGOR DAILY...
Knicks heading to NBA Finals for first time since 1999
The Knicks have “accomplished one of owner James Dolan’s mandates” by reaching the NBA Finals. Up next is the opportunity to “end a 53-year championship drought.” Dolan said during a rare radio interview in January that the Knicks winning the Eastern Conference for the first time since 1999 was “som...
Arizona’s Family launches single app for Suns and Mercury
The Suns and Mercury officially unveiled their concurrent direct-to-consumer product Friday, with the launch of the Arizona’s Family Sports streaming app.
Franchise Notes
In Toronto, Dave Deschuk wrote the Golden Knights are refusing to grant permission for other teams to speak with former coach Bruce Cassidy. That is their right, though it is “highly irregular behaviour for an NHL team to deny a fired head coach the right to interview for his next job.” The idea tha...
Knicks fans serve as last crowd to embrace wearing free playoff T-shirts
The T-shirt giveaway has become a staple of the NBA postseason, with teams like the Spurs, the Thunder and the Cavaliers -- three of the four remaining teams -- having “embraced the shirts this postseason with enthusiasm,” while Knicks crowds have remained “stubbornly kaleidoscopic” despite giveaway...
WWE, Lakers led the way on YouTube in April
A 30-second YouTube video featuring an interaction The Usos, Logan Paul and IShowSpeed during the first night of last month’s WrestleMania 42 in Allegiant Stadium drew more than 10 million views and helped WWE generate 873 million on the platform in April, according to Tubular data, the most of any ...
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The fear is that the players will say ‘Oh, I can’t make it. I’m just going to accept my award in the living room of my apartment.’ We don’t want that.Former Heisman Trophy winner Eric Crouch, on concerns that future winners might no longer make the trip to N.Y. for the ceremony during CFP prep.
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