Sports and Society

For decades, the business of sports operated on a familiar model: athletes performed on the field, court or track, while leagues, teams, broadcasters and sponsors controlled the machinery of media rights, branding and monetization. Athletes were the talent, but rarely the owners or architects of the...

The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be the biggest commercial event in American soccer history.

What’s the best live event you’ve ever attended?

The House Judiciary subcommittee looking into the 1961 Sports Broadcasting Act will hold a hearing at 10 a.m. Wednesday with Outkick Media President Clay Travis, Citizen’s Grill founder and managing partner Jim Hallers and Curtis LeGeyt, the president / CEO of the National Association of Broadcaster...

Dana White gripped the microphone and smirked as he told reporters about his disbelief over what he viewed as a lack of resistance from legacy boxing promoters. The proverbial seas were parting for him and his new property, Zuffa Boxing.

The build-out of the temporary venue for next week’s Freedom 250 card at the White House is on schedule, with UFC president & CEO Dana White promising “an incredible unique experience for our fans.” White was on site for several days this week in D.C. to help oversee the construction of the area...

The Ohio State Univ. Board of Trustees unanimously voted to approve $100M to settle with hundreds of survivors of former univ. doctor Richard Strauss’ sexual abuse, with the resolution “purported to be the final settlement” in the fallout from the cases, according to Behrens & Wozniak of the COL...

Every major professional sports league in America is now running a grassroots program. The NFL has NFL Flag with 765,000 kids. The NBA has Jr. NBA. MLS launched MLS GO. All of them are operated through RCX Sports, the official youth sports operator for every major U.S. league.

Anyone who has worked on major sporting events such as the Super Bowl, MLS Cup, NBA Finals, Stanley Cup, Olympics or Paralympic Games knows well the pent-up angst that precedes the opening whistle or cauldron lighting. It’s a gnawing, pit-of-the-stomach aching that at any moment something unwanted i...