Women's Sports

League One Volleyball is expanding to Minnesota, announcing the second launch of a new club in as many months. The team will begin play in 2027.

Fever G Caitlin Clark yesterday drew a “gallery comparable” to a Sunday of a major championship on the LPGA Tour in her outing at The Annika driven by Gainbridge pro-am, according to Tom D’Angelo of the PALM BEACH POST. LPGA player Nelly Korda said, “It’s so cool to see how many people she brings to...

For brands looking to connect with Gen Z, new research from Parity shows a meaningful pathway -- women’s sports.

Charlotte hosted two neutral-site college basketball games last week, and organizers “came away bullish despite ticket sales slipping from previous years,” according to Erik Spanberg of the CHARLOTTE BUSINESS JOURNAL. The inaugural Dick Vitale Invitational featuring Duke and Texas drew 12,435 last T...

Aces coach Becky Hammon said that it “may be time for a change in WNBA leadership.” Hammon in an interview described a “‘rocky relationship’ between Commissioner Cathy Engelbert and many WNBA players” as calls for the commissioner to step down “build” following Lynx F Napheesa Collier’s public criti...

The Athletes Unlimited Softball League will become a six-team league next season, adding the Oklahoma City Spark and the Cascade. In its inaugural season, the AUSL was comprised of the eventual champion Talons, Bandits, Blaze and Volts.

Falcons owner Arthur Blank, in addition to paying the $165M expansion fee for his Atlanta-based NWSL expansion franchise, will spend another $165M to “build a training ground and headquarters separate” from Atlanta United’s but “likely near its campus in Marietta, and a new locker room for the team ...

The PWHL’s new expansion team, the Vancouver Goldeneyes, “hit the ice at the storied” Pacific Coliseum for the first time yesterday to start training camp, opening a “new chapter of Vancouver’s hockey history,” according to Gemma Karstens-Smith of the CP. Vancouver is “the lone PWHL team that is the...

The November 11 edition of the SBJ Women's Sports newsletter features an interview with Washington Spirit CEO Kim Stone on how the NWSL club has raised revenue 60% year-over-year, data on the LPGA's viewership jump and takeaways from the recent SBJ Live discussion on the women's sports in the media.

My colleague Austin Karp led a great SBJ Live last week on media rights and production in women’s sports. The whole session is worth a listen, so check it out. But I wanted to highlight the panel’s take on where this part of the industry sits in the evolution of women’s sports (edited for length).