Women's Sports
San Diego Wave FC taps Morrie Eisenberg as CEO
NWSL club San Diego Wave FC has named Premier League club Leeds United Chief Business Officer Morrie Eisenberg CEO, effective August 2026. Eisenberg also currently serves as Board Trustee for the Leeds United Foundation and as senior advisor to Leeds owner 49ers Enterprises (San Diego Wave). Eisenbe...
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In Toronto, Jane Stevenson reported Sharks C Macklin Celebrini is part of a two-night event with Airbnb in conjunction with the FIFA World Cup. There are five spots available for the July 1-3 trip. On July 1, guests will “check into one of five of Toronto’s ‘most vibrant neighbourhoods,’” then on Ju...
PWHLPA releases public player salaries to boost transparency
The PWHL Players Association is disclosing salaries to the public for the first time in the league’s three-season history in “an effort to promote transparency,” according to Hailey Salvian of THE ATHLETIC. A “Player Salary Guide” went live on the PA’s website on Tuesday morning. The guide provides ...
Upgrades to Devon Park for LA28 softball could help it keep WCWS
Upgrades to Oklahoma City’s Devon Park that were fast-tracked due to it hosting softball during the LA28 Games have “already caught the NCAA’s attention,” according to Jenni Carlson of the OKLAHOMAN. When Oklahoma City was selected as the home of softball for LA28, city leaders “knew there was work ...
Women’s College World Series looks to continue momentum without OU
The Univ. of Oklahoma will not take part in the Women’s College World Series for the first time in a decade, raising questions on whether Devon Park in Oklahoma City “will lack some of the electricity that has powered the WCWS into one of the early summer’s most popular sporting events,” according t...
SBJ Women’s Sports: An unexpected epicenter of play
Centerville Bank Stadium in Rhode Island is finding success, and revenue, by hosting games for the NWSL's Boston Legacy FC, the Women's Lacrosse League and women's rugby. Also: Ally's deepening LPGA ties and where women's sports is expanding in the U.S.
Data Drive: Spring 2026 brings women’s sports league expansion explosion
April showers bring May flowers🌷... and new women’s sports teams! Women’s sports leagues have been expanding at a steady clip in recent years, and the past two weeks have accelerated that dramatically. With the PWHL adding four teams, LOVB adding a team in Miami and MLV announcing an L.A. club as w...
Rhode Island stadium takes unique approach in targeting women’s sports events
One weekend this month, Centreville Bank Stadium in Rhode Island took center stage to make history with the Women’s Lacrosse League kicking off its first season of full-field play.
PWHL Players Association files LM2
The PWHL Players Association posted total income of around $828,000 for the 2025 calendar year, according to an LM2 filing made on Sunday. The vast majority of that total, down slightly from revenue of $1M in 2014, was from a $583,495 commercial rights fee from the PWHL and a nearly $150,000 contrib...
WNBA faces challenge of keeping longtime fans with ticket prices ready to rise
Bloomberg News’ Megan Greenwell said the WNBA is facing an “interesting challenge” that is common for businesses where it is aiming to prevent itself from “alienating those folks who were with you from the very beginning while still bringing in massive new audiences.” Greenwell, appearing on Bloombe...
NCAA lacrosse championships garner strong attendance
The NCAA Division I Women’s Lacrosse Championship drew record crowds for the semifinals and final at Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium in suburban Chicago. Announced attendance was 6,242 for Friday’s semifinals and 8,316 for Sunday’s final as Northwestern beat North Carolina 14-11. The N...
Million-Dollar Milestone: Coaches’ salaries flourish 20 years after Pat Summitt’s landmark deal
The headline didn’t exactly read like a doozy. The finer print? That caused its share of jaws to hit the floor.
Fever feel glare of spotlight after not disclosing Clark’s injury designation
The Fever received a warning from the WNBA for “not reporting” G Caitlin Clark’s back injury sooner after disclosing Clark’s injury less than two hours before tipoff on Wednesday, according to Doug Feinberg of the AP. Clark missed Wednesday’s 90-73 victory over Portland. She had not been listed on t...
UEFA taking hard stance against multi-club ownership in Women’s Champions League
UEFA Head of Women’s Football Nadine Kessler has said that rules prohibiting clubs with the same owner from playing together in the Women’s Champions League “will be strictly enforced, dealing a blow to investors such as Michele Kang,” according to Tom Garry of the London GUARDIAN. Kang owns OL Lyon...
Dream Team: The Toronto Tempo embody Larry Tanenbaum’s vision and represent all of Canada and its WNBA hopes
One of the perks of investing nearly $150 million in Canada’s first WNBA team is that it grants you a private tour of the century-old Coca-Cola Coliseum, an 8,000-plus seat arena in downtown Toronto originally built for agriculture fairs that has since morphed into a charming hockey barn for the AHL...
Larry Tanenbaum: ‘Sports is good business’
The pursuit of a WNBA franchise has been a multi-decade quest for Toronto Tempo owner Larry Tanenbaum. In 2002, he and Richard Peddie, then the CEO of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, examined the prospect of bringing a WNBA team to Toronto, but their research at the time suggested the market ...
Fire Burning: Inside Portland’s two-decade journey to bring the WNBA home again
Portland is allowed to call itself weird, but you can’t. Spring is headed to summer, which means they’re all mostly outdoors now — tree-hugging, bike-riding, downward-dogging, having vegan picnics in the park, racing to Powell’s Books to buy “How to Survive in the Woods.” Except for the night the Po...
PWHL not using Takeover Tour success as factor in expansion decisions
The PWHL’s expansion plans for 2026-27 season were about “finding the correct ingredients,” but the league did “not operate the PWHL Takeover Tour for expansion purposes," according to Ian Kennedy of THE HOCKEY NEWS. The Takeover Tour “grows the league’s fan base, sells more tickets than average gam...
LOVB expands to Miami, adds conference structure for 2027
League One Volleyball is bringing an expansion franchise to Miami for the 2027 season, growing the league to 10 teams and introducing an Eastern and Western Conference format.
Montreal Victoire become first Canadian team to win PWHL title
The Montreal Victoire “finally captured its first Walter Cup,” winning the PWHL title Wednesday night with a 4-0 win over the Ottawa Charge in Game 4, marking the first time a Canadian team won the league’s championship. Though the win was not on home ice, Victoire captain and F Marie-Philip Poulin ...
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I've thought for a few years that a CBA is a really good option, and it seems to be working pretty well for every professional league in our country.Tennessee AD Danny White, on being passionate about the impact a collective bargaining agreement could have on the state of collegiate athletics.
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