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5+ hour, 4+ min ago (11+ words) Grand Canyon Tax Return Unmasks Payments to Sports-Linked Trustees'sportico.com...
NCAA Men’s Final Four: A Tale of the Tall
8+ hour, 38+ min ago (246+ words) College basketball has become increasingly professionalized over the past several years. Programs have general managers, while players are paid directly by schools and can move freely between teams like free agents. On the court, roster construction in men's college hoops…...
Son Rise: LAFC Cashes In With Another Korean Culture Tie
10+ hour, 43+ min ago (499+ words) LAFC striker Son Heung-min will have a taste of home inside BMO Stadium this season, roughly 6,000 miles away from his native South Korea. Los Angeles has one of the largest populations of Koreans living outside of their home country, and…...
Sporticast: The Next Wave of Athlete Billionaires Is Coming
12+ hour, 43+ min ago (610+ words) Sporticast: The Next Wave of Athlete Billionaires Is Coming'Sportico.com On the 540th Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams speak with Sportico colleague Kurt Badenhausen about his latest list of the 50 highest'paid athletes of all-time. The methodology takes into…...
Kalshi Classifies Itself as ‘Gambling’ in Federal Trademark Request
18+ hour, 37+ min ago (582+ words) When Kalshi petitioned the United States Patent and Trademark Office to trademark the term "prediction market" last year, it asked for the scope of its proposed intellectual property rights to cover the gambling industry, even as it continues to claim…...
Netflix Connects with TV’s Dollar Demo in MLB Debut
22+ hour, 44+ min ago (306+ words) Netflix gutted out a ratings victory over its traditional TV rivals last week, as the streamer's coverage of the Opening Day Yankees-Giants blowout put up bigger numbers than the season's first outings on NBC and Fox. According to Nielsen's Big…...
KKR-Backed Varsity Brands to Buy Soccer.com and Lax.com
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (441+ words) Varsity Brands, the cheerleading-equipment company backed by KKR, is buying online lacrosse retailer Lax.com and Sports Endeavors, the holding company that owns Soccer.com, according to four people familiar with the situation. The acquisitions come just months after Varsity…...
NFL Referee Gender Bias Lawsuit Echoes 30-Year-Old NBA Case
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (765+ words) Former NFL referee Robin DeLorenzo's recent gender discrimination lawsuit against the league is occurring nearly 30 years after a female referee sued the NBA for gender discrimination'and won. There are lessons to be learned from the two disputes, as female referees…...
NBA Europe Team Bids Include Multiple $1 Billion Offers
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (519+ words) First-round bids for teams in the new NBA Europe were due Tuesday, and multiple bidders offered $1 billion to be part of the league. Several others offered at least $500 million, according to someone familiar with the process who was not authorized…...
Chelsea Lost EPL-Record $349 Million During 2024-25 Season
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (282+ words) The Premier League's Chelsea FC lost "264 million ($359 million based on current exchange rates) during the 2024-25 season, the club reported Wednesday'a record pre-tax loss for an EPL team, topping Manchester City's deficit during the 2010-11 season. Chelsea now has four of the…...