Mark Davis to Unload More of the Raiders
Mark Davis is selling off even more of the Raiders. One month after the team owner sold minority stakes to Tom Brady, the former quarterback’s business partner Tom Wagner, and Pro Football Hall of...
View ArticleCaitlin Clark a ‘Vital’ Part of Cincinnati NWSL Bid As League Expands
A banner year for the National Women’s Soccer League could end with involvement from the biggest star in women’s basketball. WNBA phenom Caitlin Clark has joined an ownership group seeking to bring an...
View ArticleEagles Selling Stakes That Value Team at Sky-High $8 Billion
The Philadelphia Eagles sold two minority stakes in the team to value the franchise at more than $8.1 billion. Assuming NFL owners approve the transaction, the family trust of former Atlanta Hawks...
View ArticleWoody Johnson Brings in GM He Fired to Find Replacement for GM He Fired
The Jets are bringing in the team’s former general manager to help hire a new one. The franchise has hired The 33rd Team, a media company full of former coaches, players, and executives, to assist in...
View ArticleDodgers All-In Approach Clear As They Add to Championship Core
Andrew Friedman has spent a decade running the Dodgers’ baseball operations group. In that time, they’ve methodically built an efficient, optimized baseball machine—effectively taking the Moneyball...
View ArticleRed Bull Faces Driver, Financial Questions After Pérez’s Exit
Max Verstappen walked out of Qatar with his ninth win of the season, a week after he clinched the Formula One drivers’ championship. But even with the win, Red Bull left the Lusail International...
View ArticleRockets Look Like Contenders, but Payroll Questions Loom
The Rockets defeated the Thunder on Sunday in a battle between the top two seeds in the Western Conference, which moved Houston to just a half-game back of the No. 1 seed. With just three nationally...
View ArticleAs LeBron James Struggles, Lakers—and NBA—Face Murky Future
No one in NBA history has battled Father Time better than LeBron James. But those paying close attention are starting to see James lose his grip in the fight—and it could be detrimental to the future...
View ArticleU.S. Buyers Snap Up Yet Another English Soccer Club in Sheffield United
The English soccer club Sheffield United, which completed one of the Premier League’s worst campaigns ever last season, has secured new ownership from U.S. backers. The English Football League has...
View ArticleCommanders Plan to Bring Back Old Logo on Special Alumni Merchandise
The Washington Commanders’ controversial former logo, which shows a Native American man in profile with trailing feathers, is expected to be used on alumni shirts that will go on sale by the end of...
View ArticleMcLaren F1 Team Nearly Folded in 2020. An American Exec Just Led It to the Top
When golden boy Lewis Hamilton abruptly left McLaren for Mercedes in 2013, life in Formula One turned sour for team Papaya. Hamilton brought McLaren a drivers’ championship in 2008, but upon his...
View ArticleHave Mets Upended New York’s Baseball Hierarchy With Soto Deal?
There’s a potentially major shift happening in the New York baseball pecking order, or at least how the Mets are perceived after more than six decades as an often-lovable underdog. Since the Mets’...
View ArticleAs Wizards Hit Historic Low, Leonsis Calls Season ‘Very Productive’
As the buzzer sounded in Capital One Arena on Saturday, Wizards rookie Bub Carrington bowed his head and pumped his fists. Washington overcame a career-high 56 points from three-time MVP Nikola Jokić...
View ArticleNFL Owners Set to Vote on Dolphins, Bills Stakes for Tsai, Carter, PE Firms
Nets owner Joe Tsai, former NBA star Vince Carter, and other prospective owners of minority stakes in NFL teams are slated for a vote from the league’s owners at the winter meetings in Dallas on...
View ArticleMore to A’s Offseason Spending Plans Than Meets the Eye
The A’s are definitely bumping their 2025 payroll to their highest level in at least many years, and perhaps ever. But there’s more reason to it than just elevated competitive desires or a push to...
View ArticleRockets Owner Tilman Fertitta in Line for Trump Appointment, Wants to Buy Saints
Hours after Tilman Fertitta’s interest in acquiring the New Orleans Saints came to light, the Houston Rockets owner also appears to be in line to take over as the U.S. ambassador to Italy after...
View ArticleTom Brady to Have ‘Huge’ Impact on Raiders, Says Mark Davis
IRVING, Texas — Raiders owner Mark Davis said he expects Tom Brady to have a “huge” say on the team’s future direction. Eventually. Brady’s roughly 10% stake in the Raiders was approved by NFL owners...
View ArticleMets: Not Concerned About Lower-Revenue Clubs After Soto Signing
QUEENS, N.Y. — The record-setting, $765 million contract between Juan Soto and the Mets pushed the club, by its own admission, beyond its comfort level. The same can likely be said for a now-reset...
View ArticleThe Astros Cheating Scandal Still Looms Large Five Years Later
With Juan Soto comfortably in Queens for the next 15 years, MLB’s hot stove has mostly moved on to trades. The Yankees need to replace Soto’s production in their suddenly thin lineup, and the two...
View ArticleManchester City Is a Mess. It’s Still Breaking Revenue Records
A lot is not going well for traditional Premier League power Manchester City, but the club’s finances are still in unprecedented territory. The four-time defending Premier League champions reported...
View ArticleSteve Cohen Says Mets Ticket Sales ‘Exploded’ From Soto Signing
The bombshell news of slugger Juan Soto’s 15-year, $765 million deal with the Mets dropped one week ago. And as one might expect, the signing brought an immediate boost to ticket sales. Mets owner...
View ArticleKirk Cousins’s Struggles Loom Over Falcons Future (and Salary Cap)
The Falcons snapped a four-game losing streak Monday night, squeaking by a two-win Raiders team with a 15–9 victory. But Atlanta’s $180 million quarterback, Kirk Cousins, continued to struggle,...
View ArticleSoto Sells: Mets Signing Spurs Record Ticket Sales, Surge in Fan Demand
The record-setting, $765 million free-agent signing of outfielder Juan Soto by the Mets is seen by the club as a “seminal moment,” both on and off the field. It’s obviously too soon to measure the...
View ArticleThe Yankees’ Expensive Effort to Replace Juan Soto’s Production
The Yankees missed out on retaining free-agent outfielder Juan Soto, but they are now well on their way toward rebuilding the departed superstar’s impact—both on and off the field—in the aggregate....
View ArticleWoody Johnson’s Fingerprints Are All Over the Jets Disaster
The saying in sports is that one can’t win with bad ownership. Woody Johnson has spent the Jets season putting on a master class in that. In a damning article by The Athletic, Johnson’s incompetence...
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