Aces Sell Out Regular-Season Home Games in WNBA First
The Las Vegas Aces’ slow start continues to have no impact on the box office. They recently became the first team in league history to sell out all of their regular-season home games, the team said...
View ArticleAnother U.S. Takeover? Houston-Based Group in Talks With Everton
Less than a month after Premier League club Everton announced that a much-maligned takeover attempt by an American investment firm was officially dead, the storied English soccer team says it has...
View ArticleClock is Ticking to Restart Coyotes’ Franchise
The Arizona Coyotes’ hopes of restarting their franchise took a hit when the Arizona State Land Department canceled an auction for land the team was planning to use for a new arena and entertainment...
View ArticleNew Manchester United Owner Admits He Hasn’t Focused on Women’s Team Yet
Jim Ratcliffe has been in charge of Manchester United for only six months, but in that short span the soccer giant’s women’s soccer team doesn’t appear to have received much of his attention. The...
View ArticlePanthers Cap Banner Season By Staving Off Cup Collapse
The Florida Panthers did not want to win this way—but they got it done. On Monday night, the franchise hoisted its first Stanley Cup on home ice after defeating the Edmonton Oilers 2-1 in Game 7 of a...
View ArticleCoyotes Owner Walks Away From Dormant Team After Land Auction Canceled
He’s taking his puck and going home. Alex Meruelo is giving up on reactivating the Coyotes as an NHL franchise, news that was relayed by his son, Alex Meruelo Jr., to the roughly dozen workers still...
View ArticleBay FC GM Abruptly Departs Halfway Through Team’s First Season
Bay FC, the NWSL’s newest expansion team, announced Monday night that its general manager, Lucy Rushton, is leaving the club. After building a career at franchises in the Premier League and...
View ArticleNHL Faces a Reset After Meruelo’s Missteps and Coyotes Collapse
Just two months after establishing a long-range plan to revive pro hockey in the Phoenix area, the NHL will now need to hit the reset button on what has long been a problematic market for the league....
View ArticleOne Year Later, Blackhawks Still Feeling the Connor Bedard Effect
At this time last year, the Blackhawks were getting ready to make a generational selection with the first pick of the NHL draft: Canadian center Connor Bedard (above), who would turn only 18 the...
View ArticleWhy the Knicks Traded for a 36-Year-Old Finnish Coach in the Draft
Move over, Mikal Bridges. The Knicks made their first trade with the Nets since 1983 this week. On Thursday, they made an even rarer deal. As part of their trade with the Mavericks to acquire Ariel...
View ArticleThe Dysfunctional Family Affair That Poisoned Arizona Coyotes
The Arizona Coyotes needed a savior after more than two decades of distress. Instead, they got Alex Meruelo. The owner of the now defunct franchise came to Phoenix to cement a future for professional...
View ArticleNBA Champion Boston Celtics For Sale
The NBA champions are officially for sale. The Celtics majority ownership group, led by Wyc Grousbeck, is planning to put the team on the market. The news was first reported by ESPN and made official...
View ArticleCeltics’ Sale Listing Sparks Transition Questions: Here’s What We Know
Talk about an ownership mic drop. Celtics majority owner Wyc Grousbeck and his partners have officially put the defending NBA champions up for sale, just two weeks after the team won a league-leading...
View ArticleBob Iger and Willow Bay to Buy Angel City FC: Report
Angel City FC is on the verge of having new ownership. Disney CEO Bob Iger and his wife Willow Bay, who is dean of the USC Annenberg School of Journalism, are close to acquiring the team at a...
View ArticleAnother Milestone for NWSL: Angel City FC’s Potential $300M Valuation
The wins just seem to keep coming for the NWSL. Now into the second half of a season that is on pace to break total match attendance and viewership records, a new mark around franchise valuations...
View ArticleCeltics Owner Outlines Sale Plans and Bidding Process, Eyes Record Price
Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck (above) has now started an elongated path to part ways with the NBA team, but he still has ambitions to set more records in his final chapter with the franchise. Speaking...
View ArticleMissouri Steps Up Efforts to Keep Chiefs, Royals From Moving to Kansas
The Kansas City–area border war that many officials in the area were hoping to avoid is heating up as Missouri is heightening its efforts to retain the NFL’s Chiefs and MLB’s Royals in the wake of new...
View ArticleMan United Faces Financial Struggles After Worst Premier League Season
Manchester United’s worst Premier League season since England’s top flight of men’s pro soccer reorganized in 1992 has now been followed by a meager quarterly earnings report, spotlighting the ongoing...
View ArticleU.S. Soccer May Go Big-Game Hunting for Its Next Men’s Head Coach
U.S. Soccer is officially looking for a new men’s national team head coach after firing Gregg Berhalter (above), and it could come at a steep price. Berhalter’s exit was formally announced Wednesday,...
View ArticleParts of the Commanders’ Past Finding Their Way Into Harris Era
The Commanders remain in the midst of significant change under owner Josh Harris (above), marked in large part by an attempted on-field rebuild, a long-running search for a new stadium, and perhaps a...
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