📰 NBA

The Athletic

17,099 fans attended a weekday-afternoon WNBA Finals game before the arena was cleared for an NBA game.

Women's sport

The Wall Street Journal

WNBA Finals Game 6 tipped off at 12:30 p.m. ET on a weekday to make room for the Atlanta Hawks.

Women's sport

The Athletic

A potential title-clinching WNBA Finals Game 6 tips off at 12:30 p.m. ET on a Thursday because the Hawks have the arena in prime time.

Women's sport

Front Office Sports

The NBA named Kalshi and Polymarket its preferred prediction-market partners, keeping final say over which markets are offered.

Las Vegas Sun

Further reading from the day's section on What I'm reading next.

Yahoo Sports

The Atlanta Dream sold out 17,044-seat State Farm Arena for Game 3 of the WNBA Finals.

Women's sport

The Athletic

The Athletic calculates it costs a typical fan $703 across services to follow the NBA this season.

The Athletic

The NBA added an afternoon game in Detroit to opening day.

Front Office Sports

The Atlanta Dream sold out 17,044-seat State Farm Arena for WNBA Finals Game 3 after moving from their 3,500-seat home venue.

Women's sport

SportBusiness

Further reading from the day's section on Sports Business: Private Equity, Pricey Seats, and Prediction Markets.

JohnWallStreet

NBA, NHL and MLB teams are cutting season-ticket inventory to sell more seats game by game.

Front Office Sports

Further reading from the day's section on Sports Business: Tickets, Fans, and Who Pays.

Front Office Sports

After rejecting the NBA's initial proposal, EuroLeague announced a 10-year plan with an $8.98 billion valuation target.

Front Office Sports

The NBA told its sportsbook partners to stop offering some prop bets, including first-basket wagers.

Sports betting

Front Office Sports

The Atlanta Dream moved WNBA Finals Games 3 and 4 to the 17,000-seat State Farm Arena, and FIFA's development fund hit $6.35 billion.

Women's sport

The Athletic

The London Lions face the Portland Trail Blazers in a historic game.

Front Office Sports

DAZN, which picked up local rights to 19 teams in six months, says it will ramp up acquisitions.

M&A

NBA.com

Further reading from the day's section on What I'm reading next.

SportBusiness

The NBA narrowed its Las Vegas expansion race to three groups, with the winning bid expected at $12 billion to $13 billion including an arena.

ESPN

The Miami Heat will host a Grand Theft Auto 'Night in Vice City' with Rockstar Games on November 18.

Front Office Sports

EuroLeague turned down the NBA's first collaboration proposal, in part because it undervalued EuroLeague, sources said.

The Athletic

LeBron James will make nearly four times as much promoting Polymarket as he will playing basketball.

Front Office Sports

Steve Ballmer no longer has the lawyer who called the NBA's Clippers probe a witch hunt.

Front Office Sports

Steve Ballmer dropped the lawyer who called the NBA's Kawhi Leonard investigation a witch hunt.

Yahoo Sports

Three ownership groups remain, with final bids of $12 billion to $13 billion including a new arena and play beginning in 2028-29.

The Stadium Business

Alibaba becomes the official cloud and technology partner of the Brooklyn Nets and Barclays Center from the 2026-27 season.

Front Office Sports

Baseball's new cap matches the NBA, NHL and MLS, with private equity barred from exceeding the controlling owner's stake.

Private equity

Business Insider

Curry talks about infrared sauna sessions as his recovery method heading into the NBA season.

Front Office Sports

MLB lifted its per-club private equity cap from 15% to 20%, matching the NBA, NHL and MLS, with firms barred from exceeding the controlling owner's stake.

Private equity

The Athletic

Further reading from the day's section on The Sports Desk Gets Expensive and Hot.

Sports Business Journal

Adam Silver said the decision turns on the bidding group rather than the arena, which he called NBA-ready.

Basketnews

A Las Vegas expansion franchise could fetch $10 billion or more and a Seattle team around $7 billion as the NBA moves toward 32 clubs.

Yahoo Sports

EuroLeague owners expect a formal NBA proposal for a controlling stake and will discuss it at their October 5 meeting.

Puck

Eriq Gardner reports a federal criminal inquiry arising from the Aspiration affair changed Steve Ballmer's calculus about fighting the NBA.

Yahoo Sports

Ballmer accepted a $30 million fine, a one-year suspension and the loss of five first-round picks rather than contest the league's findings.

Front Office Sports

The WNBA players' union called it deeply disappointing that the NBA left the group off a joint letter to state betting regulators.

Women's sport · Regulation · Labour

Front Office Sports

Steve Ballmer accepted a one-year NBA ban, a $30 million fine and five forfeited first-round picks over the Kawhi Leonard cap investigation.