📰 Sport

The Athletic

Lisandro Martinez's two bookings in ninety seconds sealed Chelsea's 2-0 win and added pressure on Michael Carrick's United.

The Athletic

A struggling United side arrived at the right moment for Xabi Alonso's Chelsea after a turbulent week.

The Athletic

The Athletic's NHL staff picked every team's biggest surprise of the early 2026-27 season.

Front Office Sports

Front Office Sports led its week with the NFL telling Saquon Barkley to divest his Polymarket stake and owners spending over $100 million on the midterms.

The Athletic

The Athletic assesses an awful Halloween weekend of Big Ten football and what it means for the conference's College Football Playoff hopes.

College sport · Labour

Defector

Further reading from the day's section on The Campaign's Last Weekend.

SportBusiness

CCTV's parent suspended LaLiga broadcasts after Kylian Mbappé joked about a Mao Zedong meme.

SportBusiness

The SPFL offered broadcasters every Scottish Premiership match live, which could end the UK's Saturday 3pm blackout.

SportBusiness

SportBusiness puts MLB's jersey-patch sponsorship market at $266 million.

Yahoo Sports

A small-market, 103-win champion complicates owners' push for a salary cap in the next MLB labor deal.

Defector

Ray Ratto argues Rays ownership never built a civic bond, leaving the team to play the World Series before Brewers fans.

Venture capital

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 Athletic

The Athletic details the breakdown of Troy Aikman and Joe Buck's broadcast partnership at ESPN.

The Athletic

Villanova and Notre Dame open the college basketball season in Rome, a game born of a Villanova graduate becoming pope.

Business Wire

EA and the NFL will let real stadium sponsors carry their signage into Madden NFL.

Stadium financing

The Athletic

Further reading from the day's section on Sports Business: Blackouts, Brewers and a Bad Afternoon in Atlanta.

Venture capital

Defector

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

Sports Business Journal

FIFA reportedly made about $5 billion from 2026 World Cup tickets and hospitality, five times Qatar.

The Athletic

The Milwaukee Brewers won the first World Series in franchise history, a win for small markets.

The Athletic

China Media Group suspended LaLiga broadcasts after Mbappé's remark about a meme of Mao Zedong.

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

CBS Sports

The Big Ten set a $49 million per-school NIL spending cap mirroring the Protect College Sports Act.

College sport

SportBusiness

Don Garber leaves MLS with five billion-dollar clubs and a $500 million entry fee, but most clubs still lose money and expansion is paused.

SportBusiness

A KKR-founder-backed consortium bought 42% of Valencia at a €1.25 billion valuation.

SportBusiness

Liga MX clubs agreed not to renew individual media deals after 2028, a step toward collective selling.

Yahoo Sports

The Brewers-Rays World Series is running well ahead of 2023's small-market matchup in viewership.

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

The Athletic

MSG Sports split the Knicks and Rangers into separate publicly traded companies.

The Bond Buyer

A settlement ends the lawsuit over the Chiefs' domed stadium, clearing the move to Kansas City, Kansas, for 2031.

Stadium financing · Regulation

Front Office Sports

Tropicana Field needed a $60 million restoration after Hurricane Milton to host the World Series.

Climate

Men in Blazers

League Two's Fleetwood Town knocked reigning champions Arsenal out of the Carabao Cup on penalties.

The Athletic

The Athletic examines how the Manchester City verdict threatens the Premier League's brand.

The Athletic

Kylian Mbappé apologized after a TV joke about a Mao meme angered China and cost him sponsors.

The Athletic

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

College sport · Labour

Front Office Sports

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

Men in Blazers

Harry Kane won the Ballon d'Or after a 73-goal season, the first Englishman to win it since 2001.

The Athletic

The Athletic calls the 12:30 p.m. Thursday start for WNBA Finals Game 6 a mishandling of the league's showcase.

Women's sport

ESPN

Borussia Dortmund's app now rewards fans who keep their phones locked during matches.

The Stadium Business

The NFL staged its first regular-season game in France and is eyeing Tokyo as early as 2027.

Yahoo Sports

Fox skipped Milwaukee's sausage race during the World Series broadcast, airing commercials instead.

Venture capital

Front Office Sports

Front Office Sports reports big-market fan passion in Milwaukee as the Brewers near their first World Series title.

Venture capital

Front Office Sports

WNBA Finals Game 6 in Atlanta still lacks a confirmed arena because State Farm Arena is booked.

Women's sport

The Athletic

LIV golfers owed about $100 million are appealing to Saudi Arabia's PIF for severance after a two-cents-on-the-dollar offer.

Labour

The Athletic

After a record 467,000-fan F1 weekend, COTA wants a smaller second track for the local car clubs its main circuit no longer suits.

Front Office Sports

The Saints and Steelers played the NFL's first game in France without delay despite civil unrest.

Front Office Sports

The NFL and players' union are discussing an investigation into how the Eagles handled Jalen Hurts's blood clots.

Labour

Front Office Sports

Troy Aikman said he would consider a Cowboys front office role as his ESPN contract nears its end.

Men in Blazers

Men in Blazers on Manchester United's 3-0 home loss to Bournemouth and a crowded Premier League weekend.

The Athletic

The Athletic's briefing on Manchester United's slump and Liverpool's revival.

The Athletic

Mbappé scored twice, including an 88th-minute winner, as Real Madrid won the Clásico 2-1 at the Camp Nou.

The Athletic

Liverpool beat Brighton 2-0 for their first home league win in six months.

The Athletic

Pulisic, McKennie and Weah all scored for their clubs over the weekend.

Vetted Sports

The NFL's 32 Equity partnered with General Atlantic, opening fund-manager economics to owners outside the revenue split with players.

Off The Pitch

Switzerland has slipped to 16th in UEFA's coefficient as Basel and Young Boys falter, cutting into transfer values.

The Athletic

Tottenham won 2-0 at Stamford Bridge for the first time in eight years.

The Athletic

The Athletic's Week 8 roundup, from Minnesota's trophy case to a billionaire's boast.

College sport

The Athletic

Hosting the weightlifting world championships would be Russia's first major international sporting event since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The Athletic

Aston Villa ended Manchester City's perfect Premier League start, their third straight win over City.

The Athletic

Tottenham won at Stamford Bridge for the first time in eight years after a Mike Penders error and a Cole Palmer red card.

The Athletic

Further reading from the day's section on Sports: City's Perfect Start Ends, Spurs Win at the Bridge, and the NWSL Settles.

The Athletic

Further reading from the day's section on Sports: City's Perfect Start Ends, Spurs Win at the Bridge, and the NWSL Settles.

The Athletic

The NWSL dropped its Rodman Rule criteria in a settlement resolving several players' union grievances.

Women's sport · Regulation · Labour

The Athletic

Further reading from the day's section on Sports: City's Perfect Start Ends, Spurs Win at the Bridge, and the NWSL Settles.

A Guy With A Scarf

A passive scan of 96 top-five-league club sites found 36% running PHP, none in the Premier League but 13 of 18 in Ligue 1.

Defector

Defector reports on The Ringer's pivot to Substack.

Defector

David Roth writes a scathing column on Vivek Ramaswamy's Ohio ad.

The Athletic

The NFL's first game in Paris goes ahead Sunday amid unrest, though the Steelers canceled a fan event.

SportBusiness

Media rights to the next two men's World Cups are on sale in the US for the first time since 2011.

Streaming rights

SportBusiness

Relevent, which holds UEFA's commercial rights, hired the former heads of Host Broadcast Services to start a production company.

Yahoo Sports

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

Women's sport

OffBall

OffBall went inside a Brooklyn WNBA Finals watch party hosted by Sydney Colson and Theresa Plaisance.

Women's sport

The New York Times

Michael Bender traces how each administration has reinterpreted Title IX, from women's sports to harassment rules to the current two-sex policy.

Women's sport

Defector

Defector asks why The Ringer's best-known writers are launching their own Substack newsletters instead of writing behind a Ringer paywall.

Sports Business Journal

CBS signed JJ Watt to a multiyear deal as its lead NFL analyst, ending speculation about Troy Aikman.

The Athletic

The Athletic argues college football's audience can absorb playoff expansion while soccer's is still being built.

College sport · Labour

The Athletic

The debate around Arch Manning has shifted to whether he is Texas' best option at quarterback.

Defector

Defector argues Angel Reese has dominated the WNBA Finals, shutting down the Valkyries' best options during a decisive Game 2 run.

Women's sport

Defector

The Dream's tight seven-player rotation lets them hunt matchups against Golden State's ten-deep bench.

Front Office Sports

The Jaguars partnered with Eternal Fan on a stadium memorial where fans can store memorabilia and sealed cremains.

Stadium financing

The Stadium Business

Fanatics will run Hawks retail and open its first flagship store at Atlanta's Centennial Yards in 2027.

Awful Announcing

A Wolfe Research analyst predicts Netflix will buy NBCUniversal after its spinoff to secure year-round live sports and news.

SportBusiness

The NFL's club-owned 32 Equity fund partnered with General Atlantic, which manages $130 billion, to invest across sport, media and technology.

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

Resale prices for World Series Game 1 in Milwaukee reached $2,809 a seat, above entry-level Super Bowl prices.

The Athletic

The Rays and Brewers reached the postseason's final rounds without big payrolls.

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

Front Office Sports

NBC says Game 1 of the WNBA Finals drew 2.1 million viewers, a record for a Finals opener.

Women's sport

A Guy with a Scarf

Two Circles values the fan economy at $1.94 trillion, and Carlo De Marchis disputes its language about owning fans.

Front Office Sports

LeBron James' Polymarket endorsement reportedly pays $15 million a year, far above his 76ers salary.

SportBusiness

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

Men in Blazers

Liverpool came back from two goals down to beat Villarreal 4-3 on a 40-goal Champions League night.

ESPN

Netflix bought Spain's broadcast rights to the 2030 World Cup.

Streaming rights

OffBall

OffBall's guest writer on the Knicks' banner night and Jalen Brunson's hold on New York.

Front Office Sports

A memorial outside the Jaguars' new stadium will let fans store memorabilia and sealed cremains.

Stadium financing

The Athletic

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

The Athletic

Two-time Paralympic gold medalist Josh Turek is running for Senate in Iowa, where no Democrat has won a Senate race since 2008.

Front Office Sports

The cheapest ticket for the Knicks' banner-raising home opener topped $2,200.

JohnWallStreet

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

Front Office Sports

The Golden State Valkyries became the first WNBA team to reach $100 million in annual revenue and a $1 billion valuation.

Women's sport

The Athletic

Gov. Kathy Hochul launched an 88-person committee to study a New York City and Lake Placid bid for the 2042 Winter Olympics.

Sports Media Watch

ESPN is reportedly close to keeping exclusive rights to a 24-team College Football Playoff for over $300 million a year more.

College sport · Labour

Front Office Sports

The Rays and Brewers reached the World Series as two small-market teams known for financial savvy.

Venture capital

The Athletic

The Athletic found more than half of FIFA member nations appear to fail the Forward fund's basic transparency requirements.

Front Office Sports

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

Front Office Sports

The NFL says its first Paris game, Saints versus Steelers, is still on despite escalating protests and curfews in France.

The Athletic

A 24-team College Football Playoff would pull many winning teams out of the bowl system, leaving historic bowls struggling to survive.

College sport · Labour

Front Office Sports

An expanded playoff could raise pressure on coaches and keep buyouts, estimated at $185 million in 2026, at staggering levels.

Private equity · Labour

Front Office Sports

The cheapest ticket to the World Series opener in Milwaukee hit $2,809, up 165% in a week.

Front Office Sports

The Valkyries–Dream WNBA Finals could become the most expensive in league history.

Women's sport

Front Office Sports

The Golden State Valkyries' home crowd at the Chase Center has become the WNBA's best home-court advantage.

Women's sport

Front Office Sports

Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is expected to miss at least the rest of the season with blood clots, raising questions about his $255 million contract.

KSHB

The Royals unveiled a $1.2 billion downtown ballpark plan, $1.9 billion with headquarters and infrastructure, aiming to open by 2030.

Stadium financing

The Athletic

Gov. Kathy Hochul is launching a committee to study a 2042 Winter Olympics bid for Lake Placid and New York City.

The Athletic

The Athletic investigates Manchester City's owners, a superyacht and links to the 1MDB scandal.

Sports Marketing Mavericks

Sports marketers argue clubs should turn social reach into direct supporter relationships rather than chase follower counts.

Off The Pitch

Off The Pitch reports nearly every French club is for sale as TV revenue collapses and funds and multi-club groups replace traditional owners.

Vetted Sports

Capacity Sports Group's sixth acquisition of the year highlights private equity's roll-up of U.S. youth sports.

Private equity · M&A

Front Office Sports

Front Office Sports reports growing tension between Monday Night Football's Troy Aikman and Joe Buck over Aikman's contract.

Front Office Sports

Aikman's $18 million-a-year ESPN deal expires after February's Super Bowl, and NFL teams say front office jobs won't match it.

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

Michigan benched its multimillion-dollar NIL quarterback Bryce Underwood after two first-half interceptions.

The Athletic

The Athletic's Week 7 projections have a new, shaky top seed, with two SEC powerhouses out of the bracket.

College sport · Labour

Front Office Sports

Front Office Sports reports Indiana's national title has sped up revenue growth across the university.

Front Office Sports

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

Sports betting

Front Office Sports

An Oklahoma tribal leader says Kalshi signed a deal with an impostor who had no authority.

Front Office Sports

The Jaguars are going for their first London sweep as their UK future may be shifting.

Front Office Sports

MLS commissioner Don Garber argued his league belongs among a 'big five' of US sports.

Front Office Sports

Don Garber responded to a viral clip of an apparent confrontation with Lionel Messi.

Business Insider

Exclusive concession contracts let stadiums, many publicly funded, set food prices with little regulation.

Stadium financing · Regulation

The Athletic

A writer who covered the post-2001 Yankees lists what may await the Dodgers after their dynasty.

The Athletic

Brad Keselowski's partnership with RFK Racing, pitched as lasting decades, fell apart in five years.

The Athletic

Diego Poncelet set the downhill skateboarding speed record at 94 mph.

The Athletic

The Athletic picks one less obvious trade candidate from every NHL team.

The Athletic

The Dodgers' most expensive players faded in the NLCS sweep, raising questions about an aging, costly roster.

The Athletic

The two-time champion Dodgers were swept by the Brewers and face hard questions about what changes next.

Front Office Sports

Milwaukee's sweep of the high-payroll Dodgers strengthens players' case against a salary cap before the CBA expires.

The Athletic

The Athletic explains what a possible Everton sale by the Friedkin Group means for the club.

The Athletic

Arsenal's proposed job cuts show clubs squeezing off-pitch costs while spending heavily on players.

SportBusiness

Relevent replaced CAA Eleven as the agency selling UEFA men's national-team rights, the first switch in 14 years.

SportBusiness Media

SportBusiness puts the global value of sports media rights at a record $65.8 billion, with the US more than half.

Streaming rights

SportBusiness

Netflix won exclusive Spanish rights to the 2030 World Cup, which Spain co-hosts.

SportBusiness

A DAZN sub-group posted an operating loss of about $940 million in 2025.

Front Office Sports

FIFA Council members left their meeting without answers on Infantino's scrapped plan to sell tournament stakes.

The Athletic

FIFA's council could scrap the Peace Prize a year after awarding it to Trump.

The Stadium Business

Saudi Arabia may cut its 2034 World Cup venues from 15 to 10.

Stadium financing

The Athletic

The Athletic catalogs Manchester City's 41 sponsors as the club awaits its punishment.

Front Office Sports

Jon Rahm is forfeiting $7.47 million in unpaid dues and his team equity to leave bankrupt LIV Golf.

Regulation

Front Office Sports

Get-in prices for WNBA Finals Game 1 are up more than 500% from last year.

Women's sport

Defector

Defector makes the case for Warhammer 40K as Games Workshop posts record results.

Semafor Business

Saudi Arabia's PIF is dropping five stadiums from its 2034 World Cup plans amid a cash crunch.

Stadium financing

Front Office Sports

Jon Rahm will forfeit all remaining LIV Golf payments under a separation agreement that could clear a PGA Tour return.

Regulation

Front Office Sports

The Six Kings Slam exhibition in Riyadh was moved to December after Houthi attacks on the city's airport.

Aviation

SportBusiness

Netflix's 2030 World Cup rights in Spain are its first live men's football deal, alongside Relevent's UEFA mandate and F1's Rwanda race.

JohnWallStreet

JohnWallStreet's advisors explain how rights owners can replace revenue as local media rights fall toward zero.

Streaming rights

Front Office Sports

The Bears' possible move to Indiana surfaced in Illinois' governor debate.

Stadium financing

Front Office Sports

Troy Aikman confirmed he'll be a free agent when his ESPN deal ends after the Super Bowl.

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 Athletic argues College GameDay has become Pat McAfee's show, at a cost to its broad appeal.

The Athletic

Shohei Ohtani played his best game of the postseason, possibly too late for the Dodgers.

Front Office Sports

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

SportBusiness

The Independent Football Regulator found 94% of English clubs lose money and nearly two-thirds of EFL and National League clubs are technically insolvent.

Regulation

SportBusiness

The Friedkin Group is exploring options for Everton, including selling a controlling stake, less than two years after buying the club.

SportBusiness

FC Copenhagen's owner has hired Tifosy to explore selling the club and its Parken stadium.

Stadium financing

Men in Blazers

Arsenal beat Lille 3-0 and Manchester United lost at Atlético, ahead of Manchester City hosting PSG days after City's guilty verdict.

The Athletic

FIFA plans to propose $25 million for each member association as part of $6 billion in development funding.

Front Office Sports

The SEC is pressing its lawsuit against LSU and still threatening expulsion, even after LSU backed off adding two former NFL players.

Regulation

The Athletic

An SEC court filing accuses LSU of a 'stubborn refusal' to follow conference rules.

Front Office Sports

Mike Tirico warned that rising costs and donor fatigue could make college sports financially unsustainable for many schools.

College sport

OffBall

OffBall argues that network focus on two conferences concentrates coverage and players, and urges fans to enjoy the current season.

College sport

Front Office Sports

The cheapest resale ticket for NLCS Game 3 at Dodger Stadium fell 42% in two days as the Dodgers trailed the Brewers 2-0.

Stadium financing

The Athletic

The Rays are struggling to sell out the ALCS at Tropicana Field, and fans blame ticket prices.

The Athletic

The Dream moved WNBA Finals games to the larger State Farm Arena, working around a concert and Hawks games.

Women's sport · Labour

Front Office Sports

Pulitzer winner Pablo Torre says he is looking into LeBron James's free use of a Fanatics helicopter under a 2024 deal.

Front Office Sports

Front Office Sports reports tension between Joe Buck and Troy Aikman over their ESPN contract negotiations.

The Athletic

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

SportBusiness

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

The Athletic

The Athletic explains Leeds United executive Paraag Marathe's comments on the club's dynamic ticket pricing policy.

Front Office Sports

Nielsen research shows U.S. TV audiences for soccer remain up since the 2026 World Cup, and MLS says its enterprise value is near $25 billion.

The Athletic

Netflix will carry men's World Cup matches for the first time after securing 2030 rights in Spain and Andorra.

The Athletic

Sky Sports, the Premier League's main domestic broadcaster, faces an awkward position covering Manchester City's financial case.

JohnWallStreet

Bayern Munich split AI into consumer and enterprise sponsorship categories within weeks, a model U.S. rights holders are being urged to follow.

AI

Front Office Sports

The WNBA moved the Atlanta Dream's Finals home games to the 17,000-seat State Farm Arena.

Women's sport

Front Office Sports

ESPN analyst Josh Pate criticized a proposed 24-team College Football Playoff as an ATM for bad decision-making.

College sport · Labour

Men in Blazers

Men in Blazers previews Champions League matchday two and profiles Azerbaijan's nine-year-old club Sabah.

Sportico

Genius Sports helps food-delivery brands target fans whose team is losing, with one company seeing a 20 percent uplift.

Front Office Sports

Kansas City approved a TIF district and $537 million in public bonds for the Royals' $3 billion downtown ballpark district.

Stadium financing

CBS Sports

The CFP is set to give ESPN its asking price for a 24-team playoff, with a format decision due December 1.

College sport · Labour

Front Office Sports

The three non-Dodgers LCS teams have a combined tax payroll below the Dodgers' alone, undercutting owners' salary-cap argument.

Labour

Sports Business Journal

Teams and leagues are pairing short-form discovery with long-form YouTube storytelling watched on connected TVs.

Yahoo Sports

Fury-Joshua tickets priced up to £13,000 sold out in an hour for a Netflix-streamed December fight in Cardiff.

The Athletic

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

The Beautiful Business

Sean Foley argues Italian clubs must serve sponsors' goals and that stadiums are the big revenue unlock.

Stadium financing

Men in Blazers

Men in Blazers recaps City's win at a hostile Anfield and United's worst league start in 40 years.

The Athletic

The Athletic analyses City's win at Anfield after Ryan Gravenberch's red card.

Front Office Sports

Prime Minister Andy Burnham says he will release details of his meetings with Manchester City executives as mayor.

OffBall

The Atlanta Dream reached the WNBA Finals 364 days after Angel Reese tweeted about making it.

Women's sport

The Athletic

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

The Athletic

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

Vetted Sports

Sportradar is selling Atrium's coaching and scouting tools to Teamworks for $170M while keeping the camera and vision tech that feeds betting.

Off The Pitch

AZ Alkmaar is selling its academy and recruitment model to partner clubs for fees and sell-on shares instead of buying them.

Front Office Sports

Front Office Sports reports teams and leagues are investing in microdramas, documentaries and films to mint new fans.

Front Office Sports

Bill Belichick's UNC program is showing signs of progress after a rocky offseason.

Front Office Sports

Sophie Cunningham fired back at an Athletic column urging the Fever to move on from her.

Front Office Sports

The USWNT's test against Spain showed a team between generations ahead of the World Cup.

The Athletic

The second-year Valkyries swept the champion Aces and meet the Atlanta Dream in a Finals with neither the Aces nor the Liberty.

Women's sport

Front Office Sports

Front Office Sports on how Alabama is building a new identity under Kalen DeBoer after Nick Saban.

Front Office Sports

Dylan Raiola starts for Oregon after Dante Moore's concussion, a case study in college football's costly quarterback market.

College sport

Front Office Sports

Dave Portnoy blames Ohio State and Ryan Day for his removal from Fox's Big Noon Kickoff.

Front Office Sports

Billionaire Mike Repole bought about a 1.5% stake in Churchill Downs, owner of the Kentucky Derby.

Front Office Sports

Front Office Sports asks whether Leicester City's $264 million asking price is too high even in a hot club market.

The Athletic

The Carolina Hurricanes' mascot weighed in on Vancouver's housing crisis during a game against the Canucks.

Housing · Climate

The Athletic

The Athletic finds the new Ted Lasso season hits women's soccer talking points without investing in its players' stories.

Front Office Sports

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

The Athletic

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

The Athletic

Mike Ditka, the Hall of Fame tight end and Chicago Bears coach, has died at 86; it was among The Athletic's most-shared stories this week.

The Washington Post

Lawmakers are moving to stop candidates from trading on their own elections as prediction-market volume nears $200 billion a quarter.

Sports betting · Elections

The Athletic

CFP expansion talks have moved quickly toward 24 teams ahead of an ESPN rights deadline.

College sport · Labour

Front Office Sports

The CFP's executive director told Front Office Sports a 24-team playoff would be spectacular.

Labour

Yahoo Sports

MLB's 34-page lockout memo bars teams from discussing business with players, down to holiday cards.

Front Office Sports

Realignment, expansion and a 154-game season are all on the table in MLB labor talks.

Front Office Sports

Kansas City approved bonds for a $3 billion ballpark district, moving the Royals downtown.

Stadium financing

Front Office Sports

Everton is for sale less than two years after the Friedkin Group bought the club.

The Athletic

The Athletic tallies how Newcastle spent £1 billion on players in five years.

Men in Blazers

Men in Blazers previews Liverpool-Manchester City and Manchester United-Tottenham as City's financial case hangs over the season.

Front Office Sports

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

M&A

SportBusiness

Okko will be the first mainstream Russian broadcaster to show pro tennis since the invasion of Ukraine.

Front Office Sports

WNBA semifinals opened with 1.15 million average viewers, up 10% despite NFL competition.

Women's sport

The Athletic

The Athletic asks how a leader knows when they're overstepping, through the Colts owner's sideline note-taking.

Defector

Defector mocks a VC who lets an AI agent run his fantasy football team.

AI

The Athletic

An internal MLB memo sets rules for team-player contact during the expected December lockout.

Front Office Sports

MLB owners are proposing a shorter regular season and expanded playoffs as labor talks continue.

Labour

Front Office Sports

The NFL asked the Supreme Court to treat sports event contracts as state-regulated gambling, citing $1.8 billion of NFL trading on one Sunday.

Sports betting · Regulation

The Athletic

The Athletic's four-part series explains why Manchester City introduced 'sham' spending and how large it was.

The Athletic

Mikel Arteta says the Champions League defeat 'left a scar' as Arsenal confirms his contract through 2030.

Front Office Sports

Jon Rahm and Sergio Garcia are leaving LIV Golf as it reboots after bankruptcy.

SportBusiness

SportBusiness covers the O2 renewal, an early Ligue 1 rights tender, Russia's ATP deal and Wrexham's 800% sponsorship growth.

Stadium financing

Just Women's Sports

WNBA regular-season attendance rose 20.5% to 3.79 million, led by Golden State.

Women's sport

Front Office Sports

NFL teams accepted 963 penalties through four weeks, the most since 1978.

Front Office Sports

Jackson County, Missouri, is planning for the Chiefs' and Royals' stadiums after the teams leave.

Stadium financing

SportBusiness

Lula's provisional betting ban has stripped sponsor logos from Brazilian club shirts, an industry worth about $200 million a year in sponsorship.

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.

SportBusiness

Manchester City's main sponsor Etihad threatened legal action against the Premier League after the club was found guilty of financial charges.

The Athletic

Manchester City chief executive Ferran Soriano is fighting for his reputation after the club's cheating verdict.

Front Office Sports

FIFA allegedly knew a DR Congo player was ineligible at the World Cup and let him play, as Norway called for an ethics probe.

The Athletic

Some college football contracts now carry six-figure Heisman bonuses, with schools insuring against the payouts.

College sport

The Stadium Business

The A's sold out their top hospitality club 17 months before the Las Vegas ballpark opens, mostly to local individual fans.

Stadium financing

Men in Blazers

Messi ended his Argentina career with a goal and two assists against Benin, and the USMNT finished a perfect window.

The Athletic

Ronaldo's Portugal exit after a falling-out with coach Jorge Jesus has drained goodwill, capped by a 1,740-word statement.

The Athletic

A fitness influencer was disqualified from the Berlin Marathon for riding a bicycle near the finish.

ESPN

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

Front Office Sports

The Yankees say peanuts are back at the ballpark after a summer shortage.

Stadium financing

Front Office Sports

The newly formed Skydance is set to reshape much of sports media after the Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery deal closed.

Front Office Sports

The Premier League found City guilty of disguising owner funding as revenue, with sanctions up to relegation possible.

Sport & Story Daily

Sport & Story Daily frames the City verdict as one of the biggest cheating scandals in sports history.

ESPN

ESPN reported City appeared to know of the verdict in the summer yet still spent $400 million on players.

Front Office Sports

BC Partners is set to provide $300 million of financing if LIV Golf emerges from Chapter 11 after the Saudi PIF ended its funding.

Front Office Sports

Bankruptcy experts told Front Office Sports that LIV Golf may not survive the process and could be liquidated.

Front Office Sports

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

Front Office Sports

The referees' union will contest the NFL's suspensions of two officials over conduct toward players in Week 4.

Labour

JohnWallStreet

Beauty partnerships in sport rose from under 3,000 in 2023 to 7,187 in 2025, led by women's leagues.

CBS Sports

The CFP is weighing expansion from 12 to 24 teams, though a 2027 start remains uncertain.

College sport · Labour

The Athletic

Sinner will miss the ATP Finals, leaving Alexander Zverev to finish the year at No. 1.

The Athletic

Medvedev was defaulted from a China Open semifinal after hitting a fan with a ball.

Men in Blazers

Messi played his final Argentina match after 125 goals in 207 games over 21 years.

The Athletic

The Athletic assesses Messi's impact on American soccer as his international career ends.

The Athletic

The Athletic explains why Argentina cannot retire Messi's number 10.

The Athletic

Nebraska has sold seven used urinal troughs from Memorial Stadium.

Stadium financing

The Athletic

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

The Athletic

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

A Guy With A Scarf

Carlo De Marchis finds the Genius Sports CEO's settlement argument strong but his claim about exchange economics unbacked by any figure.

Regulation

The Athletic

Manchester City's financial charges have drawn attention to the club's and Britain's ties to the United Arab Emirates.

Front Office Sports

Tony Romo's $180 million CBS deal set the benchmark for top NFL analysts, and he has now left the network.

Front Office Sports

Dave Portnoy told Front Office Sports he believes Ohio State coach Ryan Day got him removed from Fox's Big Noon Kickoff.

Front Office Sports

The NHL's all-time goals leader says the 2026-27 season will be his last.

Front Office Sports

The Rays, long an MLB attendance weak spot, have become a hot ticket in the Tampa area.

The Athletic

The Braves held on Sunday to tie the Division Series with the Dodgers as it moves to Atlanta.

The Athletic

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

Vetted Sports

Toronto's Brodie Rec League raised $3.6 million to expand into four U.S. markets on the bet that adults will pay for community.

Off The Pitch

Celta Vigo is investing more than €120 million in a complex meant to reduce its reliance on broadcast revenue after three years of losses.

A Guy With A Scarf

FIFA's first tournament-specific innovation challenge closes November 1 and only wants fan-journey products already proven at scale.

ESPN

Girondins Bordeaux was sold for one euro to avoid liquidation.

Sportico

Jordan's Game 3 jersey from the 1998 Finals sold for a record $12.2 million.

ESPN

Atlanta's first women's pro soccer team will start in 2028 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

Stadium financing · Women's sport

Front Office Sports

FBS broadcasts are averaging 1.7 million viewers, down 11% from 2025, with only two games topping 10 million so far.

College sport

Front Office Sports

Mississippi State quarterback Kamario Taylor had a record-breaking September, raising the question of whether the 4-0 Bulldogs can keep him from the transfer portal.

Front Office Sports

Randy Levine said efforts to amend the Protect College Sports Act's realignment provision are unnecessary.

College sport

Front Office Sports

New Big East commissioner Tim Brosnan said multiple private-equity firms have approached the league.

Front Office Sports

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

Front Office Sports

An Ohio appeals court reversed an injunction that had given about two dozen college athletes an extra year of NCAA eligibility.

College sport · Regulation

The Athletic

Bahrain shipped furniture and a falconer to Malaysia for the F1 race, where fans faced long queues.

The Athletic

The Athletic talks to a priest rooting against Pope Leo XIV's favorite team, the White Sox.

The Athletic

Arizona State has ordered an independent investigation into a hockey team workout.

The Athletic

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

The Athletic

CBS Sports and its lead NFL analyst Tony Romo have parted ways following his arrest in July, one of The Athletic's most-shared stories this week.

Front Office Sports

Tony Romo and CBS parted ways after his summer arrest in Wisconsin.

The Athletic

The Athletic traces how Manchester City came to be found guilty of disguising more than £830 million in illicit funding.

Men in Blazers

Men in Blazers questions City's appeal strategy and notes reported UAE pressure on the British government.

Front Office Sports

Front Office Sports details the charges against City, including sham contracts and roughly $1.2 billion in inflated figures.

The Athletic

Messi prepares for his final Argentina appearance while Ronaldo's Portugal career ends less gracefully.

The Athletic

Eighteen-year-old Julian Hall is one of the young revelations in the US squad facing Mexico.

The Athletic

The Dodgers will be central to baseball's expected winter lockout regardless of how their title defense ends.

The Athletic

Analyst Ryan Paganetti's X account is followed by NFL head coaches and is influencing league rules.

Front Office Sports

The NFL suspended 49ers owner Jed York for six games and fined him $500,000.

Front Office Sports

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

Front Office Sports

Tuesday's Yankees-Red Sox game was the most-watched opening wild-card or division series game since 2006.

Front Office Sports

The NHL launched romance-style audio stories about real players, which it says the players approved.

Yahoo Sports

A federal judge dismissed a class action accusing Fanatics and the leagues of monopolizing trading cards.

Regulation · Antitrust

The Stadium Business

The Chicago Fire are selling premium seats at their new South Loop stadium for $10,000 to $25,000.

Stadium financing

OffBall

Former Steelers coach Mike Tomlin revealed a Minecraft city he has been building for twelve years.

The Athletic

Williams F1 boss James Vowles says teams are caught in a cost cap trap.

The Athletic

Daniel Taylor argues the verdict on more than 900 million pounds in inflated sponsorship revenue destroys the sport's claim to unscripted drama.

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.

Sports Business Journal

The project is $100 million over its prior estimate and the team is deferring public financing until 2027.

Stadium financing

Sportico

Private-market marks of $9.85 billion for the Knicks and $4.15 billion for the Rangers exceed the combined company's $11 billion enterprise value.

Yahoo Finance

The prediction market nearly quadrupled its December valuation on a reported $4 billion annualized revenue run rate ahead of a possible 2027 IPO.

Sports betting · IPO

Front Office Sports

Context for Victor Wembanyama's refusal to endorse betting companies, which he called sad to see other players promote.

Yahoo Sports

Games averaged 771,000 viewers, up 17 percent, with 51 broadcasts topping a million against 19 last season.

Women's sport

Front Office Sports

The WNBA declined additional discipline, clearing Wilson to play Game 3 between the Aces and Fever.

Women's sport

Sports Business Journal

Further reading from the day's section on The Sham, the Auction and the Prediction Markets.

Front Office Sports

College football's breakout star of the season faces speculation about whether he stays at Mississippi State.

College sport

ESPN

Context for the open question of what happens to Sullivan's pre-agreement with Manchester City if sanctions include a transfer ban.

The Athletic

The Athletic breaks down the independent commission's core decision finding Manchester City guilty of financial rule breaches between 2009-10 and 2017-18.

The Athletic

With the verdict in, The Athletic walks through the sanction options now facing the Premier League.

The Hill

The Senate voted 77-22 to grant the NCAA federal antitrust protections while capping athlete compensation, agent fees and annual school spending.

College sport · Antitrust

Front Office Sports

Atlanta announced 30,127 in a 41,417-seat park and Houston 34,011 against a 40,963 capacity for Tuesday's afternoon wild-card games.

Labour

Front Office Sports

College football broadcasts are averaging 1.7 million viewers across Nielsen-rated networks, down 11 percent year over year.

College sport

Front Office Sports

The CFTC is preparing to restrict incentive and promotional programs run by prediction-market platforms.

Sports betting

Front Office Sports

The sports-focused prediction market is raising at a valuation of up to $2 billion.

Sports betting

Front Office Sports

WPBL CEO Keith Stein removed the league's largest investor from its board after she refused $600,000 to drop a financial transparency suit.

Front Office Sports

Multiple soccer associations have withdrawn support for Gianni Infantino's FIFA presidency over a plan to sell private stakes in the World Cup.

Elections

The Stadium Business

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

JohnWallStreet

US pay TV has fallen from about 100 million subscribers to about 62 million, and the same corporate cash that would bid up national sports rights is now committed to data centers.

Data centres

The Athletic

The Premier League found the club guilty on all serious financial charges from 2009 to 2018, and its internal message is still that it is innocent.

The Athletic

Further reading from the day's section on The Bundle Runs Out.

Front Office Sports

The Senate passed the bill 77-22, but the House has not been in session since September 17 and is not scheduled back until after the midterms.

College sport

The Athletic

Further reading from the day's section on The Bundle Runs Out.

College sport

CBS Sports

The bill codifies the House v. NCAA settlement with a limited antitrust exemption, up to $50 million in annual athlete funds and a 5% cap on agent fees.

College sport · Regulation · Antitrust

Front Office Sports

NBC broadcasts a Major League Baseball postseason game today for the first time since 2000, with exclusive rights to all four wild-card series.

Front Office Sports

Judge will not play in the wild-card round, which Front Office Sports notes could cost NBC viewership.

Front Office Sports

Further reading from the day's section on The Bundle Runs Out.

Sports betting

The Athletic

Further reading from the day's section on The Bundle Runs Out.

CBS News

Further reading from the day's section on The Bundle Runs Out.

Women's sport

Sports Business Journal

Further reading from the day's section on The Bundle Runs Out.

The Athletic

Further reading from the day's section on The Bundle Runs Out.

ESPN

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

Fox Sports

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

Stadium financing

The Athletic

The Athletic attempts to quantify the revenue other clubs lost, which is the evidentiary basis for civil claims potentially worth hundreds of millions.

The Athletic

Reaction abroad shapes how much pressure UEFA and FIFA feel to act independently of the English process.

Yahoo Sports

The chairman says the legal process is ongoing and confidentiality limits what the club can disclose, with no penalties or appeal outcomes yet final.

The Athletic

Ratcliffe's multi-club model is struggling on the pitch at Manchester United, Nice and Lausanne, with fan disquiet off it.

The Athletic

Further reading from the day's section on Manchester City, 114 Charges, and the Bill Coming Due.

The Athletic

Further reading from the day's section on Manchester City, 114 Charges, and the Bill Coming Due.

Front Office Sports

The fund will not fund the five-event PIF Global Series in 2027, as it severs its last ties to a LIV Golf now in Chapter 11 after more than $5 billion spent.

LinkedIn (A Guy With a Scarf)

Carlo De Marchis walks through Munich's compact 1972-park bid, the 66.4% referendum, a roof renovation now at 283 million euros, and why he would target 2040 rather than 2036.

Elections

Front Office Sports

The Lions-Bills opener at the new Highmark Stadium narrowly beat Netflix's 18.5 million the week prior, with at least 27% growth among 18-to-54s.

Stadium financing

Front Office Sports

Tomlin questioned coaching decisions on air while analyzing the Cowboys' loss to the Ravens, which coaches turned broadcasters rarely do.

The Athletic

Mike Sando argues Maye's flair for the unforced error is sinking New England, with some encouraging historical comparisons.

OffBall

A vibes-based first-round bracket lands on Las Vegas after the Liberty stole Game 1 from the Lynx and the Aces crushed the Fever.

Women's sport

Off The Pitch

Rasmus Ankersen has built a profitable Super Lig club on a roughly 10 million euro wage bill in a league where he says the big four refinance debt through government-controlled banks.

Front Office Sports

The bill facing a final Senate vote would double direct athlete pay, restrict NIL deals, cap transfers and realignment, and let schools sell media rights as one package.

Streaming rights · College sport

Front Office Sports

The bill must clear a House that is not back until after the midterms and must finish before January 3 or restart the legislative process entirely.

College sport

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

Front Office Sports

The league issued more than $300,000 in fines for acts it deemed unsportsmanlike during Week 2 games.

Front Office Sports

The first-year Formula One operation remains pointless following Saturday's race in Baku.

American Airlines

American Airlines becomes a founding partner of the newly opened Nu Stadium and the wider Miami Freedom Park development.

Stadium financing · Aviation

The Athletic

DHS published a video using highlights of the former Philadelphia Eagles safety.

The Athletic

Forced trades and long-dormant offer sheets are ending hockey's tradition of player deference to front offices.

The Athletic

A profile built around the gap between what everyone wants Clark to represent and what she wants to be.

Women's sport

The Athletic

Shanahan's review of Ontario junior hockey came back recommending a new oversight executive.

The Athletic

Further reading from the day's section on Player Power and the Sports Business.

Labour

The Athletic

Further reading from the day's section on Player Power and the Sports Business.

SportBusiness

Paramount Skydance settled with a group of US states to resolve the antitrust suit blocking its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery.

Regulation · Antitrust · M&A

Front Office Sports

New York accuses the prediction market of skirting state gambling law, the second such suit after Kalshi, testing whether CFTC oversight preempts state regulators.

Sports betting · Regulation

Front Office Sports

The Premier League's long-running financial-regulations case against Manchester City ended with guilty findings on all but one of 115 charges.

Regulation

Front Office Sports

The league's first season under its new collective bargaining agreement set records for both attendance and viewership.

Women's sport · Labour

Front Office Sports

A Vancouver group is seeking about $500 million Canadian to cover a $250 million expansion fee and a practice facility, targeting 2031.

Women's sport

Front Office Sports

The PGA Tour turned Medinah's clubhouse into an $8,000-per-week hospitality space, a concrete example of the premiumisation debate in sport.

Front Office Sports

Club Car built a presidential-themed cart for Trump's Sunday appearance at Medinah, with the presidential seal on the hood.

On3

Kelly opposes the proposed cap in an amendment to the Protect College Sports Act, arguing it ignores the low-paid years required to reach the top.

College sport

247Sports

Sarkisian says headset communications cut out every time the president moves inside the stadium, with no advance warning.

Stadium financing

SportBusiness

UEFA's president said trust in world football remains broken, declining Infantino's offer to review FIFA decision-making.

SportBusiness

LIV Golf disruption contributed to a £43.6m fall in DP World Tour media rights revenue in 2025, pushing PGA Tour shortfall funding to £58.8m.

Streaming rights

SportBusiness

The Ladies European Tour handed Two Circles broadcast production and the creation of new sponsorship packages.

NHL.com

The brand becomes an official NHL beer sponsor across the Stanley Cup Playoffs, Winter Classic, All-Star Game and Stadium Series.

Stadium financing · Labour

The Stadium Business

The Greater Manchester mayor called for a review of the 1985 ban on drinking in view of the pitch, noting it does not apply to other sports.

Yahoo Sports

Gauff will play and hold ownership in the relaunched World Team Tennis league, appearing in Sunrise in December.

Yahoo Sports

Trump plans to attend No. 1 Texas at No. 14 Tennessee and the final round of the Presidents Cup.

The Athletic

Michigan-Iowa, Penn State-Wisconsin, Oregon-USC and Washington-Minnesota will clarify the Big Ten's Playoff picture.

Labour

The Athletic

Thursday's 21-point home defeat was the Packers' largest in eight seasons under Matt LaFleur.

Defector

Defector argues the bill's structure reveals its underlying purpose, a counterpoint to Brian Kelly's objection to the coach salary cap.

College sport

Defector

Chris Thompson joined the 480-mile delivery of a Volvo Ocean 65 racing sailboat from Genoa to Palermo.

Defector

Josh Levin uses his grandfather's memory of a faked injury at LSU in 1944 to trace the sport's history.

Sharp Text

Andrew Sharp on the new Washington Commanders stadium and the spread of domed venues.

Stadium financing

The Washington Post

Prosecutors say the plan was coordinated between men in at least six states and took shape in mere weeks ahead of the June 14 event at the White House.

Combat sports

Adweek

Further reading from the day's section on The Media Business: Musk's Money, Ruddy's Grudge, and the Final Commoditization.

Women's sport

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 4th Quarter

The newsletter argues a $25 billion-revenue league that already runs 32 Equity should run its own fund rather than rent out its balance sheet.

Private equity

Sportico

Sportico reported the NFL is in talks to create a fund seeded by team owners and an institutional partner, with the league as general partner.

Sportico

Having extended their Arlington lease through 2055, the Cowboys are exploring a development modeled on their $2 billion, 91-acre project in Frisco.

Stadium financing

Sportico

Apollo's debt-and-equity investment valued Yankee Global Enterprises above $10 billion while the Steinbrenners retained full control.

Front Office Sports

A Vancouver group wants to be the WNBA's 19th franchise in 2031, though a source says the league has no expansion plans beyond the 18 teams announced.

Women's sport

Front Office Sports

The NFL averaged 20.4 million viewers in Week 2, its most-watched second week in records dating to 1998.

Front Office Sports

Stephen Ross is in advanced talks to sell a fifth of the Miami Grand Prix to private equity firm Otro Capital.

Private equity

Front Office Sports

The settlement removes the deal's biggest legal obstacle and sets up a combined CBS Sports and TNT Sports rights platform.

Regulation · Antitrust

Sports Business Journal

Four teams stranded by the shutdown of Main Street Sports Group's regional networks move into a league-managed model pairing Spectrum carriage with Prime Video.

Climate

Front Office Sports

Nike was removed from the S&P 100 on Monday with its stock down more than 43% since the start of the year.

CT Insider

The Protect College Sports Act has bipartisan Senate support but divides coaches and lawmakers over athlete compensation and eligibility rules.

College sport

The Stadium Business

The renewed partnership accompanies an Arlington lease through 2055 and $273 million in venue upgrades.

The Athletic

The Athletic unpacks the political backdrop to the fixtures and why they are being staged in Hungary and Serbia.

The Athletic

Gauff will play for and co-own the Florida Flamingos in a league that has not held a season since 2021.

The Athletic

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

The Athletic

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

Sportico

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

Sports Business Journal

A partnership with Kraft Analytics Group produced a 50% rise in new fan growth and a 125% year-over-year jump in half-season ticket sales.

Front Office Sports

Fox averaged 27.2 million viewers for the Cowboys' 37-20 win over the Commanders, the most-watched telecast of the season on any network.

Front Office Sports

A group led by retired executive Bill Bakk is pursuing a WNBA expansion team in Vancouver for 2031.

Women's sport

Front Office Sports

Alabama's athletic director says a 24-team College Football Playoff looks inevitable, with a decision on the 2027 format due by December 1.

College sport · Labour

Front Office Sports

Further reading from the day's section on Sports Business, and the Lightning Round.

The Dallas Morning News

A 290-room hotel and 40,000 square feet of convention space next to Toyota Stadium in Frisco push total planned investment around the complex past $1 billion.

Stadium financing

Defector

Josh Levin traces a stretcher-based trick play his grandfather saw at Tiger Stadium into a century-long history of deception in football.

Stadium financing

JohnWallStreet

Greg Maffei is raising $30 million for a team-based thoroughbred league with exclusive deals at Santa Anita, Gulfstream and Keeneland.

Front Office Sports

The PGA Tour pays $250,000 each to players, captains and assistants, totaling $25.5 million across three events since 2022.

Front Office Sports

The Senate bill would roughly double what schools can pay athletes, from about $21 million to $48 million.

College sport

Front Office Sports

Market makers are the structural difference between a prediction market and an online sportsbook.

Sports betting

Front Office Sports

The Jazz and Utah Mammoth owner says betting and prediction markets are permanent but need moderation.

Sports betting

The Athletic

Arteta has committed his future to Arsenal after turning the club into title winners.

The Athletic

A five-games-in assessment of the 2026-27 Premier League season ahead of the international break.

The Athletic

The Athletic's final MLB power rankings of the 2026 season.

The Athletic

A ranking of the aces and closers each playoff contender will lean on in October.

Labour

The Athletic

A nor'easter projected to hit Boston late this week could disrupt the Cubs-Red Sox series and several playoff games.

Venture capital · Labour

The Athletic

Further reading from the day's section on On the Pitch, and a Lightning Round.

Front Office Sports

Shohei Ohtani is expected off the injured list as soon as Wednesday while Aaron Judge returns to it.

The Athletic

The Chargers and Texans fell to 0-2 and both Caleb Williams and Jayden Daniels were injured in Week 2.

The Athletic

Mike Sando asks whether Ben Johnson's offense can win without Williams while the Vikings sit at 2-0.

The Athletic

Williams hurt a hamstring on a fourth-quarter run against the Vikings, a better outcome than the knee or Achilles injury feared at the time.

The Athletic

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

Front Office Sports

Field temperatures on Nashville's artificial turf reached 157 degrees on Sunday, strengthening the union's case for natural grass in the 14 NFL stadiums that use turf.

Stadium financing · Labour

Front Office Sports

The fixed postseason format is exposing the league's imbalance of competitive power, particularly in the American League.

Front Office Sports

The Lions-Bills opener drew a 5% lift over last year's Thursday Night Football debut.

Front Office Sports

Monken used Tomlin's 'Browns is the Browns' remark as motivation after Cleveland's 23-19 upset of the Buccaneers.

Men in Blazers

Brighton beat the reigning champions 3-0 behind Pascal Gross, Manchester City edged Sunderland 5-3, and Coventry City won their first top-flight match since 2001.

Front Office Sports

Joe Buck has agreed to an ESPN extension while his booth partner has not.

OffBall

A reframe of the pundit-fatigue discourse into a list of on-camera voices worth following across sports.

Vetted Sports

Clearlake is buying out Boehly and Walter for a combined £950 million, valuing Chelsea at £5 billion and leaving the Stamford Bridge stadium decision entirely to the firm.

Stadium financing · M&A

Washington Commanders

The renderings for the planned $3.8 billion DC stadium show a larger lower bowl, revised sight angles and a roof designed to amplify crowd noise.

Stadium financing

The Athletic

Hodgkinson won the 800m in 1:56.40 at the first Athlos meeting held outside the US, wearing a custom speed suit she said took a year to make.

The Athletic

The Athletic examined what the backlash to the advert says about how women athletes are marketed.

The Athletic

A record OHL trade sending Tanner Adams for 17 draft picks turned on a family's finances and the cost of the path to the NHL Draft.

The Athletic

The original 'This Is Anfield' sign sold at auction for close to £150,000 and has returned to Liverpool.

Defector

Luisa Rollenhagen explains the German political situation as Friedrich Merz faces state elections his party is expected to lose ground in.

Elections

SportBusiness

SportBusiness calls the University of Miami's move to Nike one of the largest apparel deals in the history of college sports.

College sport

The Athletic

The Athletic spoke to more than 70 sources to compile roster-cost ranges for 68 Power 4 teams.

College sport

The Athletic

The bill would limit player transfers, federalize NIL compensation and cap how much a school can share with its players.

College sport

The Athletic

Mbappe leaves Nike, where he had been signed since 2006, to headline On's entry into global soccer.

Front Office Sports

Swiss sneaker brand On is entering the global soccer space with Mbappe as its lead signing.

SportBusiness

Clearlake Capital acquired the ownership interests of Todd Boehly and Mark Walter, taking full control of both clubs.

SportBusiness

Visa is returning as a Rugby World Cup sponsor after Mastercard relinquished the rights to focus on McLaren F1 and Uefa club competitions.

SportBusiness

Nairobi will host the 2029 World Athletics Championships, the first time the event is staged on the African continent.

SportBusiness

The WTA is relocating to Charlotte under an agreement that will see the city host three editions of the season-ending Finals.

SportBusiness

The Saudi Pro League launched a distribution strategy across 16 international markets combining pay-per-view, free sponsored access and revenue sharing with creators.

Washington Commanders

The design is a single continuous sweep inspired by RFK Stadium, with no stacked premium levels or heavy overhangs, aimed at maximizing crowd noise.

Stadium financing

The Stadium Business

The $1.4 billion EverBank Stadium redevelopment will have a base capacity of 62,000, expandable past 71,500 for major events.

Stadium financing

The Athletic

Nottingham Forest's City Ground expansion has council approval but carries planning conditions the club still has to meet.

Stadium financing

Front Office Sports

Schwarzenegger told FOS Tonight he is concerned about whether Los Angeles's infrastructure will hold up for the 2028 Summer Olympics.

Front Office Sports

The return of professional women's baseball in the US has been mired in litigation, boardroom drama and questions about its majority owner's investment.

Defector

The WNBA's Miami Sol folded in 2002 despite good attendance and a playoff appearance after the Heat declined to fund the team under a league restructuring.

Women's sport · Labour

The Athletic

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

Semafor

The Commerce Department cited national security concerns in ordering the prediction market to pull a product tracking AI compute prices.

Sports betting · AI

Front Office Sports

The opening of the $2.2 billion stadium is the start of a broader NFL venue development cycle.

Stadium financing

The 4th Quarter

Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy's four-year-old league-operating holding company is closing a round valuing it north of $1 billion.

Sports Business Journal

Clearlake now controls Chelsea in a $6.7 billion deal, with Boehly and Walter taking roughly $1.2 billion in cash for a combined 25% stake.

Sports Business Journal

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

Front Office Sports

Opening week averaged 19.5 million viewers per game, down 13% from 2025 but still the third-most-watched opening week in a decade.

Front Office Sports

The Knicks said a mistake caused season-opener tickets to go on sale averaging $2,500, and buyers will receive partial refunds.

Front Office Sports

Both Florida senators voted against advancing the Protect College Sports Act because it could complicate conference realignment for Miami and FSU.

College sport

Front Office Sports

The defensive coordinator resigned as UNC announced the end of its investigation into the culture of the football program.

Front Office Sports

Nike will be removed from the S&P 100 next week with its stock down 43% year to date.

Men in Blazers

Manchester United went 2-0 up inside ten minutes at Old Trafford and lost 3-2 to Brighton, eliminated by 19-year-old Charalampos Kostoulas.

Defector

Defector's Chris Thompson takes apart Polymarket's Wolf of Wall Street-style ad starring LeBron James.

Front Office Sports

Front Office Sports on how far Amazon has come in its fifth season as an NFL broadcaster.

Front Office Sports

Texas and Ohio State delivered record college football viewership for a second straight year.

College sport

The Athletic

The Athletic finds the true value of 100-plus college football player deals is murky and open to interpretation.

College sport

The Athletic

Arch Manning apologized for joking about an AI-altered video depicting Steve Sarkisian slapping ESPN's Holly Rowe.

AI

SportBusiness

Investors at SportNXT said institutional capital wants venues, data and fan relationships more than teams themselves.

SportBusiness

Todd Boehly and Mark Walter are close to selling their Chelsea stakes to Clearlake Capital.

The Stadium Business

The Royals picked builders for a $3 billion mixed-use district around a new 34,000-seat downtown ballpark, targeting 2030.

Stadium financing

Front Office Sports

The WTA Finals go to Charlotte through 2029, and the tour is moving its global headquarters there from Florida.

The Guardian

Macklemore was dropped from Ed Sheeran's tour after venues including Robert Kraft's Gillette Stadium refused to host him.

Stadium financing

Men in Blazers

Men in Blazers on Liverpool beating Spurs and Sunderland's first European match in 53 years.

The Hill

The Senate advanced the Protect College Sports Act 74-24, shielding the NCAA from antitrust suits and capping revenue sharing and agent fees.

College sport · Regulation · Antitrust

Yahoo Sports

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

The Athletic

A former general manager reads both sides' submitted proposals and finds elements in each that would improve the game.

Front Office Sports

Two low-payroll clubs clinched first, giving the players' union an argument that a hard salary cap is not needed for competitive balance.

Labour

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

Jacob Fortinsky addressed criticism from professional female athletes and disclosed $1 billion traded on Novig since its August launch.

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

The Gotham FC governor defended both the NWSL's star exception and league-wide salary caps at the Asset Class event in New York.

Women's sport

Front Office Sports

A career-earnings provision can win a spot in the tour's top-tier series, but LIV players still have no route back.

Front Office Sports

Allowed contract terms shorten by a year once the new collective bargaining agreement takes effect at midnight.

Labour

The Athletic

Nairobi beat out London for the 2029 championships.

The Stadium Business

Madrid's new 5.4-kilometer hybrid circuit sold out its first Formula 1 weekend, though drivers criticized the layout's lack of overtaking.

Yahoo Sports

ESPN gave Senator Ted Cruz platform time for the bill without meaningful pushback, and has since booked NAACP President Derrick Johnson to make the opposing case.

College sport

The Athletic

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

Houston Chronicle

Sen. Ted Cruz was booed on ESPN's College GameDay while promoting his college sports legislation.

College sport

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.

The Athletic

NFL Week 1's twelve Sunday afternoon games averaged 53.75 points, putting the Week 1 scoring record within reach.

The Athletic

There will be no Monday Night Football doubleheaders this season after as many as four in each of the last two years.

The Athletic

Patrick Mahomes returned for the season opener nine months after tearing the ACL and LCL in his left knee.

The Athletic

The Athletic argues the Browns should move on from Deshaun Watson after a 34-10 opening loss to Jacksonville.

Front Office Sports

Top tennis players paused their public protests after the Grand Slams met their goal of a 22% revenue share.

Yahoo Sports

The Rose Bowl unveiled a $30 million Field Club tied to 1,000 premium seats, with UCLA keeping the revenue.

The Baltimore Banner

A U.S. record rugby crowd of 68,173 filled Baltimore's M&T Bank Stadium to watch South Africa beat New Zealand 43-28.

Stadium financing

SportBusiness

The Women's Super League's Sunday evening kick-off has returned after a year, and SportBusiness asks whether it will lift attendance.

Business Insider

Researcher Jacob Coxon said AI companies are gambling with our lives, which pushed the safety debate to a boiling point.

Sports betting · AI

Vetted Sports

A deal worth close to $700 million shows private equity treating fitness brands like sports franchises, with more than 60% of top U.S. gym chains already PE-backed.

Private equity · M&A

Status

College GameDay gave Ted Cruz nearly ten minutes to push the Protect College Sports Act, drawing boos and questions about equal time.

College sport

ProFootballTalk

Mike Florio accused ESPN of leading the conga line for the bill while giving its opponents little airtime.

College sport

ESPN

Messi reached a preliminary deal to take over second-division Eldense, pending due diligence and approval.

Front Office Sports

Further reading from the day's section on Sports Business: Hyrox, Shirt Deals and a Senator on GameDay.

College sport

The Athletic

Bill Ackman, the 60-year-old, $10.4 billion hedge fund CEO, played a pro match on the Hall of Fame grass trying to become the oldest player to earn ATP points.

The Athletic

Further reading from the day's section on the U.S. Open final and the business of play.

The Athletic

An Akron season-ticket holder won a drawing to call his team's opening drive, and learned in four plays that football rarely follows the script.

The Washington Post

The Post profiled the billionaire Trump ally blowing up college football.

College sport

The Athletic

The Athletic explains why South Africa vs. New Zealand, rugby's biggest moneymaker, is being played in Baltimore.

The Athletic

Further reading from the day's reading list.