The NCAA on Friday accused Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby of placing over $90,000 in bets while playing for Indiana, Cincinnati and Texas Tech from 2022 to 2026, and of transferring money to others for bets in Texas, where sports betting is barred by a criminal statute. Sorsby is away from the team for treatment […]
Ownership of Muhammad Ali’s 1974 “Rumble in the Jungle” World Boxing Council title belt and of a uniform worn by Wilt Chamberlain as a high school player in 1954 are among the 11 high-value memorabilia items at issue in a new federal lawsuit brought by Collectable Sports Assets LLC (CSA) against sports memorabilia museum Sports […]
The NWSL’s Gotham FC has hired the Florida Panthers’ Mark Zarthar as president, according to multiple people familiar with the details. Zarthar was named the Panthers’ chief revenue officer last August after more than two years as the NHL club’s chief strategy officer. Gotham, which is controlled by Carolyn Tisch Blodgett, has not formally had a president […]
There will be a new men’s major champion at Roland Garros this year. Novak Djokovic lost in the third round 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, 7-5 to Brazilian 19-year-old João Fonseca on Friday, sending the tennis Grand Slams into a state of rare unpredictability. One day earlier, No. 1 seed Jannik Sinner lost in a five-setter […]
Jannik Sinner’s pursuit of a career Grand Slam was thwarted Thursday morning by his poor showing at the French Open, and while tennis fans were already ruing the impossibility of a reprise of last year’s epic men’s final, the departure of the worldwide No. 1 may prove to be an even tougher pill for TNT […]
Welcome to Sportico’s transactions wire, a weekly rundown of personnel, partnerships and products across the sports business industry. PERSONNEL Nashville SC Hires Lucas Reid as VP of Corporate Partnerships Nashville SC announced it has hired Lucas Reid as its vice president of corporate partnerships. In his role, Reid will oversee NSC’s partnership strategy and lead […]
Two full months into the MLB season, the American League only has four teams above .500, while the National League has 11. Those are the fewest and most teams from either league, respectively, to be above .500 as of May 28 since MLB expanded to 30 franchises in 1998. A number of slumping AL teams […]
Update: PSG defeated Arsenal in a penalty shootout on Saturday. Global soccer heavyweights Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain face off Saturday in the Champions League final in Budapest, Hungary. They are both chasing history, with Arsenal looking for its first top-tier European crown, and PSG eyeing back-to-back titles, something only Real Madrid has accomplished since the […]
MLS matches have averaged 62% more viewers through the first three months of its season compared to last year, the league announced Friday, with all games now available on Apple TV. Including viewership via international distribution and linear partners, the league said it averaged 7.9 million live match viewers per week heading into its World Cup […]
The first indication that this will not be your typical NBA Finals broadcast arrives with 6:39 left to go in the second quarter. As Knicks forward Anthony Mason earns a charge via cannonballing his way through Rockets short-timer Chris Jent, NBC suddenly throws 18 blocks north to Tom Brokaw at the Nightly News desk. “We […]