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José E. Feliciano to Headline Sportico Invest New York
José E. Feliciano, co-founder of Clearlake Capital and Major League Baseball’s newest owner, will join Sportico Invest New York for a keynote conversation on Nov. 10 in New York City, offering a rare insider’s perspective on the forces reshaping the global sports industry. Feliciano and his wife Kwanza Jones, who will also join the conversation, […]
Players Era’s Trademark on Track as New Era Drops Its Objection
Players Era, the NIL-paying college sports tournament operator, moved a step closer to securing trademark rights to its own name after headwear giant New Era dropped its formal protest following an undisclosed settlement. In a motion filed last week with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), New Era sought to withdraw its opposition to […]
Ohio Gov. DeWine’s NCAA Eligibility Order Could Face Lawsuit
As if the legal landscape for college athlete eligibility weren’t chaotic enough, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Tuesday added a new twist that all but invites the NCAA to sue him. DeWine signed Executive Order 2026-04D, which authorizes Ohio colleges not to enforce NCAA eligibility rules regarding certain former Division I athletes from the high […]
Jacob Misiorowski Throws Fast. His Route to a Big Payday Is Far Slower
No pitcher has ever thrown as hard as Jacob Misiorowski in the history of Major League Baseball. And few have been as effective over a one-year run as the Milwaukee Brewers ace, who is likely to win the NL Cy Young award after posting a 1.80 ERA striking out almost 13 batters for every nine […]
‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Release May Wreak Havoc on Sports Ratings
Steven Adams may have been joking when he issued his recent warning about a looming sports performance slump, but the big fella’s predictions about a huge video game franchise may prove to be no laughing matter for the leagues and their media partners. During a Q&A session with reporters late last month, the Houston Rockets […]
Court Skeptical of College Athletes’ Eligibility in Wisne-NCAA Case
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit on Tuesday appeared likely to reverse a nationwide injunction allowing Division I athletes who began college play in 2022–23 and completed four years of eligibility to play another season against the NCAA’s wishes. While a ruling likely won’t be issued for weeks or months, a victory […]
Mike Elko Called the Fan Site TexAgs a ‘Cesspool.’ It’s Deep in Aggie Money
Texas A&M head football coach Mike Elko may have ventured onto financially sensitive ground when he lashed out at the Aggies’ largest fan site. During post-game remarks following Texas A&M’s 27-6 loss Saturday at then-No. 14 Missouri, Elko took aim at negative posters on TexAgs.com, deriding the website as “Billy’s cesspool” in a pointed reference […]
NYAC Turns Pandemic Signup Boom Into First Winter Sport Athlete
The New York Athletic Club is one of the most storied institutions in the history of American sports, and its athletes have won 321 Olympic medals, dating back to the first modern Games in 1896. But for its entire 158-year history, the NYAC had never supported a winter sport athlete. That’s changing this autumn. Lauren […]
Don’t Love Your Sports Apps? With AI, Fans Are Building Their Own
Jordan Lyall was sitting on his couch on a recent Saturday, trying to keep up with approximately 1 bajillion college football games across nearly that many streaming services, when he had an idea. Lyall pulled out his phone and began composing a message for Claude, the AI app from Anthropic. I want to build an […]
Sporticast: The Man City Problem
On the 594th Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams discuss some of the biggest sports business stories of the week, including the latest in the ongoing saga of Manchester City’s alleged violations of English soccer’s financial fair play rules. The Emirati-owned soccer team is appealing a recent ruling that found it guilty on […]
NCAA Eligibility Litigation Court Showdown Arrives
Tuesday brings a key courtroom hearing in the ongoing legal battle over whether former Division I athletes who began college play in 2022–23 and completed four years of eligibility should be able to play another season against the NCAA’s wishes. At 9 a.m. CT, Judges Carolyn B. McHugh, Paul J. Kelly and Nancy L. Moritz […]
LIV Golf Bankruptcy Lands Law Firm in a Florida Sublease Hazard
There are well over a dozen law firms involved in the LIV Golf bankruptcy proceedings, but perhaps none has as personal—or immediate—a stake as Blank Rome LLP. Earlier this year, the Philadelphia-headquartered firm expanded its presence in Florida by adding a five-lawyer office in West Palm Beach. It set up shop in an unlikely location: […]
Will the NFL’s Prediction Market Push Influence Supreme Court?
The influence of an amicus brief depends entirely on the weight a court chooses to give it. An amicus brief, a legal document filed by a party not directly involved in the case, can be treated as a game-changer, be ignored altogether or fall somewhere in between. Odds are amicus briefs filed last Friday by […]
NCAA Won’t Commit to Future Concussion Research Funding
The CARE Consortium, the concussion research alliance launched in 2014 by the NCAA and Department of Defense, is nearing the end of its current, five-year phase. And while a grant proposal is currently before the Department of Defense to extend research support for another five years, the NCAA is noncommittal about its future funding of […]
WNBA Finals Pairs League’s Most and Least Valuable Teams
The WNBA will crown a first-time champion this year, as the Atlanta Dream and the Golden State Valkyries will contest the Finals beginning Oct. 17. The historic championship matchup will feature the W’s most and least valuable franchises, with the Valkyries topping Sportico’s latest rankings at $850 million and the Dream No. 13 at $280 […]
Sportico Transactions: Moves and Mergers Roundup for Oct. 9
Welcome to Sportico’s transactions wire, a weekly rundown of personnel, partnerships, products and purchases across the sports business industry. PERSONNEL X Games Appoints Sports Steve Rogers as Chief Operating Officer X Games has named sports and entertainment executive Steve Rogers as chief operating officer, as the company continues the expansion of the MoonPay X Games […]
Club Sportico: You’re Seeing That Ad Because Your Team Is Losing
Picture this: You’re sitting on your couch, watching your favorite football team lose to its biggest rival. As the fourth quarter nears its end, you feel increasingly frustrated and angry. Statistically speaking, you’re likely also hungry. And while you might not realize it, DoorDash does. You open Instagram to blow off steam, and you see […]
NBA Franchise Valuations Ranking List: From Warriors to Grizzlies
The average NBA team is worth $6.64 billion, according to data compiled by Sportico . The Golden State Warriors rank first at $14.5 billion, while the Memphis Grizzlies rank last at $4.2 billion. Below are the values of the league's 30 franchises, which are collectively worth $199 billion.
NBA Valuations 2026: Warriors Lead at $14.5B, Average up 21%
The Golden State Warriors are worth $14.5 billion and top Sportico ’s 2026 NBA franchise valuations for the fifth straight year. The 30 teams are worth a total of $199 billion.
So-So Cowboys, Rejuvenated Chiefs Power Early NFL Ratings Run
A national television scheduled frontloaded with the Dallas Cowboys and Patrick Mahomes’ accelerated return from a season-ending knee injury in 2025 have conspired to get the NFL off to yet another hot start on the ratings charts. Set to make six coast-to-coast broadcast appearances over the first seven weeks of the 2026-27 campaign, Dallas is […]
After Shortening Games, MLB Wants to Shorten Its Season
MLB’s 162-game regular season has long been a boon for teams selling summerlong tonnage to cable TV channels. As recently as 2022, 23% of MLB team revenues came from local media deals, nearly twice the percentage seen in the NBA or NHL. But the decline of regional sports networks has changed the math in baseball, […]
NFL Escalates Prediction Market Frustrations to Supreme Court
The NFL on Thursday filed an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the state of New Jersey’s petition for a high-court review of whether federally regulated prediction markets, like those offered by Kalshi and Polymarket, are legal. New Jersey is one of many states in litigation against prediction market operators. Amid a circuit […]
Sporticast: Can the Premier League Thrive With Fewer Stars?
On the 593rd Sporticast episode, Lev Akabas, Justin Birnbaum and Jacob Feldman fill in for Scott and Eben to discuss a week’s worth of sports business news. Justin recently published Sportico‘s annual list of the world’s highest-paid soccer players, with Cristiano Ronaldo leading the way with roughly $300 million in earnings. Only one of the […]
Sherrone’s Stuff: Inside the 46 Boxes Michigan Shipped Its Fired Coach
As former University of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore sat in a Washtenaw County jail cell late last year—after being arrested for felony home invasion and stalking of his executive assistant, with whom he had an extramarital affair—his one-time employer wasted little time getting a move on. On Dec. 11, a Michigan athletics human resources […]
Sherrone’s Stuff: Inside the 46 Boxes Michigan Shipped Its Fired Coach
As former University of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore sat in a Washtenaw County jail cell late last year—after being arrested for felony home invasion and stalking of his executive assistant, with whom he had an extramarital affair—his one-time employer wasted little time getting a move on. On Dec. 11, a Michigan athletics human resources […]
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