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MLB CBA Labor Fight: Salary Cap Battle and More Lockout Questions
1+ hour, 54+ min ago (1386+ words) 1. What's the Dispute About? At the core, the disagreement between MLB and MLBPA is about money, and who gets it. 2. How Can a Lockout Be Legal? Even if on the surface they appear to be unfair to players, lockouts are…...
Sporticast: Tennis Players Score With 4 Earning $40 M+ in Last Year
3+ hour, 57+ min ago (395+ words) On the 566th Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Kurt Badenhausen discuss some of the biggest sports business stories of the week, including Wimbledon and the highest-paid tennis players. The top 10 tennis players collectively earned $344 million, up 26. 5% from last year's $272 million....
NBA Players, Owners to Split $580 M in Escrow at a 45%-55% Ratio
17+ hour, 10+ min ago (440+ words) The NBA released final accounting on the 2025-26 season, revealing basketball-related income was $11. 68 billion, up from $10. 25 billion the previous year. The BRI means players and owners will roughly split an escrow account of about $580 million set aside to make the math…...
Insights from Basketball Legends Diana Taurasi and Jaylen Brown Cannes Lions
19+ hour, 50+ min ago (193+ words) Sportico'spoke with Celtics'Jaylen Brown'about the'launch of Plyrs Untd, the NBAs new commercial arm that will look to build equity and expand the unions yearly revenue. Brown emphasizes how Plyrs Untd, which is 100% owned by the players, could have a massive…...
Was Norway's Viking Row Raided From Sweden?
20+ hour, 16+ min ago (440+ words) The Norwegian "Viking row" celebration has been the ubiquitous sensation of the 2026 World Cup. Norway fans have rowed in Times Square, rowed on escalators and rowed at NFL stadiums around the U. S. in unison with their national soccer team, led by…...
Inner Circle Sports Sale to William Blair Closes
21+ hour, 18+ min ago (339+ words) Global investment bank William Blair has completed its purchase of boutique sports advisor Inner Circle Sports in a move that gives the firm an immediate presence in the flourishing world of sports dealmaking. The two companies reached an agreement in…...
Nike Gets a Win in Trademark Dispute Over "Total 90" Mark
1+ day, 52+ min ago (539+ words) Nike has persuaded a federal judge to deny Louisiana-based soccer apparel company Total90 LLC an injunction that would have stopped Nike from a "marketing blitz" using the term "Total 90." Total90 sued Nike last year, arguing that it owns the trademark for "Total90" and…...
How Serena Williams Made a Career-High $40 Million This Year
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (220+ words) Serena Williams made her return to Wimbledon Tuesday with a three-set loss against Maya Joint. It marked the 44-year-old's first singles action since the 2022 U. S. Open, when Williams said she was "evolving" away from tennis in a Vogue essay. She is…...
Nike to Wall Street: We Are Building Like the Knicks
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (182+ words) Nike CEO Elliott Hill had a message for Wall Street on Tuesday as the world's largest sportswear maker continues its multiyear corporate turnaround effort: Think of us like the New York Knicks. The Knicks overcame several double-digit point deficits to…...
Even NFL Teams" World Cup Drummers Face FIFA Rules
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (590+ words) In the months leading up to the 2026 World Cup, FIFA asked NFL teams whose stadiums would be hosting the tournament to provide drumlines and cheerleaders for matches, according to people familiar with the matter. For both FIFA and the NFL,…...