Sportico Transactions: Moves and Mergers Roundup for Sept. 12
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Dundon Group, NBA’s Trail Blazers Sign Formal Purchase Agreement
Tom Dundon’s group has a signed purchase agreement to buy the Portland Trail Blazers, the estate of former owner Paul Allen said Friday. Sportico was first to…
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Investment in sports goes far beyond teams and players. Sports franchises have become the big-brand centerpieces to global platform companies with tentacles that…
Lauren Leichtman Building Family Affair as San Diego Wave Owner
Brandi Chastain’s thrilling penalty kick to win the 1999 women’s World Cup for the United States captivated soccer fans across the county, prompting a boom in the sport…
CW Profile Grows With Unexpected Top 25 College Football Matchup
Entering this season, No. 18 South Florida at No. 5 Miami wasn’t expected to be a matchup of ranked college football teams. Now, Saturday’s in-state showdown is kind of…
Clippers’ Jones Owes Ex-Agent $1M After Switching to Klutch Sports
Los Angeles Clippers forward Derrick Jones Jr. will need to pay his former agent Aaron Turner a 4% commission ($1.2 million) on a three-year, $30 million contract Jones…
Canelo Alvarez Career Earnings to Hit $800M With Crawford Fight
Boxing’s biggest star returns to the ring Saturday night when Canelo Alvarez faces off against Terence Crawford at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. Crawford is moving up…
Patrick Mahomes, Meghan Trainor Yuk It Up in NFL’s $357M Ad Week
We’re maybe just a few minutes into the second quarter of Sunday’s Steelers-Jets game when the guy in the Emerson Boozer jersey starts griping about that Meghan Trainor…
NCAA Alleges 13 Ex-Hoops Players Bet on or Against Their Teams
The NCAA on Thursday announced that its enforcement staff “is in the process of alleging” violations regarding 13 former men’s basketball players from Eastern Michigan…
Kalshi’s Trading Arm Muddles ‘Peer-to-Peer’ Claims
Several Kalshi users thought they were in luck Monday night when the prediction market accepted in-game wagers on whether Chicago Bears running back Roschon Johnson…
Amazon Thursday Night Football Adds Focus on Clock Management
Prime Video has announced several analytics-focused additions to its Thursday Night Football coverage as the NFL returns to Amazon for a fourth season of…
Zone Defense: MJ Mansion Buyer Stifled by Local Timeshare Ban
Highland Park, Ill.—Perhaps scooping up Michael Jordan’s notoriously unsellable Chicagoland mansion—even at a third of its original listing price—wasn’t such a slam-dunk…
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