Influential marketing executive Wieden dies at age 77
Creative force is credited for originating Nike's 'Just Do It' slogan
Disney, Dish Network reach carriage deal to end brief blackout
Suite of channels including ESPN had gone dark on satellite service, Sling TV
Arne Rees on establishing a new sports investment entity
In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Arne Rees, co-founder of the newly formed Velocity Capital Management. Fisher and Russo also discuss the $30m (€31.2m) round of funding for Athletes Unlimited, continued change and turbulence in United States college sports, the National Football League’s accelerating push for greater internationalization, collector impacts surrounding the historic home run chase of Major League Baseball superstar Aaron Judge, and heightened legal friction between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf.
PGA Tour files counterclaim against LIV Golf
Property levies claims of tortious interference against its Saudi-backed rival
Buccaneers-Chiefs game to remain in Tampa after Hurricane Ian
Tampa area spared the most severe damage from deadly storm
Athletes Unlimited completes $30m fundraising
Startup network of professional sports leagues closes on its first outside capital raise, marking another major inflection point in the meteoric growth this year of women’s sports
Yankees, Amazon to simulcast Judge chase on YES Network
Move made to seek out a greater audience for potential milestone
LIV Golf ‘nearing US time-buy deal with Fox Sports’
Deal, if completed, would be highly unusual among most major sports properties
Mickelson, three others depart antitrust lawsuit against PGA Tour
Six-time major winner says he no longer needs to be involved
NBA reworks official app to boost global reach, fan connections
Membership program, lower League Pass pricing among new features