USA

Football
Industry Moves

Brad Estes has stepped down from his role as president of Soccer Holdings, LLC, the parent company of the United Soccer League's Louisville City FC and the National Women's Soccer League's Racing Louisville
Ice Hockey
Events

Marquee league event resumes after pandemic-imposed delay
Multiple Sports
Governance

New provisions extend operational challenges for North American sports properties
Golf
Governance

US golfer says he is in line to gain $8m top prize
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Varun Sudhakar, co-founder and chief executive of sports betting platform startup BetDEX. Fisher and Russo also discuss ongoing challenges in the sports industry due to the Covid-19 pandemic, preview forthcoming developments in 2022 in the team acquisition, media rights, and sports betting sectors, and they remember recently deceased National Football League icon John Madden.
Mixed Martial Arts
Finance & Law

Asian mixed martial arts promotion ONE Championship announced on December 22 it had closed a $150m (€132m) funding round, securing backing from new investors including Qatar Investment Authority and G…
NFL
Industry Moves

Celebrated coach, broadcaster was also the namesake for popular video game series
US College Sport
Events

A team could advance to the College Football Playoff national championship and ultimately win the tournament by virtue of their opponents having to forfeit due to Covid-19 outbreaks, it has been announced
Multiple Sports
Media

Media group Discovery has announced that the European Commission has granted unconditional antitrust clearance to the company’s proposed acquisition of telecoms giant AT&T’s WarnerMedia business.
NFL
Media

Crypto.com has joined fellow cryptocurrency platform FTX in buying a Super Bowl commercial next February as part of the industry's expansive marketing push into the North American sports landscape
Multiple Sports
Governance

The Metro Nashville Sports Authority is ramping up its efforts to potentially bring a women's professional sports franchise to the Tennessee city.
Ice Hockey
Events

The National Hockey League and NHL Players Association have reached an agreement to not send players to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics over concerns that the Covid-19 pandemic will significantly disrupt …
Basketball
Governance

National Basketball Association commissioner Adam Silver has said the league has "no plans" to suspend its season despite the rising number of Covid-19 cases which have caused widespread disruption to…
Football
Media

Atalanta Media-owned women’s football streaming platform Ata Football has signed a two-year deal to cover Italy’s top-tier women’s Serie A in the US, Canada and Germany. T
Esports
Sponsorship & Marketing

US-based esports organisation Immortals has appointed the Sportfive agency as its exclusive global commercial sales agency
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Major League Soccer's Inter Miami CF has secured a "major" multiyear partnership with software technology company XMANNA, which has been designated the team's inaugural sleeve sponsor and its official…
Football
Licensing & Merchandising

National Women's Soccer League expansion team Angel City FC has brought in cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com as club’s official cryptocurrency and nonfungible token (NFT) partner.
Ice Hockey
Governance

The National Hockey League and NHL Players' Association have agreed to start their Christmas break two days earlier than planned as the league tries to weather several Covid-19 outbreaks and the rise of…