Shohei Ohtani's $700 million contract crushes MLB, North American records

newsweek.com Shohei Ohtani's free agency has captivated Major League Baseball's (MLB) fans and teams alike ever since the offseason started. And it all resulted in a record-breaking…

but also because he can sell

apnews.com Shohei Ohtani's jaw-dropping $700 million, 10-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers has some similarities to other contracts for the world's biggest sports stars, including…

MLB superstar Shohei Ohtani breaks record with $700 million Dodgers deal: ‘He’s transcended baseball.’

fortune.com Major League Baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani, who has been likened to the legendary Babe Ruth for his ability to hit home runs and pitch, has announced he will sign with…

Shohei Ohtani Signs Record $700 Million Deal With Dodgers

variety.com The long wait for Shohei Ohtani to end his free agency is over. The great Japanese two-way star announced on his Instagram account on Saturday he’s signing with the Los…

Welcome to the Shohei Ohtani sweepstakes, where the Jays could spend up to $600M US on baseball's 'unicorn'

cbc.ca The Toronto Blue Jays are reportedly one of the last teams still in the running to sign baseball's superstar Shohei Ohtani. Baseball insiders say it will take between…

Borenstein: Alameda County demands A’s make $45 million payment for leaving Oakland

siliconvalley.com Alameda County officials on Thursday demanded $45 million in payments from the A’s because the baseball team is leaving Oakland for Las Vegas. It’s a move the county should…

How One Rap Song Seized Sports in 2023

nytimes.com During the New York Jets game that Sexyy Red attended in September, Buffalo Bills receiver Stefon Diggs used lyrics from her song “SkeeYee” in a touchdown celebration. After…

Amazon Prime adds another major sports property to its lineup

thestreet.com A few days after Amazon (AMZN) - Get Free Report announced that it would be airing international cricket competitions in Australia, the company has announced another deal…

Juan Soto trade a bold move the New York Yankees needed to make

newsweek.com Major League Baseball teams and fans alike have spent the first month or so of the offseason anxiously awaiting the chance to see where two-way phenomenon Shohei Ohtani…

PSG sells minority stake to US firm Arctos Partners

apnews.com Paris Saint-Germain owner Qatar Sports Investments agreed to sell a minority stake to U.S. private equity platform Arctos Partners on Thursday. Financial terms of the deal…

Scott Boras Believes Streaming Will Escalate The Value Of MLB Franchises

forbes.com Super-agent Scott Boras held his annual scrum outside the media room at the Nashville Winter Meetings. As usual the throng jockeyed for position to ask him questions about…

The death of woke capitalism

foxbusiness.com Americans have rocked the woke. Disney recently admitted what every shareholder and reasonable observer has long known: Its activist strategy has negatively impacted its…

Cleveland Guardians Win Top Spot In Major League Baseball Draft Lottery

forbes.com The Cleveland Guardians have won the top slot in the 2024 Major League Baseball draft. The Guardians, won the No. 1 pick in the draft, based on a lottery held December 5 at…

Hall Of Fame To Unveil Black Baseball Exhibit, Recreate East/West Game

forbes.com A month after Major League Baseball marks the 50th anniversary of Hank Aaron breaking Babe Ruth’s record, the Baseball Hall of Fame will pay tribute to the history of black…

Babe Ruth baseball card just got sold for an unbelievable amount of money

thestreet.com Sports business seems to be growing in all facets, whether its team valuations and player contracts. On Dec. 4, there was more proof of the growth of sports — this time…

Wisconsin governor signs off on $500 million plan to fund repairs and upgrades at Brewers stadium

apnews.com After months of backroom wrangling, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed a bill Tuesday that spends half-a-billion dollars in taxpayer money over the next three decades to help…

The Athletic appoints Craig senior ME, MLB

talkingbiznews.com The Athletic has promoted Marc Craig to senior managing editor for its MLB vertical. He wrote on X/Twitter: Craig joined The Athletic in January 2018 as a New York Yankees…

Cleveland Guardians Have Power Bats Developing In Their Organization

forbes.com The Cleveland Guardians headed to the Major League Baseball Winter Meetings in Nashville, Tennessee with one vacancy on their 40-man roster. Perhaps the team has a trade…

The Milwaukee Brewers Are Betting Big On Top Prospect Jackson Chourio

forbes.com Jackson Chourio could very well be the kind of once-in-a-generation talent that can completely change the fortunes of a Major League Baseball franchise. And the Milwaukee…

Jonathan Majors Assault Trial Begins: Actor’s Lawyers Claim Ex-Girlfriend Made ‘False Allegations’ Out of ‘Revenge’

variety.com Opening statements began on Monday in the criminal trial against actor Jonathan Majors, who has been accused of assaulting his ex-girlfriend. He arrived at New York City…

Managers Lou Piniella And Jim Leyland Rep An Era That No Longer Exists

forbes.com Usually, the surest thing about any Baseball Hall of Fame Veterans Committee-esque election is you’ll never be entirely sure what to call it without double or triple…

Soccer’s Cristiano Ronaldo Faces $1 Billion Lawsuit Over Binance Promotion

pymnts.com Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo is reportedly being sued for promoting embattled cryptocurrency exchange Binance. The $1 billion class-action suit, filed last week in the…

Team’s Sale Reflects Growing Links Between Pro Sports and Gambling

nytimes.com The Dallas Mavericks are being sold to the Adelson and Dumont families, who run the casino operator, the Sands Corporation. The proposed purchase of the N.B.A.’s Dallas…

Column: Silicon Valley VCs wanted to believe SBF's lies. Now they want you to believe their excuses

latimes.com Crypto scammer Sam Bankman-Fried, on one of his numerous appearances in a Manhattan federal courthouse before his conviction on seven criminal counts Nov. 2. Sequoia Capital…

SiriusXM, Major League Baseball renew play-by-play radio agreement through 2028

thedesk.net SiriusXM has renewed its agreement with Major League Baseball (MLB) that will allow the satellite and streaming audio service to continue offering live play-by-play of MLB…

Dennis Gilbert Encourages Philanthropy When It Comes To Youth Sports

forbes.com The Aspen Institute’s Project Play initiative recently released its National State of Play 2023 report. In its eighth edition, the report identified the latest trends in…

Trading Juan Soto Makes Good Business Sense For The San Diego Padres

forbes.com It’s hard to believe Soto has received so much attention at such a young age. Soto’s 2024 contract, his last under Major League Baseball salary arbitration eligibility, will…

Deion Sanders Named SI Sportsman Of The Year Amid Cloud Of Controversy

forbes.com Deion Sanders and Sports Illustrated (SI) have been the subject of much public discourse over the past week. SI has been on the hot seat for allegedly using AI to write and…

FTX Gets OK to Sell $744 Million in Grayscale Stakes

pymnts.com FTX has gotten the go-ahead to sell stakes in digital trusts managed by Grayscale. According to recent court filings, a bankruptcy judge has given the cryptocurrency firm…

MLB and Sirius XM extended broadcast agreement through 2028 season

seattletimes.com Major League Baseball and Sirius XM extended their broadcast agreement by five years through the 2028 season.

NASCAR to stream some races on Amazon's Prime Video, Max starting in 2025

marketwatch.com NASCAR on Wednesday announced a seven-year media-rights deal with Fox Sports, NBC Sports, Amazon’s AMZN, Prime Video and Warner Bros. Discovery’s WBD, TNT Sports, starting…

Crypto Sponsorships Are Back? University of Miami Strikes Deal With Helium Mobile

decrypt.co Helium Mobile, a wireless phone service built on the decentralized, crypto-powered Helium network, has been named the Official Wireless Sponsor of University of Miami…

Why Dallas? Las Vegas Sands casino moguls make a play for the NBA

cnbc.com A detailed view of the Dallas Mavericks logo on the court during the fourth quarter in Game Four of the 2022 NBA Playoffs Western Conference Finals between the Golden State…

Why do people keep suing celebrities like Ronaldo and Tom Brady over crypto losses?

marketwatch.com Ever since the collapse of crypto currencies last year, the lawsuits have been flying. But a series of class-action suits targeting celebrity endorsers of crypto exchanges…

Cristiano Ronaldo Sued for Promoting Binance

beincrypto.com Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has been sued for promoting the sale of unregistered securities through a partnership with Binance. The allegations come almost a…

Fragile But Resilient

mediapost.com Brands have a pricing problem. Or maybe it’s a volume problem. Whichever it is, brands are out of runway for relying on price rather than volume to deliver organic top-line…

Ronaldo, MLB, and Mercedes F1 Hit with Litigation Relating to Binance, FTX

cryptodaily.co.uk Class action lawsuits were filed against high-profile organizations and individuals, including pro football star Cristiano Ronaldo, for promoting the Binance crypto…

Borenstein: The Oakland A’s haven’t announced they’re leaving, county officials bizarrely claim

siliconvalley.com In the latest bizarre twist of the Oakland A’s exodus from the Bay Area, Alameda County officials claim that the team has not yet announced its plans to leave town. The…

A Case For Oakland To Extend Zack Gelof Far Earlier Than They Have To

forbes.com MLB free agency is underway, and Sonny Gray is already off the board, signing a three-year, $75 million deal with the St Louis Cardinals. Gray is a needle-mover on the…

FTX Fraud: Mercedes F1 Team And Major League Baseball Indicted In New Lawsuit

bitcoinist.com In addition to a long list of court filings, FTX investors have filed a new lawsuit against the Mercedes F1 team and Major League Baseball, accusing them of aiding the…

FTX Investors Add MLB and Formula 1 to Class-Action Lawsuit

pymnts.com Investors who lost billions of dollars in the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX have reportedly expanded their legal action to include Major League Baseball (MLB),…

Miriam Adelson to sell $2 billion in Las Vegas Sands stock as she looks to buy sports team

cnbc.com Miriam Adelson, the largest shareholder of Las Vegas Sands , is selling $2 billion worth of company stock, or roughly 10% of her stake, according to an announcement from the…

FTX users name Mercedes F1 team and MLB in new promo lawsuits

cointelegraph.com:80 The group of FTX users is taking aim at the Mercedes Formula One team and Major League Baseball for allegedly helping FTX commit fraud by promoting the crypto exchange on…

Report: Mercedes F1 and MLB Teams Help FTX in Conducting Fraud Vid Deals

coinspeaker.com Coinspeaker Report: Mercedes F1 and MLB Teams Help FTX in Conducting Fraud Vid Deals A group of FTX users has filed twin class-action lawsuits in a Florida district court,…

Ichiro Suzuki Retired Four Years Ago. But He Can’t Quit Baseball

wsj.com Ichiro Suzuki strode onto the field at the Tokyo Dome and steadied himself for his first performance in that legendary stadium since his retirement from Major League…

Sports Leagues Are Now Being Sued For Promoting FTX: Report

beincrypto.com Entire sports leagues are now facing lawsuits for featuring FTX promotions that were visible to their fan base. This comes after FTX investors pursued legal action against a…

MLB and Formula 1 targeted in new, multibillion-dollar suit over their promotions of FTX now that judges ‘updated the laws for the internet age’

aol.com The courtroom team that’s seeking billions of dollars in damages from three dozen celebrities for unlawfully promoting failed crypto exchange FTX and struggling rival…

MLB and Formula 1 targeted in new, multibillion-dollar suit over their promotions of FTX now that judges 'updated the laws for the internet age'

fortune.com The courtroom team that’s seeking billions of dollars in damages from three dozen celebrities for unlawfully promoting failed crypto exchange FTX and struggling rival…

Amazon adds new sports content streams to Fire TV Channels

thedesk.net Fox Sports, NBA, SEC and Big 12 are bringing free streaming content to the Fire TV platform. Fox Sports, NBA, SEC and Big 12 are bringing free streaming content to the Fire…

Pack your jerseys. The era of 'sports tourism' is here

cnbc.com Start your engines. From Formula One races to the Summer Olympic Games, traveling to attend major sporting events is on the rise. Sports tourism, as it's called, is one of…