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“One of the real risks is the SEC and Big Ten joining together.“ — Sen. Ted Cruz on why he and Maria Cantwell included an anti-super league provision in their bipartisan college sports bill.

The NBA makes an unprecedented move in American pro sports league by punishing the very worst teams in the draft lottery and creating a new system to incentivize winning — after months of meetings and conversations among league, ownership and team stakeholders. A radical response from the NBA to radical behavior, with nearly 8-to-10 teams jockeying for lottery odds down stretch of this season. The new “3-2-1” lottery starts next Draft and lasts through at least 2029.

The @NBA is getting serious at the league office about the future of its local media business for teams (NBA & WNBA squads) A new position has been created to run that effort, and Matt Volk has been hired from NESN to run the new group sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/…

ESPN's Wright Thompson believes a "renaissance" is coming for literary magazine-style sports journalism. He joined FOS to discuss the inspiration for his series "Where It Lies," his white-whale profile subjects, and why he left X. By @sportsrapport ⬇️ frontofficesports.com/espns-wright-t…

“One of the things that we’ve began to think about is expansion.. There’s a lot of markets that would like to add Major League Baseball.. Expansion opens up a whole lot of opportunities” Rob Manfred #PrimetimeSports

Utah’s AD is in trouble. Depleting a surplus in order to report a minor profit is not a sustainable business model. Given the hurdles outlined by the state auditor I’ll be surprised if the Otro PE deal goes through.

As a senior member of the President’s Roundtable on Fixing College Sports, which has been working with many Senators, House Members, and other key stakeholders, we are encouraged that release of comprehensive legislation could be imminent. Senators @SenatorCantwell and @tedcruz should be greatly applauded for their bipartisan effort in working to solve a very complex and existential set of problems. We look forward to continued work in pushing this across the finish line and preserving a great American treasure! 🇺🇸

BREAKING NEWS: Washington @Nationals Director of Community Relations Admits on Hidden Camera to Active Religious Discrimination Against Starting Pitcher Trevor Williams, Surveillance of Nationals Fans’ Google History, and Segregated LGBTQ+ Corporate Meetings to an O’Keefe Undercover Journalist “One of our pitchers, Trevor Williams. He’s super Christian-Catholic, all these tattoos that mean a lot.” “The Dodgers had a group… who were drag queens who sometimes dressed up as nuns. He [Trevor Williams] went on social media like… ‘This is my religion. You all are mocking it.’” “Because of that, we [Washington Nationals] don’t use him [Trevor Williams] on social [media].” “Like, when they're like, is a hot dog a sandwich? And like, the players come up, you know what I mean? Like, we [Nationals] don't ask him [Trevor Williams].” “If you ever come to a Nats game, there is someone on our team who is responsible for figuring out everything about you and assigning you into a bucket of people. If you’re accepting cookies, we’re getting a plethora of your Google history.” @heyhuds @MeLlamoTrevor @NationalsComms @MLB @MLB_PR

There is a baseball game in Alaska played at MIDNIGHT under SUNLIGHT 🤯 The Midnight Sun Game in Fairbanks, Alaska is a 120-year-old tradition where baseball is played on the summer solstice, under Alaska’s 24-hour sunlight Since 1960, the game has been hosted by the Alaska Goldpanners, a collegiate summerball team with alumni that includes Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi, Tom Seaver and many more The game starts at 10 p.m. and usually ends around 1:00 a.m.

Salt Lake City now 'heavy favorite' to land MLB expansion team, insider claims fox13now.com/news/local-new…

Como is one of the best stories in sports right now. • Bankrupt in 2017 • Purchased for €800,000 • Went from the 4th division to the 1st • Qualified for the Champions League • Revenue has increased from $1M to $60M READ MORE: huddleup.substack.com/p/inside-como-…

Buyer Beware: Gail Miller’s warning about buying the @utahjazz This week on “Deseret Voices,” @RyanQualtrics and Ashley Smith sit down with @mckaycoppins and reveal the blessing — and warning — they got from legendary Utah Jazz owner Gail Miller before selling them the franchise, the realities of running a pro sports team, what it means to them to keep the franchise in Utah and why stepping into the sports world was a special venture the couple got to do together. Find the full episode on Apple, Spotify and YouTube.

College Sports' Front Offices want to build data systems "in-house"… but they're hitting a wall: data chaos and disconnected platforms. We've spent two years building towards this moment. Introducing the most advanced sports database ever built 👇

The Six-Curve Season: How Identity Compounds Across Six Distinct Demand Windows open.substack.com/pub/rwdast/p/t… #sportsbiz #fandom #FanIdentityLIfecycle

Chills. Watch @wbuxtonofficial's iconic call of the closest #Indy500 finish ever.

Nobody expected an entire crab civilization underground…

FELIX ROSENQVIST WINS THE CLOSEST FINISH IN INDY 500 HISTORY!

Here's what it looked like as the LA Galaxy-Houston Dynamo FC match became the first professional sporting event ever filmed entirely on an iPhone 17 Pro.

My favorite Kyle Busch commercial

John Oliver is at Camden Yards today. Here’s a segment from one of his “Last Week Tonight” episodes in 2019 on the private equity takeover of mobile home parks. In it, Oliver uses colorful language to describe Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein, who now owns the Orioles.