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Tours and slams have new-ish rules specifying branded equipment on court must be sports equipment. Grand Slam rulebook (top right) is most explicit. Enforcement is murky. Difference *may* be that Aryna carried a Gucci fashion handbag; Sinner's was designed for sport

It all started with Gucci and Jannik Sinner at Wimbledon 2023. The full backstory here: sportico.com/leagues/tennis…

Sabalenka’s team tells @Sportico they had “written permission from WTA” for her to carry the handbag. The dispute highlights an emerging tension in tennis: as luxury brands from LV to Gucci sign big tennis stars, tours are clamping down on where players can carry designer bags

As a Gucci ambassador, tennis No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka carried one of the brand’s newest handbags at the Rome Open this month. But sources tell @Sportico the episode is under review at the WTA for a possible marketing violation: players can only carry sports equipment on court

Very funny to release this the night of Game 2 of the ECF (it's a different Dennis Schroeder)

Scoop: Athlos, the women's pro track and field meet founded by Alexis Ohanian, is expanding to London on September 18 sportico.com/leagues/other-… @soshnick @Sportico

C'est toujours fun

@katie_honan instagram.com/reel/DKKMPURtP…

Do people know “Knicks in six” is not the ideal situation, you can say that if they’re already down games but it hasn’t started yet.

Congratulations to @Sportico's Luke Cyphers, who won a 2026 Deadline Club award for Sports Reporting for his story, "The Predator in the Church Basement," a joint investigation with @RollingStone. Read the full story here: sportico.com/law/news/2025/…

The Knicks playoff run is likely to generate at least $140M in gross revenue and could hit $180M if they max out home games. $MSGS shares closed at an all-time high Weds and are up 77% over the past 12 months. James Dolan keeps winning on and off the court. sportico.com/leagues/basket… via @sportico

No notes. Via @kyodo_official

Also, with one month to go, pleased to share that @JustBirny and yours truly will be your boots-on-the-ground World Cup reporters for @Sportico. Ping us with all of your gripes, interests, and questions about the world's largest sporting event. Our emails in bio

"It’s a money-first approach that seems in direct opposition to Infantino’s constant remarks about FIFA’s imperative to improve access to soccer to people of all types" — @novy_williams on the hypocrisy of FIFA's World Cup ticketing strategy sportico.com/business/comme…

Under Armour said Tuesday that it expects sales to decline slightly this year due to the exit of the Steph Curry Brand-- otherwise, sales would be flat. More on the continuing turnaround at UA, which says it wants to do "much less things much better." sportico.com/business/comme…

(In Japanese) mainichi.jp/articles/20260…

Yuma Kagiyama, the 4x Olympic silver medalist and 4x World silver medalist in men’s figure skating, has already announced he’s taking the 2026-27 season off. In a new interview, he said his planned break was inspired by the success of Alysa Liu, who retired but returned to 🥇

As the @WNBA has grown, its front offices, too, have expanded to keep up. New York Liberty CEO Keia Clarke said, “I have four people on my staff alone who came from the NFL, who literally said, ‘I want to work for the Liberty.’” @germanotes on the hottest job in sports right now: sportico.com/leagues/basket…

More than 50% of WNBA players are on new teams this season (or are rookies)

More details on W teams' hiring philosophies, the differences between teams who share ownership with NBA franchises and those who are independent, and why Ellie the Elephant is still driving job opportunities at the Liberty: sportico.com/leagues/basket…

Among 5 WNBA teams who spoke with @Sportico, all have boosted hiring by 50% or more in the last few years. Some, like the Dream and the Aces, expanded their full-time staff roughly tenfold since 2021. Even with the addition of new positions, pay has become more competitive:

As the WNBA has exploded in recent years, the league and its teams have been rapidly staffing up. Not only have front offices added more jobs, but they're getting more competitive. New @Sportico feature on how a WNBA front office gig became the hottest job in sports: