Franchises

Welsh  soccer club Wrexham AFC will “enter a team in the new million-dollar, winner-take-all 7-on-7 soccer tournament this summer” in North Carolina, marking the Welsh club's “first-ever trip” to the U.S., according to Kyle Bonagura of ESPN.com. Wrexham board advisor Shaun Harvey said that the club is planning...

The sale of the Senators "could be about to enter its final, pivotal stages," according to Bruce Garrioch of the OTTAWA SUN. Groups will be “making a bid sometime before mid-February and those bids will separate the pretenders from the contenders in the process to sell the...

Dodgers President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman confirmed that the team “probably” will not “stay below MLB’s luxury tax threshold in 2023.” In L.A., Jack Harris wrote while there “appeared to be an opportunity” at the start of the winter for the Dodgers to keep their payroll next season...

The Chicago Sky captured the WNBA title in 2021, but now star players Candace Parker, Courtney Vandersloot and Azurá Stevens have “all chosen to take their talents elsewhere” in free agency, according to Shakeia Taylor of the CHICAGO TRIBUNE. Taylor asked, “Why can’t the Sky, a top-3 sports market,...

The N.Y. Jets said that season ticket renewals are up 20% compared to 2022 "despite the Jets increasing ticket prices" by an average of 12% this year. The deadline to renew was Wednesday. Jets President Hymie Elha i said, “It shows that there is a strong level of...

When I visited Phoenix for a deep dive into the retail sportsbook landscape there late last year , Suns EVP Dan Costello shared an compelling vision of ways that Footprint Center could extend its FanDuel Sportsbook for marquee sporting events. He mentioned hosting UFC pay-per-view events in the...

The bid to bring a WNBA franchise to Oakland "took a critical step forward" today, as the city formally announced it "reached a deal with the group leading the expansion effort for exclusive negotiating rights on its half of the Coliseum site." Alana Beard , frontwoman of the...

The Florida Panthers have buoyed last season’s Presidents Trophy into attendance figures at FLA Live Arena that are “as high as they’ve been in a decade” as well as an increase in TV ratings on Bally Sports Florida and Bally Sports Sun, according to David Wilson of the MIAMI...

The Sabres are currently fourth in the Atlantic Division and there was “some hope the building might be full” for yesterday’s game against the Hurricanes at KeyBank Center, according to Matthew Fairburn of THE ATHLETIC. With the Sabres coming off a "successful road trip with a playoff spot in...

The Whitecaps will see their exposure to the outside world "massively increase" with MLS' Apple TV deal, but it is "still the local eyeballs that matter most," according to J.J. Adams of the Vancouver PROVINCE. The Whitecaps' attendance "has been dipping," as last year’s average of 16,399 was the "lowest year...