Dolphins Vice Chair Matt Higgins Launches $350 Million SPAC
Matt Higgins, vice chair of the Miami Dolphins and co-founder of RSE Ventures, is seeking $350 million in a new special purpose acquisition company, according to a…
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Q&A: Genius Sports CEO Mark Locke Describes Vision As Public Company
Genius Sports’ move to go public in a $1.5 billion deal with dMY Technology Group II, a SPAC traded under the ticker DMYD, marks a new phase for the London-based sports…
RedBird Grabs Andy Gordon From Goldman Sachs To Open L.A. Office
RedBird Capital is opening a Los Angeles office headed by Andy Gordon, a Goldman Sachs veteran who will join the investment firm in February. Gordon has spent 35 years…
Braves Playoff Run Unlikely To Please Owners of Rare Publicly Traded Team
Even the wave of 11 first-inning runs last night—10 of them surrendered with two outs en route to a 15-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers—can't wash away the fact that…
Sportradar Seeks Big Acquisition While Revealing NBA Trouble Among Financials
Sportradar is working on acquiring an undisclosed business in a deal valued as much as $475 million, according to details revealed as the company takes on new debt to…
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CoPeace Sport Looks To Bring Impact Investing To Athletes and Sports Start-Ups
Impact investing firm CoPeace is launching CoPeace Sport, a division that seeks to expand environmental, social and governance (ESG) efforts among athletes and in sports…
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Cryptocurrency For Sports Fans Expands With Socios’ New Wish List Feature
Socios.com, a cryptocurrency platform that has issued tokens for sports fans of 10 European soccer clubs including Juventus, FC Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain, is…
Atlanta Falcons’ Kestenbaum, Inner Circle Sports Form SPAC
A new blank-check company from Atlanta Falcons co-owner and StelCo CEO Alan Kestenbaum and two partners of Inner Circle Sports is coming to market. The parties filed the…
Shaq In A SPAC: O’Neal, MLK III Join Media-Focused Blank-Check Firm
Shaq is in a SPAC. Larger-than-life culture icon Shaquille O'Neal is getting in on the hottest transaction in the stock market, as special advisor to a new special…
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Beautiful Game Group Adds Oliver Luck, Gary Woolf, Others To Executive Roster
Sports private equity investor Beautiful Game Group has added two new partners to its team and expanded its board of advisors. One-time sports agent wunderkind Gary…
Robert Kraft, Billionaire Meckenzie Selling Millions of DraftKings Stock
DraftKings filed this morning to sell as many as 36.8 million shares, about half of which will come from early investors including Robert Kraft, Raine Group and Shalom…
Islanders Owner, Former Cosmo Editor Form New SPAC
Islanders owner Jon Ledecky and former Cosmopolitan Editor Joanna Coles have formed a new blank-check company, Northern Star Acquisition Corp. The company, which is…
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