Private equity sports investment firm Arctos Sports Partners has hit $800 million in assets under management, nearly doubling the capital it can deploy since the start…
Add another big name to the list involved in RedBall Acquisition Corp. Billionaire hedge funder Israel “Izzy” Englander has taken an 8% stake in RedBall, the…
Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end Rob Gronkowski, known as much for his partying off the field as his play on it, will launch his own YouTube channel on Tuesday, Sportico…
Gerry Cardinale and Billy Beane are now on the clock. RedBall Acquisition Company, the duo’s blank check company, completed its IPO and started trading today, giving it…
The organization that owns the Philadelphia 76ers and the New Jersey Devils says it has launched a $20 million initiative to fight systemic racism. The pledge from…
Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and one of the foremost experts on fighting diseases, now has another title…
Sports franchises have long been a billionaires’ playground, where each round of seemingly outsized vanity purchases by an industry titan simply sets the base for the…
NFL owners and players reached an agreement on health and safety issues related to the pandemic, in addition to clearing financial hurdles that should allow training…
In Kara Nortman’s experience as a venture capitalist, she knows people can always find lots of reasons why an investment can’t work. “We’re always hearing skeptics,” she…
The NFL and its players have agreed on key health and safety protocols for the upcoming season, one day after some of the league’s most prominent names voiced their…
Richard Sherman, the San Francisco 49ers’ defensive back who has been a union representative since 2014 and is part of its executive committee, was asked a simple…
The NFL’s Washington football team made it official on Monday when the franchise announced it will be ending its use of the nickname “Redskins.” The team said in a brief…