The World Cup Ski season is over. Lindsey Vonn made international headlines by mounting her comeback after five years out of international competition. It's a great story where Vonn got a partial knee replacement and felt so good that she started competing again in...
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Will TGL be the future of golf?
Tomorrow's Golf League (TGL) is a new, tech-infused golf league co-founded by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy in partnership with the PGA Tour. This innovative league features teams of top PGA Tour golfers competing in a custom-built arena using advanced simulation...
Arbitration ruling clears path for new Timberwolves and Lynx ownership
The Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx ownership has been contentious over the past year. Glen Taylor, the long-time owner of both teams, agreed in 2021 to sell the franchises to Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez for $1.5 billion. They structured the deal in three phases:...
Sports broadcasting is evolving before our eyes
Sports broadcasting is a massive industry, generating billions of dollars annually. In the U.S. alone, in 2025, the total value of sports media rights is projected to reach nearly $30 billion, including major contracts such as ESPN/ABC's deal with the NFL, worth...
Rafael Nadal ends career with Davis Cup play in Spain
Rafael Nadal announced in a video posted X that his final professional event will be the Davis Cup Finals, which will be held in Malaga from November 19-24. Spain plays the Netherlands on the 19th, and it is full circle for Nadal, who first represented Spain in 2004...
The Ballys Sports Network saga is far from over
Baseball fans in 12 markets were barely into the season when, on May 1, Comcast pulled the plug on the struggling Ballys Sports and parent company Diamond Sports Network, which is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The date marked the end of Comcast’s carriage agreement. The...
Griner incident a grim reminder of safety risks that athletes face
Elite-level athletes become public figures when they compete in front of thousands of fans and perhaps millions more on a broadcast. These may be baseball players with nine-figure contracts, college quarterbacks with NIL deals, Olympic curling medalists, or others....
The importance of hiring the right lawyer the first time
Finding and hiring the right lawyer can make all the difference in the world. This is not an exaggeration. Reputation, time, money and stress just scratch the surface of the long list of reasons why. A recent case offers a great illustration of the costs — personal,...
Does the NBA’s punishment of Sarver go far enough?
On Tuesday, September 13, Robert Sarver was fined $10 million and banned from the NBA for one year after the league released the findings of a 10-month independent investigation that interviewed 300 current and former employees. As the owner for the last 17 years of...
Title IX celebrates its 50th
Title IX passed on June 23, 1972. It was a brief 37-word paragraph signed by Richard Nixon that announced the federal government would withdraw funding to any public college or graduate school that discriminated against women. In 1970, 59% of women in the U.S....