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No major sports league has more at stake in the U.S./Canada tariff war than the NHL, which has seven Canadian teams but pays all players in U.S. dollars. Every $0.01 shift in the exchange rate between $CAD and $USD is worth ~$20 million in revenue...

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NEWS: Fanatics now sells tickets. And Ticketmaster now sells merch. www.sportico.com/business/com...

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LOL. The judge that ruled for the NCAA in that Georgia baseball player's lawsuit claims in his Twitter bio to be an "NCAA football official"?? Great story by @daniellibit.bsky.social 👇 www.sportico.com/leagues/coll...

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Marina Mabrey and Myles Garrett both want to be traded. The divergent fan reactions to their requests says a lot about the looming WNBA labor fight. My latest @clubsportico.bsky.social essay 👇 club.sportico.com/p/marina-and...

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LOL at Chiefs owner Clark Hunt ranking 17th in "commitment to build a competitive team" in an anonymous poll by players.

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NEWS: Fanatics is deepening its relationship with the Qatari government. www.sportico.com/business/com...

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People often gush about how much sports team appreciate. The Cleveland Guardians were bought in early 2000 for $323 million and are now worth $1.48B, per @sportico.bsky.social. Good, right? If the Dolans had put $323M into the S&P 500, and reinvested dividends, that would be $2.1 billion today.

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San Diego FC makes its MLS debut this weekend. Today @sportico.bsky.social profiled owner Mohamed Mansour, who comes to MLS with a very unique set of soccer assets: a global network of academies (and smaller pro clubs) that will roll talent up to San Diego FC. www.sportico.com/personalitie...

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San Diego FC makes its MLS debut this weekend. Today @sportico.bsky.social profiled owner Mohamed Mansour, who comes to MLS with a very unique set of soccer assets: a global network of academies (and smaller pro clubs) that will roll talent up to San Diego FC. www.sportico.com/personalitie...

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The 4 Nations Face-Off is dead! Long live the 4 Nations Face-Off! www.sportico.com/leagues/hock...

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The 4 Nations Face-Off is dead! Long live the 4 Nations Face-Off! www.sportico.com/leagues/hock...

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Today's Club Sportico is about the slow, painful death of all-star games, the NHL's perfect (if temporary) solution, and why they still make just enough money for leagues to keep forcing them down your throat. club.sportico.com/p/now-this-i...

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I was not prepared for everything I learned in this @clubsportico.bsky.social piece about the origins of the 'funniest graphic in sports.' Is Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert a genius? A fool? You decide. club.sportico.com/p/investigat...

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Something that stood out from @sportico.bsky.social's highest-paid athletes list: how Middle Eastern money is reshaping the very top of the list now. Here's the Top 10, with 🔴 next to the folks paid primarily via Middle Eastern sovereign wealth (and in that, primarily via Saudi Arabia).

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This is a wild chart. In the past five years, 26 NBA All-Stars have done the 3-point shooting contest. Just 1 (Jaylen Brown) has done the dunk contest. It's more imbalanced than ever.

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For the first time today DraftKings broke out its iGaming revenue. $DKNG In Q4, iGaming was $426 million in revenue, despite being live in just five states that cover 11% of U.S. population. Sports betting was $825 million, from 25 states that cover 49% of the U.S. pop.

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Today's Club Sportico is about the slow, painful death of all-star games, the NHL's perfect (if temporary) solution, and why they still make just enough money for leagues to keep forcing them down your throat. club.sportico.com/p/now-this-i...

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🚨 Sportico just dropped our highest paid athletes in the world. Here are four ways to view the list: - Top 10 - By sport - By age - By nationality (The entire Top 100 is men, which likely won't hold true much longer).

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SCOOP: In advanced talks to join the new Denver NWSL ownership group are: - Mellody Hobson's Ariel Investments - Molly and David Coors (of the Coors family) - Kuvare's Dhiren Jhaveri and his wife Neelima Joshi - Borgen family More w/ Kurt Badenhausen 👇 www.sportico.com/business/tea...

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SCOOP: Fanatics revenue was $8.1 billion in 2024. The company has about $400 million in total debt, $1 billion in cash, and projects to be EBITDA profitable in 2025. Revenue Commerce: $6.2B Collectibles: $1.6B Betting: $300M More with Brendan Coffey: www.sportico.com/business/fin...

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ICYMI: Last month, Deion Sanders and Rick George boasted about "tremendous" and record-breaking insurance that Colorado was paying for some football players. Turns out the new polices for Sheduer and Travis Hunter cost ~$1,000 each. Story with Daniel Libit: www.sportico.com/leagues/coll...

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BREAKING: Ichiro ground breaking as first Japanese player elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame. Will join Sabathia, Wagner July 27 in Cooperstown. All elected on the BBWAA ballot. My latest column for @sportico.bsky.social

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LSU's basketball finances have shifted since the hiring of Kim Mulkey, according to newly obtained data, with the coaching staff of the women's program outpacing the men's team.

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After all that, the richest team in college sports won. Ohio State's title comes with dramatic changes underway in the economics of college sports. Early glimpses of that future look... messy. But one thing we know: it'll always help to have boatloads of $$. www.sportico.com/leagues/coll...

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In honor of the 12-team playoff, @clubsportico.bsky.social just dropped a 12-question sports biz quiz about Ohio State, Notre Dame and the CFP. This one is free (🔓) for all readers. club.sportico.com/p/championsh...

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Cam Newton's Auburn, in 2010, was the last team to win a college football title wearing Under Armour. In that span, the company's college marketing spend has shrunk dramatically. But there's been one constant: Notre Dame. www.sportico.com/business/spo...

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SCOOP: We viewed a Big Ten school's rev-sharing deal. It gives school: - the right to change terms depending on performance - right to claw back $ if player transfers -promise not to sue for employment status - More Details with Mike McCann and Daniel Libit www.sportico.com/leagues/coll...

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This is great reporting. My take: Let’s see what the MOU looks like after player agent is finished with it; or price to player with all of this one-sided grant of rights. www.sportico.com/leagues/coll...

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On today's @clubsportico.bsky.social, I wrote about this growing class of creator/owners, Wrexham, and the Spittin' Chiclets crew buying into the ECHL.

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Some teams that didn't sell $2.5 million in tickets in 2022-23: Oklahoma men's basketball Texas A&M men's basketball Oregon men's basketball LSU women's basketball Iowa women's basketball UConn football Marshall football

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