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Sports Betting Industry Playing Its Hand In 2026 Elections
The sports betting industry has spent roughly $76 million so far on the 2026 midterm elections in an attempt to fight state bans and restrictions as Americans continue to rack up massive gambling-related debts. Most of the money went to Win for…
Dick's Sporting Goods Insiders Just Sent A $3.7 Million Signal
New Hartford, NY - Nov 29, 2025: Close-up view of Dick's Sporting Goods, which operates over 720 stores nationwide and is the largest full-line sporting goods retailer in the U.S. Five days ago, I wrote that Dick's Sporting Goods had become more…
BBC Sport quiz: Brainteaser football quiz No 11
Welcome to our Brainteaser game. Every day, you can test your football IQ by answering our fiendishly difficult question. You have five lives before the answer is revealed. Take part, suggest your own questions and return for more tomorrow. Today's…
BBC Sport quiz: Five in Five football quiz No 15
Welcome to our Five in Five game. The rules are simple. Each day, we want you to give us five correct answers inside five minutes. Will you beat the clock? Take part and return for more tomorrow. Today's question set by BBC Sport's Flora Snelson.
2027 Bronco Sport Costs Less, Sheds Standard Equipment
Ford has cut prices across most of the 2027 Bronco Sport lineup, reversing the usual model-year math. However, the reductions come paired with a round of standard-equipment deletions that buyers will want to weigh before ordering. The move follows…
Colorado voters to decide on using sporting goods tax revenue for conservation, wildfire restoration
This November, Colorado voters will decide if they want to redirect revenue generated by an existing tax on sporting goods to help protect against wildfires and support conservation efforts. The proposition would not increase taxes. Instead, it…
BBC Sport quiz: Who am I? Guess Premier League footballer No 42
The rules are simple. Each day, there's a new footballer and the challenge is to guess who they are in as few attempts as possible. After each wrong guess, you unlock a new clue. The fewer clues you need to get the right answer, the more points you…
BBC Sport's daily football quizzes: Who Am I?, Five in Five and Brainteaser
How much do you really know about football? Keep scrolling to beat all three of BBC Sport's daily quizzes. Today's questions, clues and answers have been set by Joe Rindl and Flora Snelson Guess the footballer in as few attempts as possible. After…
Mark Walter scandal, LA Lakers sale raise concern about ownership in pro sports
Billionaire Mark Walter's purchase of the Los Angeles Lakers and his subsequent forced sale of the team less than a year later amid allegations of financial crimes at his companies are sparking fresh concern about who owns the biggest brands in pro…
ADWEEK Creativity Advantage: A Sports Marketing Renaissance Opens the Playing Field to New Brands
ADWEEK House: Advertising HQ brings the people shaping advertising, commerce, and media together for four days of unscripted conversations and after-hours connections. Meet us in Midtown, Oct. 5–8. Now that brands have woken up to the value…
Rafael Nadal thriving in new sport after quitting tennis
Rafael Nadal retired from professional tennis in 2024, and now spends more time playing golf The US Open is in full swing, but four-time former champion Rafael Nadal seems to be none the wiser. It's now been almost two years since the Spanish…
Young adults under 21 - banned from sports betting - traded $5.4B on Kalshi this year
Young adults between 18 and 21 — too young to legally gamble on sportsbooks — have traded $5.4 billion on prediction market Kalshi so far this year, according to a CNN analysis. Kalshi, which has seen an explosive rise in popularity…
DICK'S Sporting Goods: A 31% Selloff Was Too Much (NYSE:DKS)
DICK'S Sporting Goods saw a 31% stock drop after slashing guidance due to Foot Locker underperformance. Despite Foot Locker's $40–80M expected loss, DKS's core business posted 4.9% comp sales growth and 12.6% operating margin. At $124.31…
Capri Sports Bets On Girls' Football, Targets 1.5 Million Girls In 10 Years
Capri Sports is making a major push into grassroots women's football with the launch of Nova Sports, a girls-only football pathway that aims to reach 1.5 million girls across India over the next decade. The project, incubated and backed by Capri…
This is probably the safest time to be playing the sport of football': Concussion expert explains why viral CTE study may not be as scary as it sounds
Of the former National Football League (NFL) players who died in recent years, at least 25% had brain changes related to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a new study suggests. The study, published Aug. 25 in the journal The BMJ, examined…
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