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The global sports industry risks losing $1.6trillion by 2050, report warns
Climate change and individuals' physical inactivity could reduce the size of the global sports industry by $1.6trillion (£1.2tn) by 2050, according to a report published by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Thursday. Based on conversations…
NCAA requests federal agency to pause betting on college sports prediction markets
OXON HILL, Md. — The NCAA on Wednesday petitioned the federal agency that regulates prediction markets, asking it to pause college athletics-related offerings until “a more robust system with appropriate safeguards is in…
Sports piracy explodes in UK with 3.6bn illegal streams and rise of black-market bookmakers
The number of illegal streams of sports events in Britain has more than doubled to 3.6bn in the past three years according to a new report, which provides a stark illustration of the challenge facing broadcasters and leagues in combating piracy.
JD Sports Fashion falls Wednesday, underperforms market
Shares of JD Sports Fashion PLC JD dropped 1.79% to 83.28 British pence Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the FTSE 100 Index UKX rising 0.46% to 10,184.35. JD Sports Fashion PLC closed…
We asked over 100 people in sports which leaders they most admire. Here are the top 40
This story is part of Peak, The Athletic 's desk covering the mental side of sports. Sign up for Peak's newsletter here. Our goal with this list was simple: We asked a bunch of people in North American sports to rank the five leaders they most…
Gay sex in men's sport isn't the only taboo Heated Rivalry is breaking
The biggest TV hit of the moment almost didn't happen. Heated Rivalry, a show about two ice hockey players on opposing teams having a decade-long steamy sexual affair, was made on a tiny budget for Canadian streaming service Crave. HBO Max struck a…
Freemans Sporting Club to Be Relaunched for Fall
Back in the day, Freemans Sporting Club was the ultimate in cool with its restaurant, barbershop and men's store tucked into an alley on New York's Lower East Side. Taavo Somer and William Tigertt founded the business in 2005 and helped…
NBCUniversal strategically leans into sports as it prepares for 'Legendary February
NBC Sports will air the Winter Olympics, the Super Bowl and the NBA All-Star Game in a two-week period. NBCUniversal has spent billions on live sports rights, including picking up the NBA and MLB rights in the past year, to differentiate itself…
After Mike Tomlin's exit, these are the longest-tenured coaches in North American pro sports
With Mike Tomlin stepping down from coaching the Pittsburgh Steelers after 19 seasons, it leaves Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra, in his 18th season, as the longest-tenured coach in major North American sports. However, it's not a sentiment…
FanDuel Sports Network makes new offers to MLB teams, hinging on the company being sold
The Washington Nationals became the seventh team to join Major League Baseball's broadcasting arm on Wednesday, an expected move after years of legal disputes with their old television partner. As spring training looms next month, the baseball…
Key Wall Street Regulator Grapples With Crypto, Sports Gambling
Michael Selig is walking into more than just the usual policy challenges as he takes the helm of Wall Street's main derivatives regulator. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is on the precipice of gaining new crypto oversight as lawmakers…
Exclusive: Beyond pivots again, this time with a sports recovery drink
Fifty minutes into a training session at a gym in lower Manhattan, I'm doing burpees and clean-and-jerks while Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown—all 6 feet, 5 inches of him—is bear-crawling into pushups, then slamming a medicine ball to the…
Before Curt Cignetti and Indiana, what were the best turnaround stories in sports history?
The Cinderella story of Indiana football's dramatic turnaround under head coach Curt Cignetti has been one of the best narratives in college football over the last two seasons, with the Hoosiers just one win away from a national championship. After…
BBC Sport weekly quiz: Which football club turned the sky pink?
So much has happened over the past seven days, including the FA Cup third round, the NFL wildcard weekend and a phenomenon in the sky. About 6% of quizzers got full marks in last week's edition. Will you make the grade this week? After more…
US sports say parity is essential for success. The Premier League proves that's untrue | Leander Schaerlaeckens
David Stern used to tell a joke. In his early years as NBA commissioner, he liked to say, his job was essentially to travel back and forth between Boston and Los Angeles to hand out the championship trophy. In the first five NBA Finals after he…
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