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forbes.com - John Werner - Considering AI In Sports And Entertainment
Considering AI In Sports And Entertainment
Forbes

athlete with artificial robotic legs running fast AI is getting lots of applications in the sports world, and in the world of entertainment. In sports, for example, you have real-time spatial data, on players through harnesses, in facilities with…

forbes.com - Martina Di Licosa - Forbes Iconoclast 2026: AI Will Drive Sports Interest, JPMorgan Says
Forbes Iconoclast 2026: AI Will Drive Sports Interest, JPMorgan Says
Forbes

Increased AI adoption will boost the live events industry and continue to raise sports team valuations, the head of JPMorgan Chase's asset and wealth management division argued at the 2026 Forbes Iconoclast Summit on Wednesday, calling sports…

nytimes.com - Andy Naylor - Brighton sporting director Jason Ayto leaves club after nine months
Brighton sporting director Jason Ayto leaves club after nine months
The New York Times

Jason Ayto has left Brighton & Hove Albion after just nine months as sporting director. Ayto became the club's first sporting director in September 2025 in a revamp of senior roles. The 41-year-old replaced technical director David Weir, who now…

washingtonexaminer.com - Conn Carroll - The winners and losers of the Protect College Sports Act
The winners and losers of the Protect College Sports Act
Washington Examiner

Roy's criticisms of the SCORE Act were well-founded and helped inspire new bipartisan legislation in the Senate. The Protect College Sports Act, written by Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Ted Cruz (R-TX), and co-sponsored by Sens. Chris Coons…

nytimes.com - Jacob Whitehead - Fixing in sport: The Relegation King - 'Only politics and drug trafficking are more lucrative than match-fixing'
Fixing in sport: The Relegation King - 'Only politics and drug trafficking are more lucrative than match-fixing'
The New York Times

For the last eight months, The Athletic has been investigating the threat of fixing to the integrity of sport. In this fourth article in the series, we look at how a fixer claimed to have relegated dozens of clubs in Brazil as part of his…

bbc.co.uk - Rebecca Curran - Exit package for Sport Aberdeen boss worth more than £100,000
Exit package for Sport Aberdeen boss worth more than £100,000
BBC

Rebecca Curran BBC Scotland News The former managing director of Sport Aberdeen received an exit package worth more than £100,000 after proposing that his own post be removed on grounds of 'financial efficiency', BBC Scotland News has…

thehill.com - Dominick Mastrangelo - Cruz, Cantwell bill to overhaul college sports gets Nick Saban backing
Cruz, Cantwell bill to overhaul college sports gets Nick Saban backing
The Hill

Senators in both parties say they are close to passing landmark legislation that would pave the way for a major overhaul of the rules governing college athletics. The “Protect College Sports” Act, introduced by Sens. Ted Cruz…

bbc.co.uk - BBC Sport - Brighton news: Sporting director Ayto departs Brighton - have your say
Brighton news: Sporting director Ayto departs Brighton - have your say
BBC

Brighton have confirmed sporting director Jason Ayto has left the club with immediate effect. Ayto joined the Seagulls in September 2025 as their first sporting director, having worked at Arsenal for more than a decade in a variety of technical…

espn.com - Heather Dinich - Nick Saban asks Congress to 'bring order' via college sports bill
Nick Saban asks Congress to 'bring order' via college sports bill
ESPN

WASHINGTON -- Former Alabama coach Nick Saban faced several United States senators Wednesday morning in a historic hearing on Capitol Hill and pleaded for Congress to 'bring order to a system that badly needs fixing' in the NIL and transfer portal…

washingtonexaminer.com - Molly Parks - CBC vows to block college sports reform over Southern states' redistricting
CBC vows to block college sports reform over Southern states' redistricting
Washington Examiner

The Congressional Black Caucus announced it is withholding its support from the bipartisan “Protect College Sports Act” over its concerns regarding Southern redistricting in the wake of the Supreme Court's Louisiana v. Callais ruling.

bloomberg.com - Watch Ares CEO Arougheti on Private Credit, Sports Investing
Watch Ares CEO Arougheti on Private Credit, Sports Investing
Bloomberg

Ares CEO Arougheti on Private Credit, Sports Investing Ares Management co-founder and CEO Michael Arougheti says the recent stress in the private credit market is tied to private equity. He speaks with Dani Burger at the Forbes Iconoclast Summit in…

boston.com - Khari A. Thompson - Mike Vrabel on Christian Gonzalez's absence: 'Contracts are part of professional sports
Mike Vrabel on Christian Gonzalez's absence: 'Contracts are part of professional sports
Boston.com

Christian Gonzalez was absent from Tuesday's voluntary OTA session at Gillette Stadium. He has not been present at either of the sessions that the media has been allowed to see so far. The Patriots are set to begin mandatory minicamp on June 15th…

nytimes.com - Jacob Whitehead - Fixing in sport: 'I don't want to get us killed' - How suspected cartel money corrupted Australian soccer
Fixing in sport: 'I don't want to get us killed' - How suspected cartel money corrupted Australian soccer
The New York Times

For the last eight months, The Athletic has been investigating the threat of fixing to the integrity of sport. In this third article in the series we look at how and why players get involved in fixing. Matthew Millar's phone rings, early on a…

newsbusters.org - Alex Christy - MS NOW: Boycott Sports in 'Confederate States' To Punish Them For Redistricting
MS NOW: Boycott Sports in 'Confederate States' To Punish Them For Redistricting
https://newsbusters.org/

The dumbing down of “voting rights” to simply mean “Democrats win” continued on MS NOW on Wednesday as host Ana Cabrera teamed up with NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson to attack the Supreme Court for greenlighting…

espn.com - Jake Trotter - SEC, Big Ten withhold support for landmark college sports bill
SEC, Big Ten withhold support for landmark college sports bill
ESPN

The two biggest conferences in college sports released a statement Tuesday saying they do not support the current version of a bipartisan bill designed to regulate an industry struggling for answers in a quickly changing era in which some players…

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