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Yes, the Youth-Sports Industrial Complex Is Bad for the Kids in It. It's Even Worse for the Kids Left Behind.
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. By now, lots of people know that private equity is changing everything about the world of youth sports, an arena where it's…
How sports coaching transformed a Croydon pupil's life
Fourteen-year-old Aakeeshen is a softly spoken slip of a boy, but his words carry a punch. “Sometimes uncontrollable thoughts come into my head that I can't do anything about,” he says. “I can't concentrate so I put my head…
Thrive Capital led VCs into pro sports ownership; Collaborative Fund just upped that play
Collaborative Fund, the 15-year-old, New York-based generalist venture firm that has roughly $1 billion under management and which made early bets on Lyft, Reddit, Sweetgreen, and Olipop, among others, is taking a stake in the soccer club D.C.
BBC Sport quiz: Brainteaser football quiz No 21
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…
James Talarico backtracks on transgender athletes in women's sports
“Every sport has to be safe and fair,” Talarico said Wednesday during the Fox News interview. “As a former public school teacher, I care a lot about our student athletes; I care a lot about our students. And so I will oppose…
Weight-loss drugs in sport: Ozempic, Mounjaro not on Wada banned list for athletes
Tom Grundy, BBC Sport senior journalist and Emma Middleton, BBC Sport journalist Athletes will not be banned from taking weight-loss drugs under the World Anti-Doping Agency's rules for 2027, but the substances will remain on its monitoring list.
Apollo Sports Capital Has Interest in NFL Stake, CEO Tylis Says
Apollo Sports Capital is keen to join the private equity investors who can invest in an NFL team. “We're interested in any great sports property anywhere in the world, which clearly includes the NFL,” ASC's Chief Executive Officer Al…
Raine's Three-Way Sports, Gambling, Gaming Bet
This article is for subscribers only. Hi, it's Liana Baker in New York. In honor of the new NFL season, we've checked in with one of the top advisory firms in sports to chat about trends in the sector. Elsewhere, Aramco is pushing ahead with its…
How NFL brought 49ers-Rams to 'sports mad' Australia
MELBOURNE, Australia -- By the time San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan had a chance to publicly discuss playing the Los Angeles Rams in Australia, 53 days had passed since the NFL announced the matchup. Speaking at league meetings on March 31…
William to launch suicide prevention guidance backed by host of sporting stars
The Prince of Wales and England captain Harry Kane are urging the sporting world to make suicide prevention part of their “game plan” by adopting new guidance about how to spot, and then support, someone having a mental health crisis.
BBC Sport weekly quiz: Why is the WSL investigating Crystal Palace?
So much has happened over the past seven days, including the Walker Cup, Champions League and Katie Taylor's final boxing bout. About 17% of quizzers got full marks in last week's edition. Will you make the grade this week? After more quizzes? Go…
Academy Sports And Outdoors Stock: The Market's Pessimism Is An Opportunity (NASDAQ:ASO)
Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. surged after fiscal Q2 earnings. Comparable sales growth was slow, explained partially by macroeconomic weakness but also reflecting a gap between ASO and peers. ASO's earnings power has remained fairly stable, and…
Megan Rapinoe says women's sports are facing 'regression' of 'equal rights' in new Kamala Harris interview
You thought Kamala Harris was done after getting summarily beaten in the 2024 presidential election by Donald Trump? Think again. The former vice president is right back at it, laughing it up with friends, discussing her future in politics, and…
Interest groups spend $31 million lobbying Congress on Cruz, Cantwell college sports bill
Interested parties in recent months have poured tens of millions of dollars into lobbying lawmakers on sweeping legislation regulating the big business of college sports. The Protect College Sports Act, championed by Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and…
Across the US, high school sports provide a sense of community - and, for some, a way out
The phone calls started coming long before the lights at “The Pit” flickered on for the first time this fall. “When will the senior citizen passes be available?” Aliquippa High athletic director Jennifer Damico's office…
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