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Oct 19, 2023 | 
frontofficesports.com | Michael McCarthy |A.J Perez |Eric Fisher |Brian Krikorian
Mark Davis has received lots of criticism over the years as the owner of the Las Vegas Raiders owner, plenty of it deserved. But it’s a very different story with his Las Vegas Aces, the WNBA powerhouse that just won a second consecutive title. Davis became a meme with his awkward, postgame dance moves, but there is no substitute for championship glory, and Davis is delivering for the Aces — and boosting the league’s profile in the process.
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Oct 6, 2023 | 
frontofficesports.com | A.J Perez |Doug Greenberg |Brian Krikorian
I’d be surprised if we don’t see another sovereign wealth fund investing in an NBA team over the next 12 months. But from which country — and for how much? — David Rumsey In Abu Dhabi for a pair of preseason games between the Dallas Mavericks and Minnesota Timberwolves, the NBA could be on the path toward receiving further investment from Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds.
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Oct 4, 2023 | 
frontofficesports.com | Michael McCarthy |Doug Greenberg |Eric Fisher |Brian Krikorian
It’s almost the start of hockey season, and I’m fascinated with ESPN’s plan to create “Frozen Frenzy,” an NHL take on “NFL RedZone” and its rapid-fire pace. The effort speaks to several trends and issues at once, including the NHL’s need to further amplify its own high-quality product, the heightening battle for the time and attention of fans, and the still-underrated power and influence of “NFL RedZone” on the rest of sports broadcasting.
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Aug 18, 2023 | 
frontofficesports.com | Eric Fisher |Brian Krikorian
Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives raised eyebrows this week by declaring it a “no-brainer” for Apple to acquire ESPN from The Walt Disney Co. at a potential price of $50 billion. The tech giant launched its biggest move ever into live sports a year ago with its 10-year, $2.5 billion streaming deal with Major League Soccer, and Lionel Messi makes it look smarter with every highlight-reel goal on Apple TV. Apple and ESPN are “the perfect fit,” Ives told CNBC.
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Aug 13, 2023 | 
frontofficesports.com | Michael McCarthy |Eric Fisher |Brian Krikorian
There were signs that ESPN was primed to do something big in sports betting. In the days before Tuesday’s announcement of a deal with PENN Entertainment, ESPN registered accounts on multiple social media platforms.
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Aug 11, 2023 | 
frontofficesports.com | Amanda Christovich |David Rumsey |Brian Krikorian
Happy Saturday! It’s FOS reporter Amanda Christovich. After the dissolution of the Pac-12 last week, the college sports industry has speculated on the futures of the four leftover members: Stanford, Cal, Oregon State, and Washington State. The bigger questions: Will there still be five Power conferences when the current round of realignment ends? And if so, who will be the fifth?
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Aug 9, 2023 | 
frontofficesports.com | Andrew Cohen |A.J Perez |Eric Fisher |Brian Krikorian
The owner and operator of Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center — home to both the NBA’s 76ers and NHL’s Flyers — has taken direct aim at the 76ers’ attempt to build a new downtown arena. Responding to David Adelman’s appearance this week on the Front Office Sports Today podcast, Comcast Spectator said the chair of the 76ers’ arena development project misstated key components of the ongoing facility debate, which has increasingly roiled both the two organizations and the city at large.
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Jul 31, 2023 | 
frontofficesports.com | Andrew Cohen |Amanda Christovich |David Rumsey |Brian Krikorian
The ongoing consolidation of U.S. sports betting has claimed another high-profile casualty. FanDuel parent company Flutter Entertainment and Fox Sports parent Fox Corp. will shut down Fox Bet over the next month, bringing an end to a four-year experiment that sought to link the power of the Fox brand and an expanded legal framework for U.S. sports betting.
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Jul 24, 2023 | 
frontofficesports.com | Andrew Cohen |Eric Fisher |Matthew Tabeek |Brian Krikorian
Formula 1 knows how to make a dollar — and the circuit is squeezing every last cent out of its upcoming grand prix debut in Las Vegas this November. Bars and restaurants adjacent to the 3.8-mile track, which will blaze through the famous Las Vegas strip, will be charged potentially millions of dollars to keep their venue’s view of the race unobstructed, according to the New York Post.
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Jul 17, 2023 | 
frontofficesports.com | Michael McCarthy |Andrew Cohen |Matthew Tabeek |Brian Krikorian
Messi Mania is at a fever pitch — and we’re still four days away from the soccer icon’s first MLS match. Fans packed the 18,000-seat DRV PNK Stadium in Fort Lauderdale on Sunday night for the formal announcement of Lionel Messi’s celebrated arrival to Inter Miami, an event the team called La PresentaSÍon.
