-
1 week ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Sudeep Sinha |Mallika Singh
For most startups, landing a deal with a major league team like the Dallas Cowboys feels out of reach. The process is confusing, the stakes are high—and the door often seems closed. But that’s starting to change. Enter Plug and Play Tech Center, a Silicon Valley-born innovation platform helping young companies connect with capital, mentorship, and even pro sports teams.
-
1 week ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Sudeep Sinha |Mallika Singh
Startups are thriving globally—but turning a great idea into a viable business takes more than just innovation. That’s where the Plug and Play model steps in. From Silicon Valley to emerging tech hubs, this unique accelerator platform is reshaping how startups access capital, mentorship, and industry partners. Leading the movement is Plug and Play Tech Center, a global innovation platform based in California.
-
2 weeks ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Parnab Bhattacharya |Mallika Singh
$134.2M. That’s the combined net worth of two athletes whose aggregate age is 48. Anthony Edwards and Justin Jefferson are two of the top-five highest-paid athletes under 25, per a recent Forbes report. Both of them are part of Minnesota-based teams–the Vikings are No. 18th in the NFL’s most-valued teams, Timberwolves are 29th among 30 NBA Teams. How did these two players, despite not being part of a big franchise, become the highest-paid young athletes?
-
2 weeks ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Parnab Bhattacharya |Mallika Singh
It’s the New York Knicks vs. the Indiana Pacers. Again. After last year’s playoff, these two giants, with a history among themselves, will face each other at the Eastern Conference Finals this season. The game, loaded with stars and trash-talk, is likely to be a fillip for the MSG Network, the oldest RSN network in the country, whose financial status is the exact opposite of the team’s current form. But a high-octane match-up will change that.
-
2 weeks ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Parnab Bhattacharya |Mallika Singh
What’s the most you’ve ever paid for a ticket to a game? Last year, some NHL fans forked out over $2,000, while others went even further, paying upwards of $18,000 to watch the Florida Panthers clinch the Stanley Cup. Ticket prices for hockey are now rivaling those for the Super Bowl and NBA Finals — and in some cases, they’ve already surpassed them. Could a Stanley Cup final ticket set a new record for the highest average price ever? At this rate, it seems all but inevitable.
-
3 weeks ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Parnab Bhattacharya |Mallika Singh
What’s in a name? Turns out plenty. Plenty of money. Cooper Flagg, the Duke star and a probable Mavericks star, already raked in big money as a college star. Now his name and image on a piece of cardboard are fetching eye-watering money. The 2024 Topps Chrome McDonald All-American trading card was sold for $85,400 last month at Goldin Auctions. Cllct reports that it’s higher than nine NBA All-Stars of 2025 and 39 of the 75 players of the NBA’s 75-year-anniversary team.
-
3 weeks ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Parnab Bhattacharya |Mallika Singh
NBC announced recently that no less than Michael Jordan will grace their broadcasting booth when the NBA returns to their platform next season. Meaning, from October, you will hear His Airness analyzing, dissecting, and debating about matches along with his peers. Maybe while puffing a cigar, too. Of course, NBC is tapping into fan nostalgia of the ’90s, when Jordan’s surge to the top coincided with the broadcast giant’s coverage of basketball.
-
4 weeks ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Parnab Bhattacharya |Mallika Singh
Add another name to the growing list of sports investment groups. TPG, in partnership with golfer Rory McIlroy, who recently completed his career Grand Slam at the Masters, his business partner, Sean O’Flaherty, and their company, Symphony Ventures, has launched TPG Sports. The newly floated entity will focus on investing in businesses across different companies, teams, and leagues. And it’s only par for the course. Last year, JP Morgan built a dedicated sports investment banking team.
-
4 weeks ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Parnab Bhattacharya |Mallika Singh
‘We’re Changing the Game’. Reads the tagline of rapper and actor, Ice Cube’s BIG3 Basketball. In 2017, it was a ridiculous idea–bringing the popular 3-on-3 basketball to a bigger stage, when there was already the NBA. Eight years later, the league is an established product with a growing fanbase, expanded teams, and more sponsors. Despite some alleged threats from the NBA. Back in 2022, Ice Cube claimed ESPN and the NBA are trying to destroy their league.
-
4 weeks ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Parnab Bhattacharya |Mallika Singh
Professional hockey is returning to Greensboro. Darren Yorke, Associate General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes and General Manager of the American Hockey League’s Chicago Wolves, announced that the Greensboro Gargoyles will serve as the organization’s ECHL affiliate. They will be the 30th team and will start playing from the 2025-26 season, which begins in October. The team will call the iconic 22,000-capacity First Horizon Coliseum its home arena.
