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Sports Jul 14, 2026 Khosla Family Buys Seahawks for NFL-Record $9.6 Billion Silicon Valley venture capitalist Vinod Khosla's family has agreed to purchase the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks from the Paul Allen estate, blowing past the previous NFL sale record by nearly 60 percent.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports Jul 12, 2026 Ducks Match Record $90M Offer Sheet to Keep Carlsson, But Cap Crunch Looms Anaheim retained its 21-year-old franchise center by matching Philadelphia's stunning five-year, $90 million offer sheet, setting a new NHL salary record at $18M per year and leaving the Ducks with a serious roster puzzle.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports Jul 10, 2026 FIFA Suspends Two U.S. Soccer Officials Before Belgium Rout, Offers No Explanation Team manager Sam Zapatka and security VP Frank Pannell were quietly banned from the sideline ahead of the USMNT's 4-1 round-of-16 loss, with the governing body staying silent on why.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports Jul 9, 2026 FIFA Lifts Balogun Ban After Trump Call, U.S. Loses Anyway A presidential phone call got Folarin Balogun back on the field for the U.S.-Belgium round of 16. Belgium won 4-1. The controversy outlasted the Americans.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports Jul 2, 2026 USMNT Beats Bosnia 2-0 but Loses Balogun to Controversial Red Card Before Belgium Showdown Folarin Balogun scored his third goal of the tournament, then got sent off by VAR in the 64th minute, and now the U.S. faces Belgium in Seattle without its best player.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports Jul 1, 2026 Grizzlies Trade Ja Morant to Trail Blazers, Ending a Turbulent Memphis Tenure Memphis deals its two-time All-Star point guard to Portland for Jerami Grant, Kris Murray and $1 million in cash, completing the teardown of a once-promising core.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports Jun 28, 2026 Wizards Take AJ Dybantsa No. 1, Betting Everything on a 19-Year-Old BYU Freshman Washington used the top pick in the 2026 NBA Draft on BYU's AJ Dybantsa, the first Cougar ever drafted first overall and the first scoring leader to go No. 1 since Glenn Robinson in 1994.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports Jun 27, 2026 Cape Verde Reaches World Cup Knockouts in Nation's First Tournament The island nation of 525,000 people drew 0-0 with Saudi Arabia on Thursday to clinch second place in Group H, becoming the smallest country by land area to advance to the round of 32.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports Jun 26, 2026 Wizards Take BYU's Dybantsa No. 1 in NBA Draft, Betting on a 19-Year-Old to End a Long Rebuild Washington used its first top pick since John Wall in 2010 to select forward AJ Dybantsa out of BYU, betting the 6-foot-9 freshman can accelerate a franchise that's gone 120-290 over the last three seasons.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports Jun 24, 2026 Messi Rewrites World Cup Record Books With 18th Goal in Dallas The 38-year-old Argentine captain eclipsed both Miroslav Klose's men's mark and Marta's all-time record in a 2-0 group-stage win over Austria, with at least one more match still to play.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports Jun 22, 2026 Rashee Rice Leaves Dallas Jail With His Roster Future in Question The Chiefs receiver served 30 days for a probation violation and now heads toward training camp with a rookie contract expiring, a civil trial pending, and almost no offseason reps banked.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports Jun 21, 2026 College Sports Bill Clears Senate Committee, Faces SEC and Big Ten Wall on Floor The Protect College Sports Act passed the Senate Commerce Committee 19-9, advancing the first comprehensive federal framework for college athletics, but the two most powerful conferences are already fighting it.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports Jun 20, 2026 USMNT Tops Australia 2-0, Clinches World Cup Knockout Spot Without Pulisic The U.S. men's national team advanced to the round of 32 at the 2026 World Cup on Friday, beating Australia in Seattle with its star forward watching from the bench in a walking boot.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports Jun 17, 2026 Messi Ties All-Time World Cup Goals Record With Hat Trick in Argentina's Opener The 38-year-old scored three times against Algeria in Kansas City, pulling level with Miroslav Klose at 16 World Cup goals on his record sixth tournament appearance.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports Jun 15, 2026 USMNT's World Cup Opener Draws Record 25 Million Viewers for Fox, Telemundo The USA's 4-1 rout of Paraguay at SoFi Stadium became the most-watched USMNT match in history, and the numbers validate every dollar Fox and Telemundo spent to get here.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports Jun 14, 2026 Judge Overturns NCAA Ban, Clears Texas Tech QB Sorsby to Play After $90K Gambling Spree A Texas court granted Brendan Sorsby a temporary injunction Monday, reducing a season-long suspension to two games and rattling college sports' already fragile enforcement framework.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports Jun 13, 2026 USMNT Opens Home World Cup with Record 4-1 Win, but Pulisic Injury Clouds the Night Folarin Balogun scored twice and the U.S. set a new record for goals in a single World Cup match, but Christian Pulisic's halftime exit for a leg injury already has the country holding its breath.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports Jun 12, 2026 Broncos Lock Up Sean Payton Through 2030 on New Five-Year Deal Denver rewarded its head coach with a new contract Thursday, replacing two years left on his old deal and aligning him with GM George Paton through the 2030 season.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports Jun 11, 2026 Mahomes Signs First $500 Million Deal in NFL History, Locked in Through 2033 Kansas City reworks the quarterback's contract to $504.75 million total value, setting records for both total value and average annual pay - while his left knee is still in rehab.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports Jun 10, 2026 FIFA Pulls Iran's Ticket Allocation for World Cup Games in the U.S. Days before the tournament opens, Iranian fans who had already bought seats and booked flights are left without recourse after their federation's official allotment was revoked.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports Jun 9, 2026 Bears Board Votes to Pursue Hammond, Indiana Stadium After Illinois Legislature Stalls Chicago's NFL franchise moves closer to leaving the state it has called home since 1920 after Illinois lawmakers adjourned without acting on a stadium incentive bill.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports Jun 5, 2026 Curry Signs $400M Deal With Li-Ning, Leaving Under Armour Behind for Chinese Brand The four-time NBA champion chose the Chinese sportswear giant over higher offers from other brands, ending six months of sneaker free agency and raising immediate political heat on Capitol Hill.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports Jun 4, 2026 Illinois House Lets Bears Stadium Bill Die Without a Vote After the Senate passed a last-minute stadium authority measure at 3:30 a.m., the Illinois House adjourned without taking it up, leaving the Bears free to cross the state line to Hammond, Indiana.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports Jun 3, 2026 Illinois House Kills Bears Stadium Bill, Leaving Hammond on the Table The House adjourned without voting on a Senate-passed measure, giving the Bears no Illinois deal and Indiana's $1 billion offer a cleaner look heading into a self-imposed summer deadline.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports Jun 2, 2026 Illinois Legislature Fumbles Bears Stadium Bill, Opening Door to Indiana The Illinois House adjourned Monday without voting on a last-ditch Senate measure to keep the Bears in-state, leaving the McCaskeys free to take Hammond.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports Jun 2, 2026 LIV Golf Hunts $350 Million as Saudi Funding Exits After This Season With Saudi Arabia's PIF pulling its billions at year-end, LIV CEO Scott O'Neil is pitching private investors to keep the breakaway circuit alive past 2026 - and bankruptcy is already on the table if the raise fails.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports Jun 2, 2026 Knicks Return to NBA Finals for First Time Since 1999, Face Same Opponent New York rides an 11-game winning streak into Wednesday's Game 1 against a Victor Wembanyama-led San Antonio team that just knocked off the defending champion Thunder in seven games.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports Jun 1, 2026 Illinois House Punts on Bears Stadium Bill, Leaving Team One Step Closer to Indiana The Illinois spring legislative session ended Monday without a House vote on a tax-financing bill the Bears needed, keeping the Hammond, Indiana option very much alive.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports May 27, 2026 The Anatomy of a Relocation Threat: Why Moving Is the Last Resort and the First Bluff Most franchise relocation threats are leverage plays dressed up as geography lessons, and the leagues know it, the cities know it, and the owners know the cities know it.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports Apr 29, 2026 The Second Contract Nobody Negotiates: How Pro Athletes Actually Fund a 50-Year Retirement Playing careers last a handful of years. The rest of life lasts decades. The math on that gap is brutal, and most sports business conversations skip right past it.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports Apr 15, 2026 Why the Front Office Became the Most Interesting Seat in Professional Sports The coach used to be the story. Then the spreadsheet moved upstairs, the money got bigger, and the real game shifted to the room without a whiteboard.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports Apr 8, 2026 How Formula 1 Learned to Stop Visiting America and Start Living Here The series spent decades treating the United States as a difficult but lucrative stopover. Understanding what finally changed requires looking past the Netflix mythology.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports Apr 1, 2026 How Legal Sports Betting Rewired the Broadcast Booth Without Anyone Calling the Play The legalization wave did not just open sportsbooks. It quietly restructured what announcers say, what networks sell, and what a casual fan is supposed to care about.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports Mar 18, 2026 What the Flood of Silicon Valley Money Into Pro Sports Actually Buys Tech investors have been buying into leagues, teams, and performance startups for years. The returns are real, but so are the complications they never modeled.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports Mar 11, 2026 The Second Contract Is Where the Career Actually Starts The rookie deal is an audition. The second contract is when the organization decides what it really thinks of you, and when the player finds out if the hype was real.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports Mar 4, 2026 The Shrinking Camp, the Growing Season, and What Got Lost in the Trade Professional sports leagues have quietly flipped the old calendar math, cutting the preparation window while expanding the competitive one, and the hidden costs are starting to show up on training staffs' injury logs.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports Feb 25, 2026 Why Some Sports Unions Hold and Others Crack: An Anatomy of Collective Bargaining Power The difference between a union that wins a work stoppage and one that caves in three weeks usually comes down to factors that get settled long before anyone sits at a negotiating table.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports Feb 18, 2026 Why Most Farm Systems Churn Talent Instead of Developing It The gap between organizations that consistently produce big-league contributors and those that simply rotate bodies through the minors comes down to a few structural habits that are easier to identify than to fix.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports Feb 11, 2026 Two Systems, One Game: Why Soccer Raises Its Players Differently Than America Does The European academy model and the American college pipeline solve the same problem in almost opposite ways, and the gap explains a lot about where U.S. soccer keeps stumbling.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports Jan 21, 2026 From Handshake Deals to Hedge Funds: How Athlete Representation Grew Up The business of representing professional athletes has transformed from a favor-among-friends into a regulated, financialized industry - and the players are still catching up.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

Sports Jan 7, 2026 The Rights Cycle Runs Everything: How Broadcast Deals Became the Clock Every League Sets Its Watch By Television money does not just fund professional sports -- it schedules them, shapes them, and determines which risks a commissioner is willing to take and when.

By Frank Donovan, Senior Correspondent

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