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Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase are letting their staff work remotely—but only for the World Cup
It wasn’t thousands of staff petitioning their boss to let them work from home that convinced…
A Saints legend is selling fans a piece of professional sports for $500
A handful of billionaires own the Knicks. A few private equity firms own slices of the…
Azzi Fudd signs on to international basketball league Project B
For years, WNBA players played abroad during their off-season as a way to supplement their low…
How FIFA restructured the World Cup into its biggest payday as host cities face a budget shortfall
FIFA will collect an estimated $8.9 billion from the 2026 World Cup while the 11 U.S.…
Knicks’ playoff run that ended in a championship and parade is worth at least $380 million to NYC
The Earth formed 4.5 billion years ago, the first Olympic Games were held in 776 B.C.,…
US Polo Assn’s CEO grew up in one of America’s poorest regions— now he hosts Prince William and runs a $2.7 billion brand
Polo has long been called the “Sport of Kings”—a world of manicured lawns, champagne, and generational…
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American taxpayers have spent $33 billion on sports stadiums. They got fewer seats—and higher prices
When the Buffalo Bills open their $2.2 billion Highmark Stadium this September, they’ll be opening the…
The curse of Trump watching sports in person: the home team seems to always lose
You’ll usually be in the money — at least if recent history holds. The New York…
Seattle’s NBA team left a $10 million franchise behind. Now the Storm is worth $425 million
In the first eight years of the Seattle Storm’s existence, the WNBA team was the “tail”…
Inside the $9 billion World Cup: How Gianni Infantino built a FIFA-dom with a tight grip on soccer’s biggest global event
For Zurich’s bankers and executives, May 27, 2015, began as a normal Wednesday—until Swiss police stormed…
Nick Saban to Congress: college sports is the biggest, baddest Ferrari’ going 150 mph toward the Grand Canyon. ‘Somebody needs to tap the brakes’
Former Alabama football coach Nick Saban and others testified Wednesday in support of a bipartisan bill…
Why sports-crazed cities like Chicago, Phoenix, and Detroit skipped the 2026 FIFA World Cup
While nearly a dozen U.S. cities put the finishing touches on preparations for the 2026 FIFA…
FIFA’s dynamic pricing risks keeping actual fans from the World Cup and may be backfiring
Last week, the New York and New Jersey attorneys general announced an investigation into FIFA’s ticketing…
6 years of jersey design, 4 years of prep, 4 weeks of games: Execs at U.S. Soccer and Nike know how much this World Cup means
With less than two weeks until kickoff, the 2026 World Cup—co-hosted by the U.S., Canada, and…
A former M&A lawyer is building the world’s biggest sports club one refugee camp at a time
At 18, Jan van Hövell brought a soccer ball to the Buduburam refugee camp in Ghana…
Mercedes unwraps an electric sports car that sounds like a gas-guzzler
Mercedes-Benz Group AG unveiled an electric sports car designed to win over drivers still craving the…
Tom Brady tells Gen Z to treat their careers like the Super Bowl: ‘You may only get one chance to impress your boss or land a promotion’
Tom Brady played in more than 300 NFL games over a 23-year career. Seven ended with…