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2024 MLS Cup Playoffs are underway

The quest for the 2024 MLS Cup is officially underway, but while you’ll have to wait until Friday to see Lionel Messi’s MLS postseason debut with Eastern Conference top-seed Inter Miami CF, fantastic postseason footy is already…afoot. Let’s kick it.

October 23, 2024

NCAA fall sports prepare for the postseason

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Three NCAA selection committees released their Top 16 lists.

October 21, 2024

Celebrity investment is changing the game for women’s soccer, including for expansion team BOS Nation

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Launch day didn’t go as planned for NWSL expansion club BOS Nation FC, but it did successfully announce celebrity investment from actress Elizabeth Banks and gymnast Aly Raisman yesterday. The franchise uniquely boasts an all-women ownership group, but its incoming celeb investment follows an NWSL trend that’s helped franchises shine bright and far.

October 16, 2024

Original ACC women’s soccer powerhouses take high-stakes trip to new West Coast members

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The ACC’s original women’s soccer powerhouses travel West to tackle their new Bay Area challengers.

October 09, 2024

Florida State women’s soccer visits red-hot Wake Forest in the week’s most compelling match

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It's reigning conference queens vs. a new rising power.

October 02, 2024

Klarna teams up with Angel City FC for Hispanic Heritage Month capsule collection

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In an exclusive with The GIST today, AI–powered payment brand Klarna and Angel City FC (ACFC) announced the launch of the team’s limited-edition Hispanic Heritage Month capsule collection. The “del alma de los ángeles” drop was created in collaboration with LA–based designer Hija De Tu Madre to celebrate women’s sports and the Latinx community.

October 02, 2024

LAFC activates stake in ACFC as MLS, NWSL club relationships enter new era

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Shortly after Sportico confirmed ACFC as the hottest NWSL club on the market, the publication exclusively revealed that a top MLS team also wants in. Los Angeles FC (LAFC) — the league’s highest-valued franchise at $1.15B — activated a tenet of its stadium-sharing agreement with ACFC to acquire a small stake in the women’s side.

September 27, 2024

Sports Business

Sportico releases updated NWSL valuations for 2024

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September 27, 2024

Following the first-ever public NWSL valuations released last October, Sportico crunched the numbers again to determine updated 2024 values for the league’s 14 teams. The latest data not only show that the entire league is skyrocketing in value, but also that certain clubs have climbed the rankings thanks to dedicated owner investment.

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The GIST of It Podcast

Ep #408

The World Series is here, plus a Mexican Grand Prix-view

October 24, 2024

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The World Series is here, plus a Mexican Grand Prix-view

Hey batter batter, swing!

Pass the cracker jacks because co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Lauren Tuiskula are previewing the 120th World Series on today’s episode of The GIST of It. Before the LA Dodgers and NY Yankees literally step up to the plate, the gals will fill you in on the storied history between these two powerhouse teams, plus the top players to watch on both sides of the bat.

And in part two, El and Laur shift gears from the baseball diamond to the racetrack, providing an all-inclusive update on the latest Formula 1 standings ahead of this weekend’s Mexican Grand Prix. Vroom vroom, and away they go.

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