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🎾 A financial ace🎾 A financial ace
WTA Ventures reports 24% revenue growth since 2023 launch
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Last March, the WTA established WTA Ventures, a unique strategic partnership with CVC Capital Partners to create a commercial branch of the women’s tennis tour dedicated to boosting revenue and ROI for the tour. And now the results are in: WTA Ventures increased its revenue by 24% in its first year, setting a new record for the tour.
December 04, 2024
🏀 Hardwood heroes 🏀 Hardwood heroes
Three top-25 women’s basketball matchups to take place on Thursday
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Why leave all the fun to the men? It’s also shaping up to be a wild stretch of women’s basketball, with three top-25 matchups tipping off tomorrow.
December 04, 2024
🏀 Hoop-la 🏀 Hoop-la
SEC/ACC challenge and Big 12-Big East battle boast top-25 matchups
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If you thought last week was wild, buckle up — the top-25 matchups are only heating up. We have teams riding high and others (looking at you, defending champs UConn) in desperate need of a win as the star-powered SEC/ACC Challenge and Big 12-Big East Battle began yesterday.
December 04, 2024
🏐 Set it up 🏐 Set it up
Sixty-four team NCAA volleyball tournament starts Thursday, with Pitt earning the No. 1 overall seed
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The field is, ahem, set — 64 teams will compete in the single-elimination NCAA volleyball tournament starting tomorrow.
December 04, 2024
🏈 If one thing had been different🏈 If one thing had been different
Everything you need to know from Week 13 of NFL action
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From a crowd-pleasing Thanksgiving main course to a winter wonderland, the Week 13 NFL slate was stuffed to the brim, featuring pick sixes, game-winning touchdowns (TDs), and eyebrow-raising endings. Buffalo Bills quarterback (QB) Josh Allen isn’t the only one asking big questions.
December 02, 2024
🏈 Raucous rivalries 🏈 Raucous rivalries
Brawls and bonkers endings categorize Saturday’s college football rivalry games
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The holiday season is here, but this weekend’s football games were anything but holly jolly — with rivalries, brawls, nearly historic overtimes, and much more.
December 02, 2024
🚨 At the buzzer🚨 At the buzzer
PWHL inks two key partnerships ahead of its new season
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Winter is upon us, and so is the second season of the PWHL. After scoring serious business wins in year one, the pro women’s hockey league is gearing up for expansion, from adding two new teams by next year to signing multiple partnerships before Saturday’s puck dropped — including one in October with yours truly.
December 02, 2024
👀 Make it or break it👀 Make it or break it
Billionaire Marc Lasry and Avenue Sports Fund back out of NC Courage deal
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Per Sportico, billionaire sports investor Marc Lasry and his sports-focused private equity (PE) firm Avenue Sports Fund are no longer pursuing the purchase of the NC Courage, citing “NWSL restrictions for private equity investment as a control[ling] owner in teams.” With the NWSL being a sports league that uniquely allows PE investment, let’s dive into what we know.
December 02, 2024
🏀🦃 Feast Week frenzy 🏀🦃 Feast Week frenzy
Thanksgiving college basketball tournaments yielded wild results
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Thanksgiving week tournaments took teams to tropical locations like the Bahamas and Maui, where the heat off the court produced even hotter results.
December 02, 2024
🏫 The backdrop🏫 The backdrop
Everything you need to know about the PWHL’s sophomore season
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After an incredible offseason filled with team name reveals, jersey releases, and business deals aplenty, the puck drops on the Professional Women’s Hockey League’s (PWHL’s) second season later today. Here’s everything you need to know before the world’s best take the ice.
November 29, 2024
🏎️ A breakdown of Formula 1 🏎️ A breakdown of Formula 1
A deep dive into Formula 1 and F1 Academy
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Breaking down the similarities and differences between Formula 1 and Formula 1 Academy, including looking at the history and what to expect in the future.
November 29, 2024
🍽️ The appetizer: Chicago Bears (4-7) vs. Detroit Lions (10-1) — 12:30 p.m. ET🍽️ The appetizer: Chicago Bears (4-7) vs. Detroit Lions (10-1) — 12:30 p.m. ET
Previewing the NFL’s three-game Thanksgiving Day slate
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Forget the turkey and stuffing — the NFL’s serving up a three-course feast of Week 13 games today. Clear eyes, full stomach, can’t lose.
November 28, 2024
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