$325M Mega College Football Playoff Deal

London-based 1936, a sports investment group backed by wealthy families, joins founder Justin Marks and Avenue Sports Fund as part-owners.

Trackhouse, which joined in 2024 and has already won races, is the only American-owned team in MotoGP, the top motorcycle racing championship.

Financial terms were not disclosed; the owners plan to invest in racing and business growth as Formula 1 owner Liberty Media expands MotoGP worldwide.

Palatine, a UK private equity firm, is buying a large minority stake to fund expansion into the US and mainland Europe, pending regulatory approval.

Centrefield advises most clubs in England's top football league, the Premier League, and already works with US Major League Soccer teams.

The 33-person firm grew fee revenue 20% last year, while net assets, what it owns minus what it owes, rose 46% to £4.1M.

The $3M came from gaming industry insiders, including founders of publicly traded gaming companies and US lottery executives.

The company says it pays winnings in under five seconds via stablecoins, digital tokens tied to the US dollar, skipping slow bank transfers.

Launched in June 2026, the app already has 35K+ registered users in 21 US states, and the money funds further US growth.

The postseason tournament will grow to 24 teams in 2027, replacing current conference championship games to make room in the schedule.

Sports broadcaster ESPN will pay around $325M annually for these extra games, replacing the $250M value of the canceled conference championships.

This new agreement adds to the massive six-year, $7.8B deal the network signed earlier this year to keep exclusive control over the playoffs.

Sports data firm Genius Sports will power NFL Gametime on X (formerly Twitter), a dedicated tab of live scores, clips, and news.

Genius is the NFL's sole distributor of live play-by-play stats, giving X official league data and deepening X's decade-plus partnership with the league.

The deal adds reach for Genius, whose second-quarter revenue jumped 65% to $196M, beating its own $185M forecast, though its loss widened to $76.7M.

NFL executive Brian Flinn, who leads the league's flag football push, expects the platform to train large numbers of people within 3-4 months.

Flinn says no one has built training tailored to the sport, so the NFL is developing lessons for athletes with outside experts.

Flag football, a non-tackle version seen as safer and easier to start, is key to the NFL's push for fans abroad, women and girls.

The International Tennis Integrity Agency, tennis's anti-corruption watchdog, found he fixed six matches and tried to fix six more between 2022 and 2024.

Milićević, 29, whose best ranking was world No. 1,338, also pulled other players into a fixing network, leading some to fix matches.

He was also fined $70K and cannot play, coach or attend any sanctioned tennis event until 2050, effectively ending his career.

The racing star founded Quadrant, a popular gaming and lifestyle brand that connects traditional motorsports with esports and content creation.

He also developed LN4 Fusion, a personal merchandise line leveraging his racing identity to sell exclusive apparel to global fans.

Norris diversified his investments by backing Seat Unique, a premium ticketing platform that provides VIP access to live sporting events.