$650M For Women's Basketball

Ten Pillars Sports Fund, an investment group backed by a California university, led the round to boost the player equity pool to $200M.

Founded by professional WNBA athletes, the league operates under a unique model where players own the majority of the business.

The fresh capital will fund geographic expansion, allowing the league to host more road games following recent arena sellouts of over 18K fans.

Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla and his family purchased the reigning Super Bowl champions from the estate of late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.

The $9.6B price is a massive 59% increase over the previous NFL record of $6.1B, paid last year by private equity investors.

All multibillion-dollar proceeds will go to charity, fulfilling Allen's final wishes while bringing valuable technology industry expertise to the NFL.

The deal gives DAZN the exclusive commercial rights to show NFL Sunday Ticket in bars and restaurants.

EverPass founders, including the NFL's investment arm and private equity firm RedBird Capital, will receive minority shares in DAZN.

This acquisition continues DAZN’s aggressive push into American sports, moving beyond its traditional focus on soccer and combat events.

A recent game between Indiana and Chicago in the WNBA, the premier women's basketball league, drew 3.3M viewers.

The Sunday broadcast officially ranks as the 3rd-most-watched regular-season game in the league's history.

Major sports broadcasting network NBC Sports confirmed this significant milestone for women's sports viewership.

The National Football League (NFL) is ending its annual exhibition game because the violent sport cannot be safely adapted into a casual event.

The recent game drew a record-low 2M viewers, failing to attract the 18.7M fans that typically watch regular season matchups.

The professional sports league will still honor top athletes by naming them to a special roster, but no actual competition will take place.

Serena, a 23-time Grand Slam singles champion, is returning to the tournament four years after initially retiring from the sport in 2022.

Serena will only play doubles, while her 46-year-old sister Venus received a special invitation to also compete in the singles tournament.

The famous sisters, who previously won this tournament's doubles championship twice, recently prepared by playing together at an August event in Cincinnati.

The custom car is expected to fetch $700K to $1.3M through an auction by marketplace Joopiter and supercar dealership Curated.

Basketball legend Michael Jordan famously drove the vehicle after winning his 1997 championship, inspiring the design of Nike's Air Jordan 14 sneakers.

The vehicle vanished for over 20 years before being found, entering a surging classic car market that recently saw a record $762M in sales.