Knicks Owner Banks $42M From Three Firms

He drew $13M from Knicks owner MSG Knickerbockers, $14.8M from arena owner MSG Entertainment, and $14.3M from Las Vegas Sphere owner Sphere Entertainment.

He received a separate $10M one-time cash bonus for splitting the New York Rangers hockey team off into its own public company.

The pay came as the Knicks won their first NBA title since 1973 and shares in the team's parent company doubled from 2025 lows.

Chemicals giant INEOS, owned by billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe, could reportedly fetch £209.5M ($280.1M) for Lausanne, now last in Switzerland's top league.

INEOS is also reportedly selling French club Nice, cutting its asking price from as much as £215M to about £42M.

The sales could help fund Manchester United, where INEOS runs football operations, as it plans a 100K-seat stadium costing up to £3B.

Sabalenka, the top-ranked women's tennis player two years running, earned about $30M in 2025 from prize money and sponsors like Nike and Gucci.

Trade publication SportsPro and data firm NorthStar Solutions Group picked her from 1.2K athletes in 70 sports, scoring brand strength, momentum and growth potential.

She is the fourth woman to top the list since 2010, while women hold just 16 of 50 spots this year, down from 20.

The Real Madrid striker joked that his favorite meme puts his face on "a Chinese dictator," apparently Communist China's founder Mao Zedong.

Chinese dairy giant Mengniu and drinks maker Dongpeng ended their endorsement deals with him immediately, citing zero tolerance for offending national sentiment.

China's soccer federation demanded a Real Madrid apology, and Spain's top league, La Liga, apologized to protect its 20+ clubs' ties with Chinese fans.

LIV Golf, a Saudi-funded rival to the PGA Tour, made the payment as its main backer, Saudi Arabia's wealth fund, was ending its support.

CEO Scott O'Neil's payment, meant to keep him from leaving, was part of $13.67M he received between Sept. 2025 and Aug. 2026.

Six other executives received over $9M combined in similar payments, led by $3.36M for the chief financial officer.

Sports business outlet Front Office Sports reported the warning came after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was killed at a Utah college in September 2025.

The report follows McAfee saying he felt unsafe hosting ESPN's College GameDay at the University of Utah after a school account posted students teasing him.

ESPN called his safety concerns very real and valid, while the university apologized and said the video missed the mark.

U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes sided with the D.C. Preservation League, a nonprofit, which says the government broke federal environmental and historic-preservation laws.

The order bans further tree removal and requires advance notice before irreversible changes, after the government bulldozed hundreds of healthy trees this month.

Reyes distrusted the government's assurances because Trump posted that work would start immediately, contradicting officials who testified they knew of no closure plans.