Chris Smith

Sponsorship measurement and valuation platform MVP Index has raised a $20M Series B led by Verance Capital. The Austin-based company measures sponsor asset valuations across video, audio and experiential channels, and its partners include Amazon, Apple, CAA, Endeavor, the Red Sox, the Cowboys, the NHL and the PGA Tour,...

Just over a year ago, Colin Neville was integral to closing what may be the most complex sports team transaction in history with the sale of Chelsea FC. Not only did Neville secure a then-record $3.1 billion team valuation, but he did so while conducting a forced...

When Major League Baseball adjusted its bylaws governing team ownership in early 2019, it opened the door for institutional investors to acquire small, passive stakes across multiple teams. No firm moved faster to take advantage than Arctos Sports Partners, which Joe Nasr co-founded later that year alongside...

Tanja Olano has been helping Los Angeles prepare to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games since joining the bid committee in 2015. A promotion to general counsel in 2017 after L.A. was awarded the 2028 Games put Olano in a position to help structure LA28’s commercial...

LA28 will today host a series of model Olympic & Paralympic Games for youth athletes around L.A. The series of events will take place at 10 youth centers across the city with over 1,000 children participating in opening and closing ceremonies, sports activities and demonstrations by Olympians and Paralympians....

Online Sports Database, the sports stats and information platform cofounded by Jets QB Aaron Rodgers , is launching a crowdfunding campaign to raise $1.235M. That funding will be part of a $2.5M bridge round, of which OSDB has already raised $1.2M from investors including baseball agent Scott...

Last August, billionaire Rob Walton led a group of investors in acquiring the Denver Broncos for $4.65 billion. The deal not only set a new global record for a team sale price, but it was the high point in a year full of...

Golden Knights President & CEO Kerry Bubolz recalls the many detractors who scoffed that his team would not be able to sustain its success, either on the ice or in filling an arena, following its run to the Stanley Cup Finals in its debut season six years...

ESPN has secured domestic broadcast rights for the 2023 World Lacrosse Men’s Championship, which begins next week. All 107 games will be available on ESPN+, and six will air live across ESPN’s cable properties. ESPN2 will carry the tournament opener between the U.S. and Canada -- the two nations...

L.A. -- Ahead of the start of the U.S. Open at L.A. Country Club, some of golf’s top players expressed frustration around still being in the dark about plans for the PGA Tour’s deal with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund a week after the tie-up was first announced. ...