Rick Ellington

Read more about the the 95 nominees for the 2023 Sports Business Awards in 15 categories. The winners will be revealed during an awards presentation on May 24 at the Marriott Marquis Times Square, in an event that captures the attention of the industry. Gary Bettman, commissioner...

The traditional Christmas Day NBA coverage on ESPN and ABC averaged 4.3 million viewers against all-day NFL coverage, up 5% from last year’s numbers. The Celtics’ win over the Bucks in the 5pm ET window drew the largest audience of 6 million viewers, peaking at 6.8 million toward the...

LIV Golf could have an on-course presence at the U.S. Open next week, as the USGA has no regulations in place preventing golfers from wearing the logo of the upstart league on apparel or headgear. A USGA source said, “There is nothing that would prohibit players from competing in...

Learn more about the 96 nominees for Sports Business Awards in 15 categories, in addition to Sports Business Journal’s 2022 recipient of the Celebration of Service Award, America SCORES. The winners will be revealed during an awards presentation on May 18 at the New York Marriott Marquis, representing...

Steinberg Sports & Entertainment is expanding into the basketball representation space after merging with Athlete Management Group. AMG co-Founders Mike Silverman and Brandon Grier will take on new titles as part of the transaction; Silverman will serve as SSE Senior VP/Basketball Operations and Grier will...

WWE held its annual Royal Rumble at the Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis on Saturday, and the event drew some impressive financial results. The sellout crowd of 44,390 at the former home of the Rams marks the second-most-attended WWE event since the start of the pandemic, behind...

Fanatics today is announcing plans to expand beyond just e-commerce and into different businesses. Those potential growth areas are in sports betting, iGaming, media and ticketing, though there is no definitive timetable for when Fanatics could announce plans in those spaces. Fanatics has already begun its first new vertical,...

Demand for Trevor Lawrence ’s official No. 16 Jaguars jersey led Fanatics to its best sales ever for the first night of an NFL Draft. Lawrence, long projected to be the No. 1 overall pick, more than doubled the previous best sales for an individual draftee,...

No. 1 overall draft pick Trevor Lawrence is adding to his budding marketing portfolio, as Fanatics has signed the Jaguars QB to a multiyear deal. The agreement will see Fanatics become the exclusive provider of memorabilia and autographed merchandise for Lawrence, including those related to both the...

Fanatics has raised $320M in its latest round of funding, according to a source, shooting the company’s valuation up to $12.8B. Silver Lake led this round of funding, which comes approximately just seven months after Fanatics closed a $350M Series E investment round. Fidelity, Neuberger Berman, Franklin...