MLB Embraces Polymarket as Washington Moves to Ban Prediction Markets on Sports
MLB's Polymarket partnership faces a bipartisan Senate bill to ban sports prediction-market contracts and a White House memo warning staff against insider betting.
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Four Meanings Stacked on One Marathon
The 130th Boston runs Monday carrying a war-profiting sponsor's logo, a thirteen-year memorial, a Kenyan field, and a woman's name finally on the banner.
Charlotte and Orlando Play for Detroit and Prime Video Gets the Cut
The last play-in slot opens at 7:30 p.m. ET on a platform, not a channel — the format doing exactly what the eleven-billion-a-year deal asked it to do.
United Pitches an American Airlines Merger as Oil Slips and Antitrust Looks Away
Scott Kirby pitched a merger to the White House, AAL jumped, and no one has yet done the antitrust math on a 34% market share.
NBA Europe Draws Billion-Dollar Bids From 120 Groups Before It Has a Schedule
Multiple first-round bids cleared $1 billion per franchise for a league that does not yet exist — the same capital buying European football is now bidding on basketball.
Buffalo Ends the NHL's Longest Playoff Drought and Draws Boston in the First Round
Fourteen seasons out of the playoffs, a 2010 rematch against Boston — the league's longest active drought finally meets its oldest geographic rival.
Year One of NCAA Revenue Sharing Is Producing Eight-Figure Quarterbacks
Eleven months after the House settlement, college football has become a minor professional league wearing the NCAA logo and holding the tax exemption.
McIlroy and Rose Skip RBC Heritage, and the Signature-Event Model Shows Its Empty Tees
A $20M signature event missing the Masters winner and the defending champion is the PGA Tour learning that money alone does not buy attention.