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Business Basketball

Reductions include commissioner Adam Silver, deputy commissioner Mark Tatum
Events Basketball

Selections to be made without players, media, or guests present
Business Baseball

League, union reach agreement on key issues for this year including player salaries, service time accrual
Events Multi-Sport

Covid-19 pandemic creates sharp reductions in outlays to member schools
Business Baseball

Material for official MLB uniforms to be used for protective masks and gowns
Events Motorsport

Motorsports schedule shifts also create combined IndyCar-Nascar weekend in July
Finance & Money Multi-Sport

US-based media group Discovery has borrowed $500m (€456.9m) under its credit facility as it seeks to tackle the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Business Baseball

MLB commissioner says "nothing's off the table" in terms of recalibrating schedule once play resumes
Events Ice Hockey

The National Hockey League has announced it is postponing a trio of upcoming tentpole events due to the global Covid-19 pandemic

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Baseball
Business

With the vast majority of revenues for Minor League Baseball teams deriving from gate revenues and no games happening due to the Covid-19 outbreak, economic worries are growing. US Editor Eric Fisher reports.
Baseball
Events

The United States' neighbor to the south is being increasingly viewed by Major League Baseball as a viable location for both regular-season games and perhaps an expansion franchise
Motorsport
Fan Engagement

Esports has never been as important or relevant as it is now amid the global Covid-19 pandemic. Nascar has been an early mover in this space with the creation of the eNascar iRacing Pro Invitational Series.
Multi-Sport
Business

Global agency president looks to work through current public health crisis, plan ahead for return of sports industry to full activity
Governance Ice Hockey

Delaware North, the company which owns both the National Hockey League's Boston Bruins and the TD Garden, has announced it is putting staff on temporary leave and reducing salaries amid the sports shutdown …
Fan Engagement Baseball

Set of 30 archival games to be shown across various media partners will feature each club
Fan Engagement Football

The United Soccer League has unveiled a new Rocket League esports competition for its Championship and League One teams to take part in during the sports shutdown enforced by the Covid-19 pandemic
Licensing and Merchandising Baseball

"Project 2020" will see classic baseball cards reinterpreted by a broad mix of modern artists
Esports Motorsport

Fox Sports has reached an agreement with Nascar to broadcast the remainder of the US stock car racing series's new esports competition, the eNascar iRacing Pro Invitational Series
Governance Motorsport

Stock car racing series Nascar has become the latest major sports organization in the United States to impose temporary pay cuts due to the global Covid-19 pandemic
Business Basketball

Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer has reached an agreement to purchase The Forum from The Madison Square Garden Company for $400m in cash
Governance Women's Football

Cindy Parlow Cone, the newly-installed United States Soccer Federation president, said her foremost objective is to settle the gender discrimination lawsuit with members of the US women's national team…
Governance Ice Hockey

The National Hockey League has asked its staff to take pay cuts following the indefinite suspension of the league amid the global Covid-19 pandemic
Events Golf

The US Open men's golf major championship has been placed in fresh doubt after Winged Foot Golf Club was closed indefinitely
Media Multi-Sport

US sports-focused streaming service and channel aggregator fuboTV is to merge with FaceBank Group, a celebrity and sports-focused virtual entertainment company
Events Multi-Sport

The Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics will be delayed following an agreement reached early on March 24 between Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe and International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach
Events Athletics

World Athletics and the local organising committee of the 2021 World Athletics Championships, Oregon21, have said they are open to rescheduling their event to accommodate any possible postponement of the…
Business Ice Hockey

Potential scenario for resumption still contains many ifs. League, however, remains confident current delays will not preclude a full 2020-21 season.
Governance Basketball

Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, the managing company of the National Basketball Association’s Philadelphia 76ers and National Hockey League’s New Jersey Devils, has enforced pay cuts on members of …
Media Wrestling

World Wrestling Entertainment has announced it is offering free access for a month to subscription digital product WWE Network
Marketing American Football

The National Football League's Los Angeles Rams have unveiled a new brand identity, which is timed to coincide with the team's scheduled move to the $5bn SoFi Stadium for the start of the 2020 season
Industry Moves Football

The United States Soccer Federation has named veteran sports business executive Will Wilson as the organization's new chief executive and secretary general
Governance Football

English Championship club Derby County is in talks with American technology billionaire Michael Dell about a major financial investment, according to the Daily Telegraph
Sponsorship & Marketing Basketball

The NBA’s strategy of non-exclusivity in the footwear and betting partner categories yielded both revenue and marketing value for the league before the NBA shutdown this month.
Governance Golf

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan has decided to indefinitely forgo his salary during the global Covid-19 emergency, according to multiple reports
Governance Football

The National Women's Soccer League and Canadian Premier League have become the latest North American professional soccer leagues to suspend their seasons due to the global Covid-19 outbreak
Licensing and Merchandising American Football

The National Football League's Tampa Bay Buccaneers have enjoyed an immediate merchandise sales spike following the arrival of legendary quarterback Tom Brady
Governance XFL

The rebooted XFL has been forced to cancel its inaugural season after just five weeks due to the global Covid-19 pandemic