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Key Reads

Cricket boards at loggerheads over ‘deeply disturbing' gambling proposal – Crikey *

Cricket's controversial gambling revenue discussion.

Cricket, Gambling, Sponsorship, Sports Marketing, Revenue

JASHIE announces partnership with Queensland Government to advance Japan-Australia Sport and Health innovation collaboration – JA Network 

Japan-Australia innovative sport and health partnership.

International Collaboration, Innovation, Sports Technology, Health, Government Partnerships

MLB's Low Valuations May Make Teams Private Equity Targets – Sportico *

MLB as target for private equity due to low valuations.

MLB, Finance, Private Equity, Investment, Business

Professional Sports

WNBA, WNBPA Agree to New CBA with Increased Salary Cap, Player Pay – ESPN *

CBA increases salary cap and player pay.

WNBA, Sponsorship, Marketing, Business

Venezuela Team Gets Biggest Share of $37M WBC Prize Pool – Front Office Sports

WBC prize pool boosts Venezuela's share.

WBC, Prize Money, Sports Economics

Geek out

Cursor Trains Models to Self‑Summarise Context – Cursor

Self-summarising AI can aid sports analytics.

Artificial Intelligence, Data, Technology, Analytics

AI Is Great, Except When It Gets Everything Wrong All The Time – The Age

Explores challenges of AI in sports contexts.

AI, Marketing, Technology, Data, Sports Business

Make you think

Why Sport Has An Analogue Advantage Over Artificial Intelligence – Notice Sports

Highlights sports' unmatched human experience.

Sports, Marketing, AI, Human Connection

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