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Cricket boards at loggerheads over ‘deeply disturbing' gambling proposal – Crikey *
Cricket's controversial gambling revenue discussion.
Cricket, Gambling, Sponsorship, Sports Marketing, Revenue
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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