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The Masters Doubled as a Hub for Golf's Future, With Talk of PGA Tour Changes, LIV Golf Deals, and Evolving Media and Ticketing Plans – Front Office Sports *
Masters week doubles as golf's commercial strategy summit.
Golf, Media, Rights, Ticketing, Strategy
Deloitte: Women's Elite Sports Revenues Projected To Reach $3 Billion By 2026 – Delloitte
Data-backed forecast on booming women's elite sport revenues.
Women's Sport, Revenue, Media Rights, Sponsorship, Industry Trends
Basketball Australia Clears Larry Kestelman After Integrity Investigation Into NBL Allegations – Fox Sports *
Integrity probe outcome with big governance implications.
NBL, Governance, Integrity, Sports Management
Old Man Media and the Rise of the Alternative – The Mongrel Punt *
How alternative outlets are reshaping AFL media power.
Media, Marketing, Sports Business, AFL
The Melbourne Project Turning Used Tennis Balls Into Shoes – ABC News *
Circular tennis-ball recycling as a sponsor-ready sustainability story.
Tennis, Sustainability, Innovation, Recycling
Professional Sports
Michigan Secures Big Ten Sweep of Basketball Titles, Payouts – Sportico
How March Madness success flows through Big Ten payouts.
College Sports, Revenue, Media, Commercial Strategy, Basketball
Bay Collective To Acquire Majority Stake In Sunderland AFC Women – Sunderland AFC *
New investors bet big on standalone women's football.
Women's Football, Investment, Ownership, Strategy, Club Business
Digital & Social
Why Do Some Podcasts Feel Addictive, and Others Don't? – PodSessions
Psychology behind binge-worthy podcasts sports can copy.
Audience Engagement, Content Strategy, Podcasting, Behaviour, Retention
Media & Entertainment
Amazon Passes Masters Test During Debut – Front Office Sports
Prime Video's Masters debut hints at future rights play.
Streaming, Media Rights, Amazon, Masters, Broadcast Technology
The Company's Toxic Reputation Caught Up With Its Actions – Mumbrella
Seven West Media saga shows reputational risk.
Sports Media, Media Rights, Corporate Governance, Sponsorship, Risk
Geek Out
The Folder Is the Agent – Every
Practical pattern for running dozens of AI agents sanely.
AI, Technology, Productivity, Data, Operations
Cursor, Claude Code, and OpenAI Codex Forming a Composable AI Coding Stack – The New Stack
How a modular AI dev stack could reshape sports tech builds.
AI, Technology, Data, Product, Engineering
AI
How AI Is Pushing NFL Draft Prep To ‘A Different Level' – ESPN *
Inside real-world AI use in combine and draft scouting.
AI, Data, Technology, NFL, High Performance
Multi-Agent Coordination Patterns: Five Approaches and When to Use Them – Anthropic
Frameworks for orchestrating AI agents across complex workflows.
AI, Automation, Data, Marketing, Technology
Regal Cineworld Brings Movie Ticketing to ChatGPT With First-of-Its-Kind App – Variety
Conversational ticketing shows what's next for stadium sales.
Ticketing, AI, CRM, Fan Experience, Venues
Anthropic's Latest AI Model Strikes Fear Into Banks – Morning Brew
Security-focused AI advances offer warnings for sports data stacks.
AI, Cybersecurity, Data, Finance, Governance
Make You Think
Lego Bricks: How a Children's Toy Became the Black Market's Hottest Trade – The Sydney Morning Herald
Lego black market offers lessons for sports collectibles.
Economy, Consumer Culture, Market Trends, Lego
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