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Key Reads

Why Everyone Is Betting on Las Vegas – 365247 Sports *

Data‑rich breakdown of Vegas as a sports capital.

US, Sports Business, Stadiums, Tourism, Investment

Mobii Systems Group sues the LIV Golf series for unpaid invoices, usage fees, and lost revenue – ESPN *

Tech vendor versus tour: hard lessons in sports contracts.

Global, Golf, Legal, Technology, Commercial

LeBron James to Sign With 76ers – Front Office Sports *

What LeBron-to-Philly means for value across the NBA.

US, NBA, MediaRights, Sponsorship, CommercialStrategy

HOKA Generates $2.587 Billion at a 56.9% Gross Margin – 365247 Sports

Inside a high‑margin running brand's surge to scale.

US, Running, Brand Strategy, Commercial, Sponsorship

Professional Sports

Stanford Football Players Form Labor Fraternity in New Union Push – Sportico 

Detailed look at a landmark college athlete labour move.

US, College Sports, Labour, Governance

World Cup Ignites MLS Ticket Sales, Ratings Stay Mostly Flat – Front Office Sports

Why post‑World Cup buzz is filling seats, not screens.

US, MLS, Ticketing, Attendance, Broadcast

Mayo's House of Pain comes to an end as they stun Kerry – RTÉ *

Historic GAA win opens new storytelling and commercial doors.

IE, GAA, Sports, Event, Culture

Aston Villa, the Premier League's best sellers – and why they have to be – The Athletic

How Villa trades its way through finance rules and PSR.

UK, Football, Finance, Data, Strategy

Packers finances remain strong amidst changing NFL landscape – Green Bay Packers *

The NFL's only open set of books.

US, NFL, Finance, Media Rights, Business Strategy

Digital & Social

Turning World Cup audiences into lasting fan relationships – Insider Sport

Tactics to turn tournament tourists into year‑round fans.

Broadcasting, Marketing, Fan Engagement, World Cup

Behind the Scenes of The Rest Is Football – Behind Sport

How a football podcast became a multi‑platform media brand.

Global, Football, Digital, CreatorEconomy, ContentStrategy

Facebook's new immersive video version – Future Party *

Meta is turning Facebook into a TikTok‑style video feed.

Global, Social, Digital, Content, Advertising

Media & Entertainment

How David Ellison Plans To Power Up Paramount+ – Future Party

Roadmap for sports‑heavy streaming bundles and interactivity.

US, Streaming, MediaRights, SportsBroadcast, Sponsorship

Why Netflix Extending The Rest Is Football Is About More Than One Successful Show – Behind Sport

Netflix rides a football talk show to own the conversation.

Global, Football, MediaRights, Streaming, ContentStrategy

Paramount agrees to delay Warner Bros. Discovery merger amid antitrust suits – Yahoo Finance

Antitrust pause on a mega‑merger shaping future sports rights.

US, Media, Streaming, Regulation, Sports Rights

Geek Out

How to Visualize Time Series Patterns with ggtime in R Programming – CodeX

Advanced time‑series visualisation ideas perfect for sports data teams.

Global, Data, Analytics, Technology, Visualisation

Make video usable as data and memory for AI – VideoDB 

Turning vast match archives into searchable, sponsor‑ready AI context.

Global, AI, Video, Content Strategy, Sponsorship

AI

Tech companies take stand on open-weight AI access – Morning Brew

Why open‑weight models matter for affordable, bespoke sports AI.

Global, AI, Technology, Data, Strategy

The New Rules of Context Engineering for Claude 5 Generation Models – Anthropic

Designing smarter AI workflows that actually use your sports data.

Global, AI, Sponsorship, Data, Marketing

Why Some AI Workflows Stick—And Others Don't – Every 

Practical lessons for rolling AI out across lean sports teams.

Global, AI, Productivity, Sponsorship, Operations

Make You Think

The infinite half life of earned media: LLMs just rewrote the rules of ROI – Mumbrella *

How AI search changes the value of every PR hit.

AU, Marketing, Technology, AI, Media, ROI

How colours affect the way you think – BBC

Colour psychology you can apply to kits, apps and stadia.

Global, Marketing, Branding, Fan Experience, UX

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