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Key Reads

Why Everyone Is Betting on Las Vegas365247 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 revenueESPN *

Tech vendor versus tour: hard lessons in sports contracts.

Global, Golf, Legal, Technology, Commercial

LeBron James to Sign With 76ersFront 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 Margin365247 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 PushSportico 

Detailed look at a landmark college athlete labour move.

US, College Sports, Labour, Governance

World Cup Ignites MLS Ticket Sales, Ratings Stay Mostly FlatFront 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 KerryRTÉ *

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 beThe Athletic

How Villa trades its way through finance rules and PSR.

UK, Football, Finance, Data, Strategy

Packers finances remain strong amidst changing NFL landscapeGreen 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 relationshipsInsider Sport

Tactics to turn tournament tourists into year‑round fans.

Broadcasting, Marketing, Fan Engagement, World Cup

Behind the Scenes of The Rest Is FootballBehind Sport

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

Global, Football, Digital, CreatorEconomy, ContentStrategy

Facebook's new immersive video versionFuture 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 ShowBehind 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 suitsYahoo 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 ProgrammingCodeX

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

Global, Data, Analytics, Technology, Visualisation

Make video usable as data and memory for AIVideoDB 

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 accessMorning 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 ModelsAnthropic

Designing smarter AI workflows that actually use your sports data.

Global, AI, Sponsorship, Data, Marketing

Why Some AI Workflows Stick—And Others Don'tEvery 

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 ROIMumbrella *

How AI search changes the value of every PR hit.

AU, Marketing, Technology, AI, Media, ROI

How colours affect the way you thinkBBC

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

Global, Marketing, Branding, Fan Experience, UX

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