Category: Sports
Anaheim to pay more than $100 million over allegations of illegal sale of Angel Stadium
The City of Anaheim has agreed to pay $96 million to resolve allegations that the municipality violated state law when it sold Angel Stadium. In a special meeting Tuesday night, the Anaheim City Council voted 5-2 to approve a stipulated judgment from Attorney General Rob Bonta regarding the sale of Angel Stadium. The judgment was meant […]
Basketball powered Colorado’s $505M sports betting handle last month
Colorado’s total sports betting handle surpassed $505 million in March thanks to pro basketball and the NCAA tournament, according to the state’s most recent figures. The total handle represents a year-over-year climb of 68% from March 2021, according to the Colorado Department of Revenue’s (DOR) data. It’s also up from $440 million wagered in February. For the current fiscal […]
Tennessee Legislature approves Davidson County hotel tax to help pay for a new Titans stadium
A bill that would allow Metro Nashville to raise its hotel tax by 1 percentage point to help fund a new Tennessee Titans stadium passed both the Tennessee House and Senate on Wednesday and will move to Gov. Bill Lee’s desk for approval. A fiscal note on House Bill 681 said that it could amount to a $10 […]
Michigan GOP lawmakers push for transgender athlete ban
Republican lawmakers in Michigan are stepping back into the national debate over the right of transgender athletes to participate in scholastic sports. After a Senate effort to limit opportunities for transgender athletes stalled last year, state Republicans found a new vehicle: the state budget. The Republican-controlled House Appropriations Committee advanced a K-12 school aid budget […]
Miyares investigating Commanders as lawmakers debate stadium funding
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares has launched an investigation into the Washington Commanders over alleged financial improprieties as lawmakers continue to debate subsidies to the team for a new NFL stadium. Miyares launched an official inquiry into the Commanders in response to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform alleging it found evidence of deceptive […]
Sport Integrity Australia’s report represents a reckoning for West Australian gymnastics – but has justice really been done?
Children forced to train on empty stomachs and falling on their heads. Young athletes told to manage the welfare of their own coaches. Girls starving themselves before enduring skinfold tests to avoid the horror of gaining weight, and sending them into lifelong patterns of disordered eating. These are the stories that have emerged from a report released […]
The Cleveland Indians changed their team name – what’s holding back the Atlanta Braves?
In October 1995, as the Cleveland Indians and Atlanta Braves prepared to face off in the World Series, a group of Native Americans rallied outside Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium to protest what they called both teams’ racist names and mascots. Some protesters carried signs, including one that said, “Human beings as mascots is not politically incorrect. It is […]
Economists question Kalamazoo sports organization’s $15.5M boast
Claims that sports activities generated $15.4 million of economic activity in Kalamazoo County are being disputed by several economists. Discover Kalamazoo Sports made the claim in a news release earlier this week, noting the economic activity derived from direct visitor spending directly resulting from more than 40 sporting events held in the county in 2021. According to […]
Is banning Russian tennis players from Wimbledon the right call?
Wimbledon, the most iconic tennis grand slam, is considering its position on the participation of Russian nationals. The British sports minister, Nigel Huddleston, recently suggested that for any Russian to play at Wimbledon, “assurances” might be needed about their position on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The All England Lawn and Tennis Club is in discussions […]
Women’s football; record crowds and soaring popularity – here’s how to keep it this way
On Boxing Day 1920, a sell-out crowd of 53,000 watched a women’s football match at Liverpool’s Goodison Park, with others waiting outside. With more than 900,000 women working in munitions factories during the first world war, many factories set up women’s football teams to keep the new female workers healthy and safely occupied. At the time, women seemed to be breaking […]