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	Watch a few minutes of skateboarding at the Olympics and you’ll likely notice something you won’t find anywhere else in Paris: athletes wearing headphones during competition.Celebrity Patrons Fill Cracks in U.S. Olympics Funding




	Japan’s Yuto Horigome wore Apple AirPods when he won gold in in the men’s street competition last week, as did bronze medalist Nyjah Huston of Team USA. Silver medalist Jagger Eaton, also of Team USA, wore Samsung buds; Canada’s Cordano Russell wore JLab.




	Of those companies, only Samsung is an official IOC partner. The others have no affiliation—they don’t even appear to have deals with the athletes themselves—but they...

Why Are Olympic Skateboarders Allowed to Wear Headphones?

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Cadillac is partnering with Hertz Team JOTA for the World Endurance Championship. This is what that means for its F1 program.

What Cadillac’s new endurance racing partnership could mean for its Formula 1 program

Alert the stewards! The Department of Justice is probing Liberty Media’s decision to reject Andretti’s F1 bid. Skip 1 photos in the image carousel and continue reading. F1’s commercial rights holder Liberty Media has confirmed that the US Department of Justice is investigating its decision to block Andretti from entering the sport. Hmm.

F1’s owner is being investigated for blocking Andretti


				













	Fanatics has accused Arizona Cardinals rookie wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. and his limited liability company, the Official Harrison Collection, for breach of contract, anticipatory repudiation and tortious interference. But in recent court filings to New York Judge Anar R. Patel, Harrison Jr. contends he never signed a term sheet with Fanatics, and that his LLC is neither his alter ego nor his agent.Fanatics Collect Launches Hoping to Streamline Trading Card Sales




	The term sheet was instead signed by the LLC’s authorized representative, retired NFL star Marvin Harrison, Sr.—the NFL rookie’s dad.




	The development, reported Thursday by Cllct’s Darren Rovell, came as part of a series of...

Marvin Harrison Jr. Says He Never Signed Fanatics Deal—His Dad Did

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Even since Alpine let go of team principal Otmar Szafnauer following the 2023 Belgian Grand Prix in rather surprising fashion, a return to the grid has been rumored for the Romanian team principal. This departure ended a short stint for Szafnauer, as he joined Alpine in 2022 after a run...

Former Formula 1 team boss could return with a new team (but not Andretti)

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Dennis the Menace actor Jay North is now 73 years old. This is his story. On August 3, 1951, Jay North was born Jay Waverly North, Jr., in Los Angeles, and seven years later, began acting on TV on shows like Wanted: Dead or Alive, and 77 Sunset Strip.

Former Childstar Jay North (TV's 'Dennis the Menace') Turns 73


				













	A Southern District of New York judge Monday denied a motion by Adidas for a new trial in its trademark dispute with fashion company Thom Browne Inc. U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff held that newly discovered emails, including those sent by company founder and head designer Thom Browne about Adidas, do not warrant a new trial.NFL Star Amari Cooper's Apparel Firm Takes Aim at Sneaker Giants




	Rakoff, who is overseeing Jim Trotter’s retaliation case against the NFL, acknowledged the emails were admissible evidence and thus should have been shared in the pretrial process. However, he didn’t find them particularly damning and didn’t view...

But Their Emails: Adidas Bid for New Thom Browne Trial Denied

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	The fight over Venu Sports, a live sports streaming platform expected to cost $42.99 a month, will close a round this week at the Thurgood Marshall Courthouse in New York with the decision very much up in the air. Sports Leads Disney's Streaming Unit to Its First Quarterly Profit




	FuboTV, which sued ESPN, Walt Disney, Fox and others in April for alleged antitrust violations in their Venu Sports joint venture, seeks a preliminary injunction to halt the service before it goes live. There is some question as to when that may be; Fox Corp. boss Lachlan Murdoch on Tuesday said the app...

FuboTV’s Fight With Disney, ESPN Closes Week as Pols Pile In

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

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NASCAR driver Kyle Busch's Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) may not have any active NASCAR racers, but it's still very much active and recently came out on top in a lawsuit against another racing organization. According to the Charlotte Business Journal via On3 Sports, KBM was recently awarded ...

NASCAR Driver's Racing Company Wins $105,000 In Lawsuit

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	On the latest Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams discuss some of the biggest sports business stories of the week, including Pitbull’s $6 million deal to put his name on Florida International’s football stadium. The five-year deal, announced this week, is full of deliverables for both sides. Celebrity Patrons Fill Cracks in U.S. Olympics Funding




	In addition to the money, FIU sought many other benefits from a close association with one of the world’s biggest pop stars. Pitbull will perform on campus, create an anthem for the school, participate in athletics fundraisers, post on social media and participate in...

Sporticast 369: Why Pitbull Is Sponsoring an FBS Football Stadium


				













	Seeking to capitalize on the sports “eatertainment” trend, Mexican baseball simulator maker Batbox has raised $7.3 million in venture capital to bring its casual eats and entertainment concept to the U.S.Personalized Baseball Development App Raises $3M Seed Round




	Batbox combines food and beverage with a baseball simulation pitching and hitting cage—patrons swing in a batting cage against an actual baseball that flies out of a computer simulated pitcher’s hand, for instance. The Series A fundraising, announced by the business Tuesday, saw participation from two venture capital firms, U.S.-based food and beverage-focused Emerging Fund and Monterrey, Mexico-based private wealth manager MG Partners.




	The...

Baseball-Themed Restaurant Batbox Raises $7.3M in VC Funds to Enter U.S.

Richmond, VA

NASCAR Returns to Action, With Option Tire at Richmond Raceway. The long-awaited and hyped option tire race is upon us as NASCAR returns to racing action following a two-week Olympic break. The Cup Series heads to Richmond Raceway for the second time this season. This time however will have plenty of strategy, as the series will allow two different sets of tires to be used during the Cook Out 400.

NASCAR Returns to Action, With Option Tire at Richmond Raceway


				













	C Spire, the Mississippi-based telecommunications company that announced it was canceling its ad buys in NBCUniversal’s Olympics coverage, doesn’t appear to have bought any commercial inventory in the first place.While C Spire on Saturday morning indicated it “will be pulling our advertising” from the NBCU’s Summer Games roster, the telco hadn’t bought time in the broadcast that triggered its stated intention. According to the July 26 timing report data, which breaks down the commercial inventory in each daypart, C Spire did not air any spots in NBC’s national coverage of the opening ceremony, nor had it bought time on any...

Olympic Ad Boycotter Had No TV Spending as NBC Sales Hit Record


				













	A week before a New York court is set to hear a preliminary injunction in an antitrust lawsuit designed to halt the rollout of Venu Sports, the nascent streaming platform put together by Fox, Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery has unveiled its pricing scheme.Yankees' YES Network Brings Baseball to Saturday Cartoons




	At launch—a date that has yet to be determined—Venu will be available for $42.99 per month, with a seven-day free trial. That price point is considerably lower than the payment plans offered by the service that is suing the startup; Fubo’s entry-level plan costs $79.99 per month.




	That launch price will...

Venu Sports Sets Launch Pricing as Fubo Court Date Looms

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

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	Cosm, a movie theater-type venue for watching sports and other entertainment, has raised $250 million in a fundraising round that includes billionaire sports investors Marc Lasry, David Blitzer and Dan Gilbert.Olympic Tweet Data Helps Genius Lead Sports Stocks Higher in July




	The business, which recently opened its first location in Los Angeles, said in a release Tuesday that its Series B round took investment from Lasry’s Avenue Sports Fund, Blitzer’s Bolt Ventures and Gilbert’s Rock, as well as from mutual and investment fund manager Baille Gifford. Adding a follow-on investment to his undisclosed earlier funding is real estate tech billionaire Steve...

Marc Lasry, David Blitzer Among New Investors in Sphere-Like Cosm

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The biggest Sprint Car race in the World is this week

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Three men and a woman have been arrested on murder charges in connection with the fatal shooting of Charles Jones , a Jacksonville rapper known as Julio Foolio,” outside a hotel in Tampa.

4 arrested in slaying of Jacksonville rapper Julio Foolio

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Kevin Magnussen is weighing his options for the future, including potentially moving to different racing series like World Endurance Championship and IndyCar.

Kevin Magnussen Opens Up On Future As He Considers Move Away From F1

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More Grand Prix Races Drive Formula 1’s Record $871M Q2


				













	The addition of two grand prix events helped Formula 1 to an all-time high in revenue during a second quarter, the company said in an earnings...

More Grand Prix Races Drive Formula 1’s Record $871M Q2

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