STORY: Elon Musk was sued on Tuesday by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC accused the world’s richest person of waiting too long to disclose in 2022 he had amassed a large stake in Twitter, the social media company he later bought and renamed X. An SEC rule requires investors to disclose within […]
Fubo’s about-face Fubo’s merger with Disney represents a shocking about-face for the sports-streaming provider, which previously had raised alarms (citing Citi research) about Disney’s ownership of 54 percent of the US sports rights market—ESPN (26.8 percent), Fox (17.3 percent), and WBD (9.9 percent). Fubo successfully got a preliminary injunction against Venu in August, and a […]
Legacies are on the line as the Washington Spirit and Orlando Pride meet in Kansas City for the NWSL final. The Pride could win their first title in club history while the Spirit look to become only the fifth team in NWSL history to win multiple titles. Two of the best teams in the league […]
The new-look UEFA Nations League (UNL) group stage is coming to a close, with much more at stake than you might think. In fact, you might say you need a degree in football administration to fully understand the machinations. For the original editions, the Nations League was mostly about qualifying for the finals, plus promotion […]
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterOct 23, 2024, 02:24 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia The FedEx Cup fall schedule is halfway over, and there’s plenty at stake in the final four tournaments for the golfers who are still trying to secure […]
Detroit Pistons team owner Tom Gores claps during the press conference on July 30, 2021 at the Pistons Performance Center in Detroit, Michigan. Nic Antaya | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images Private equity billionaire Tom Gores has agreed to pay $750 million to buy 27% of the National Football League’s Los Angeles Chargers at […]
Georgian Dream party Billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, right, is the founder of the governing Georgian Dream party. He is promising to outlaw Georgia’s largest opposition party “Choose peace not war” is the main message from Georgian Dream, the party that has been in power in Georgia for the past 12 years. Russia’s war in Ukraine is […]
People pass by the Pfizer headquarters building in New York City, Jan. 29, 2023. Kena Betancur | View Press | Corbis News | Getty Images Activist investor Starboard Value has a roughly $1 billion stake in pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and is seeking to mount a turnaround at the struggling company, according to people familiar with […]
