#sports-ownership

#sports-ownership

A lot of the WSL clubs are still afterthoughts, unfortunately, and adjuncts to the men's team. They're not investing what they could be.

Roman Abramovich's tenure at Chelsea was marked by unrestrained spending and numerous violations, including tens of millions in off-the-book payments to various stakeholders, which raised serious concerns about the club's financial practices.

The idea of it just excites me so much. I want the place to be pumping. I want it to be an event when people come here. I want do the unthinkable and get to the Premier League. Everyone here is hard-working and I want to be the man who affects things on the pitch as well as off the pitch.

What I loved about it at first was the oranges. The parents were responsible for half-time, and a lot of times I couldn't wait for half-time because they cut up oranges, but I fell in love with the game because it was just being outside playing with my friends. I played centre forward and I wanted to score. I found out very fast what scoring was all about and also what it was like playing with team-mates.

Detroit Pistons All-Star Cade Cunningham has purchased a minority ownership stake in his hometown MLB team, the Texas Rangers, he told ESPN's Shams Charania on Thursday. Cunningham is among the athlete investors in Sportsology Capital Partners, which recently completed the minority investment in the Rangers. The 24-year-old Cunningham is a native of Arlington, Texas. He threw out a first pitch before a Rangers home game against the Baltimore Orioles last July.

Walter bought the Lakers for $10 billion from the Buss family, and with the sale going through, the Dodgers' owner becomes the man for both of the city's biggest teams. Since joining the MLB, Walter has financed and powered the Dodgers into a powerhouse that not only spends more than any team but also efficiently optimizes every part of the organization - from the farm system to the under-the-radar finds.

"When Andy approached me about this, it was a no-brainer," Steve Kerr tells ESPN. It was August 2023 and exactly the kind of offer the nine-time NBA champion wanted: to join friends at a top division team and in a place composer Frédéric Chopin claimed was the most beautiful on earth. "A wonderful opportunity," the Golden State Warriors coach calls it. There was just one problem: right time, right place ... wrong sport?

"My love of football is well known, but it feels special to me that I make my move into club ownership with Swansea City. The story of the club and the area really struck a chord with me. This is a proud, working class city and club. An underdog that bites back, just like me. I'm proud to be part of Swansea City."

A plan for the future of the Chicago White Sox includes Justin Ishbia stepping in as a potential controlling partner by 2034.

Investor Julia Koch, widow of David Koch and New York's richest woman, seeks a minority stake in the New York Giants amid high sports team valuations.

"Five years ago, when I was a younger man, I had a great interest in being a part of the Portland Trail Blazers franchise. However, at my current age, I can confirm that I no longer have interest in acquiring the team," Knight said in a statement via Nike.

It just seemed like an impossible dream, and we do what we're lucky to do be storytellers, Reynolds told Sky Sports after the game.