#Wall Street Journal

The Kentucky Derby, the first and perhaps most important leg of the Triple Crown, is just two days away and horse racing fans will finally get to see what the race looks like without a Bob Baffert-trained colt on the track. Zandon, this year's betting favorite to win in the field of 20 thoroughbreds at 3-1, enters the 148th Run for the Roses having…

No real money changed hands, but an experiment launched by YES Network and using proprietary technology powered by Simplebet may have the potential to dramatically reshape the way sports betting works all over the globe. Sound a little overstated? Well, maybe, but many people in the sports betting industry are putting a lot of time, effort, and…

World Cup viewership will be available tomorrow, and I expect Fox to set a record with Argentina's win over France. This is the last SBJ Media of 2022. I'll be back with a new issue Jan. 9, just before the CFP National Championship kickoff. My 2023 predictions column focused mainly on how upcoming rights deals will look, from NFL Sunday Ticket and…

There's not a long list of musicians that can sell out the biggest football stadiums and arenas across the world. Taylor Swift does it every single time she comes to town, often two or three nights in a row. That's why Taylor Swift concert tickets are going to be the hottest thing in showbiz as she follows up her record-breaking 2018 expedition…

Sky News host Chris Smith did not appear on air on Sunday evening and has been suspended from the broadcaster and his radio network 2GB indefinitely, pending an investigation into allegations of misconduct after a Christmas party over the weekend, reports Nine Publishing's Zoe Samios. Smith was stood down immediately on Saturday over allegedly…

Less than 18 months after Silver Lake invested $50 million at a $160 million valuation, Pro Football Focus had to resort to the "L" word. Sixteen full-time employees were part of the first round of layoffs in company history, PFF confirmed to Front Office Sports. The cuts amounted to about 7% of its salaried workforce, which stood at 220 employees…

Watching Sports on Television Can Be Harmful To Your Health and Wallet; Athletes and Some Voices Shamelessly Act Like Shills For All Sort Of Products I was a novice reporter, a rookie hitting the keys for a Brooklyn Daily. I came up the ranks writing sports, hardly considered one of the newspaper's loftier departments. Other journalists were…

The timeline to opening day is filled with milestone dates, awards and a lot of money. March 30, 2023 is the scheduled start of the baseball season. According to CBS Sports who also listed all of the key dates leading to Opening Day 2023, "all 30 clubs will be in action on Opening Day, with nine of the 15 games featuring intra-division…

As a Supreme Court justice, Samuel Alito is used to speaking before two very specific types of audiences. The first is the one he encounters at his place of work: solemn, reverent, the lawyers arguing before him fully expecting his interruptions and sometimes even thanking him for posing such piercing, insightful questions. The second is louder and…

When Cooper Lycan was finished with his military commitment, he did what any good West Point graduate would do: retired to start his own business. Just 28 and with five years of leadership experience to his name, Lycan left the Army Rangers for a far less dangerous, but probably oftentimes as thrilling, pursuit. He jumped into the dynamic world…

Last Friday, as the September jobs report dealt a blow to the broader stock market, shares of sports betting site DraftKings (DKNG (opens in new tab), $13.49) jumped more than 3%. Why? Reports surfaced over a potential partnership with Walt Disney's (DIS (opens in new tab)) ESPN. The speculation dates back to summer of 2021, when The Wall Street…

Like their best customers, professional gambling operations know when to fold. Major sports betting apps like DraftKings, FanDuel, and BetMGM are pulling back on broadcast advertisements supporting Proposition 27, a ballot measure that would legalize online sports betting in the Golden State, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. With polls…

While some US sports betting brands were public in their intentions to scale back marketing, advertising during NFL games is still growing. US sportsbooks spent $22.9 million on TV Kevin Krim, CEO of advertising analytics company EDO. That total is up from $18.3 million in the same time period last season, though it does not account for the cost of…