The FOS 5: The Week's Best Stories
How Women Athletes Are Helping LSU Dominate the NIL Game
LSU has taken over the NIL world, building a robust support program, helping athletes reach the top of the NIL landscape, and recruiting heavy-hitting earners. Going into the summer, the school boasts four top 10 women's sports athletes with top annual NIL earning potential — and has swept the top three spots.
Pat McAfee Taking His Show to ESPN
Pat McAfee has confirmed he will move his YouTube show to ESPN in the fall. Under a new multi-year agreement, "The Pat McAfee Show" will air live on weekdays on ESPN, the ESPN YouTube Channel, the ESPN App, and the ESPN+ streaming platform.
Commanders' Revenues Expected to Spike Minus Dan Snyder
With the turbulent 24-year Dan Snyder era coming to a close, the Commanders are expected to thrive under new ownership. By 2031-32, Josh Harris expects local revenue — which includes ticket sales and corporate sponsorships — to more than double last season's total ($173 million) to $380 million by 2031-32, and that's if the team is still playing at outdated FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland, at that point.
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XFL, USFL Surviving in NFL’s Shadow
The third iteration of the XFL will be only the second to finish a season last with the championship game. And the way XFL executives are talking, there will no doubt be a “next season” — something neither the 2001 nor 2020 versions had. The rebooted USFL is already nearing the halfway point of its second season — a milestone few football leagues without those three red letters on a shield have reached over the last two-plus decades.
Celebrity Owners are Reviving Soccer in Italy’s ‘Forgotten’ Region
November 2022 was probably the first time most Americans had heard of Campobasso FC. That was when celebrity power couple Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos became part-owners in the small Italian soccer club by investing in its parent company, North Sixth Group. But the story of the new Campobasso started two months before when North Sixth Group chairman Matt Rizzetta signed on the dotted line to give his company full control over the club.
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“Over the next couple of days and weeks, many players are going to get waived because there are not a lot of roster spots, especially for new players coming in … The league, I think, is going to add two teams in the next couple of years.”
— New York Liberty forward Breanna Stewart on her expectations for the WNBA to expand in the coming years. Tune in to Front Office Sports Today to hear more from Stewart ahead of the WNBA regular season tipoff
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