With college sports in upheaval, institutional investors are seeking opportunities to capitalize on a future that looks increasingly like big-money pro leagues. One…
RedBird Capital and Weatherford Capital are launching a college sports-specific investment fund, one that could lend as much as $2 billion to athletic departments across…
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In October of 2008, the Dallas Cowboys teamed with the New York Yankees and Goldman Sachs to launch Legends, a hospitality company that later expanded into other…
If you’re looking to hear from the executives of the most valuable sports team in the world and the most valuable media personality at ESPN, Sportico and SXSW have you…
A consortium led by the owners of the Boston Red Sox and Liverpool FC is set to begin executing its investment in the PGA Tour as early as next week, according to…
Gerry Cardinale, whose RedBird Capital has built an $8.6 billion sports and entertainment empire, credited LeBron James with expanding his investment thesis. For…
In the 1990s, Italy’s top league, Serie A, was the epicenter of European football, with superstars such as Marco van Basten, Ruud Gullit, Roberto Baggio, Ronaldo and…
Ben Affleck didn’t set out to make a film about Gerry Cardinale, but the founder and managing partner of RedBird Capital Partners is nonetheless present in every frame…
A little more than 10 months after stepping down as the head of CNN, Jeff Zucker is back in the media business, and he’s got $1 billion of capital to invest. On…
The New York Yankees and Main Street Advisors, a LeBron James-backed investment fund, are investing in Italian soccer team AC Milan, according to two people familiar…
Former XFL commissioner Oliver Luck and Vince McMahon have reached a settlement in their federal breach of contract lawsuit. Terms of the settlement are not known. Luck…
