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ESPN said the 2021 WNBA Finals between the Chicago Sky and Phoenix Mercury attracted an average of 548,000 viewers throughout four games.

Coinbase also gets WNBA, NBA G League and USA Basketball branding as part of agreement.

The Phoenix Suns and its arena sponsor Footprint are aiming to prove that sports venues can go plastic-free.

The NBA celebrates it 75th anniversary with its 2021-22 season. League commissioner Adam Silver projects $10 billion in revenue.

Alex Rose tells CNBC Make It how he and co-founder Sam Browne set up group sports events booking platform Let’s Do This and got investment from Serena Williams.

Deebo Samuel, who is endorsed by Nike, told CNBC he wants to build his marketing portfolio as he awaits a new NFL contract.

After her funding was cut, British Olympic BMX champion Beth Shriever became a teaching assistant, an experience she says taught her important life lessons. 

The NHL returned to ESPN with a doubleheader that averaged 884,000 viewers, and TNT’s coverage attracted more than 669,000 viewers.

Pepsi owns the title rights for the NFL’s halftime show in a deal that’s set to expire after 2022.

The Newark-based NHL team will select an area Black-owned business to be featured on player helmets for 13 of its home games this season.

A well known high school football coach in the East Bay — who’s also the school’s athletic director — has been told to leave campus.

Leon Lett’s fumble in Super Bowl XXVII ranks as one of the top sports celebration fails of all time.

Alternative investing site Yieldstreet agreed to a sponsorship deal with the New York Giants in an effort to expand its customer base.

Jon Gruden used a racist remark in 2011 to describe the head of the National Football League Players Association, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

The Detroit Pistons want to restore its winning legacy, and owner Tom Gores tells CNBC he’s committed to the current rebuild lead by a new front office.

Fan Controlled Football is back! Commissioner Ray Austin talks about the league’s second season beginning in 2022, where to watch, and how to get involved as a fan.

A rare pair of Michael Jordan game-worn Air Ships are expected to fetch more than $1 million.

The purchase ends British billionaire businessman Mike Ashley’s 14-year ownership of the team.

Eighteen former NBA players have been arrested and charged with defrauding the NBA’s Health and Welfare Benefit Plan out of $4 million.

Fan Controlled Football is coming back for a second season in spring 2022, with games broadcast on NBCLX, announced FCF and NBCUniversal. The nine-week season will kick off in the Spring of 2022 with seven regular-season weeks and one playoff week, culminating in the People’s Championship.