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  • Savannah Bananas baseball: How Banana Ball is changing US sport

    Sport Business

    Banana Ball, headed up by the Savannah Bananas, has changed the way fans consume sport in the United States. Is the model of the biggest sports team you’ve never heard of an example for the rest of us? Very few things in sport are completely original these days; organisations, entrepreneurs and billionaires often take inspiration [...]

  • Baseball home run for London as MLB weekend generates £56m

    Sport Business

    London will miss the benefit of MLB in 2025 after last year’s MLB London Series boosted the capital’s economy by £56.5m. Back-to-back matches between the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies drew in over 108,000 fans at the London Stadium with the nation outside of London benefiting to the tune of a further £9m. The [...]

  • Biggest contract in sport history tempts baseball star to join city rivals

    Sport Business

    Major League Baseball star Juan Soto has agreed sport’s biggest ever contract, worth $765m (£599m), to join the New York Mets. The Dominican’s 15-year deal eclipses Shohei Ohtani’s $700m contract with the LA Dodgers, signed last year, although that is worth more per season. Soto, a free agent after leaving the New York Yankees, is [...]

  • Maradona’s shirt, Holyfield’s belt and Peaty’s trunks: How the world went crazy for sports memorabilia

    November 29, 2024

    The phenomenon hit the headlines earlier this year when a baseball shirt worn by Babe Ruth was sold for $24m (£19m).

  • Boost for Boehly at last: Is Chelsea chairman’s luck turning?

    October 31, 2024

    Things are looking up for Todd Boehly: while Chelsea are enjoying their best run of form since he became chairman, another of his sports teams, the LA Dodgers, have just won baseball’s World Series. The Dodgers secured their eighth title on Wednesday night when they clinched a 4-1 series win over the New York Yankees [...]

  • Tampa Bay Rays’ Tropicana Field ripped to shreds by Hurricane Milton

    October 10, 2024

    Tropicana Field, home to the Tampa Bay Rays, had its fabric roof ripped to shreds by Hurricane Milton this week. Milton made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane having been a Category 5 just hours before it hit Tampa – home of the baseball team and former Super Bowl winners the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who [...]

  • Watch London Stadium transform into MLB pitch

    June 8, 2024

    West Ham United’s Olympic Stadium has undergone a Stateside makeover for this weekend’s MLB showpiece. National League East teams the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Mets will face off in a two-game series this weekend at the former Olympic Stadium. Nearly 150,000 square feet of synthetic turf has been installed in Stratford with West Ham [...]

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