A group led by Chicago Cubs co-owner Laura Ricketts has reached an agreement in principle to buy the Chicago Red Stars

The deal valued the team at $35.5m, and the new owners would invest an additional $25m into the club.
sportico.com/business/team-…

The LPGA is on the rise⛳️🚀

a big $9 million for this weekend's AIG Women’s Open

Nigeria Women’s World Cup Squad Wants Its Money 👇

sportico.com/leagues/soccer… via @sportico Asli Pelit

#SportsBiz | #WorldCup2023

weekend read if you haven't already⤵️

Really fun convo with Haley Rosen. We talk:

- Women's World Cup
- New investors in women's sports
- National Women’s Soccer League vs. Barclays Women's Super League
- Just Women’s Sports business growth
- Her experience as a young female founder

nflpa throws its weight behind the wnbpa and wnba players' continued crusade for charter travel

ICYMI: france’s celine boutier shot a final round 68 yesterday to become the first home-grown winner of the amundi evian championship and a major winner. but as some of the LPGA's majors supercharge progress, tournaments like evian are falling behind.
sportico.com/leagues/golf/2…

this weekend is going to be a big one in australia + new Zealand. Molly Geary has you covered:
sportico.com/leagues/soccer…

repeat after me: 'most-watched Group Stage match ever on U.S. English language television'

This surprised me: The Colorado Buffaloes currently make more from football ticket sales than eight of the other nine public schools that will be in the Big 12 Conference next year.

And that's before the sales boost from COACH PRIME...

📈: Sportico / Lev Akabas

the uswnt plays its second group stage game tonight again at 9pm ET.

Lev Akabas made this handy dandy schedule for those looking to keep tabs on who is playing when ⚽️🤓

ICYMI: last week, nwsl commissioner Jessica Berman explained how the league thinks about the world cup in an op-ed Sportico.

'we aim to remind the world that the biggest stars of this year’s WWC choose to play for clubs in the NWSL.'

marketing POV⤵️
sportico.com/leagues/soccer…

really cool graphic from Kendall Baker's newsletter this AM. clubs in the u.s. + the u.k. are really dominating down under.