Rob Schaefer is a Tech Reporter at Sports Business Journal. He specializes in the intersection of sports and technology, covering themes such as sports business, software engineering, and legal affairs. Rob has been featured in prominent outlets including Yahoo Sports, NBC Sports, and USA TODAY.
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The U.S. Open continues to strongly emphasize its reformatted mixed doubles championship, with more big names set to participate in an expanded slate in 2026.
DC Open owner Mark Ein spoke at length about the ongoing saga related to renovations of the tournament's site, the publicly owned Rock Creek Tennis Center.
Marquee, an artificial intelligence-powered insights platform for soccer data, has raised a $4M seed round led by AnD Ventures and with participation
The ongoing legal fight within the Professional Tennis Players Association saw a meaningful development over the weekend.
WTA Ventures, the commercial arm of the Women's Tennis Association, has tapped IMG as the tour's new managed production services partner in a multiyear deal that begins in 2027. When the deal commences, IMG will lead the delivery of media coverage across more than 50 WTA events per season, including the production of host broadcast feeds at tournaments (or ingestion of feeds produced by local broadcasters); insertion of graphics and commentary into those feeds; and distribution of content to WTA broadcast partners via a centralized remote production software platform. IMG will also help the WTA produce non-live and ancillary content during its seasons.
Sometimes, when a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity knocks, you have to drop everything and answer.
On a recent trip to Washington, D.C., I swung by Capital One Arena, which is undergoing a $1 billion renovation that will remake the near-30-year-old venue by the start of the 2027-28 NBA and NHL seasons.
USTA Ventures, the investment arm of the U.S. Tennis Association, has formalized its fifth investment since launching in 2023: Rec, an AI-infused
Genius Sports raised its year-end revenue guidance to a range of $1.005B-$1.025B, and EBITDA expectation to $285M-$295M, on the back of strong second-quarter financial results.
