Margaret Fleming

Investors Keep Grand Slam Track Alive With 8-Figure Lifeline The cash will help Grand Slam pay off a portion of its debts, including half of what it owes athletes, but doesn’t fully bail out the league.

Investors have provided Grand Slam Track with up to 8-figures in emergency financing.

It's not enough to pay all of the league's debts, but GST sent athletes half of what they are owed this morning. Next they'll turn to vendors.

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Trump's Brief Super Bowl Visit Cost Secret Service More Than $120K Records obtained by FOS show the Secret Service spent at least $120,000 on the president's five-hour visit.

Trump became the first president to attend the Super Bowl this year, and his 5 1/2 hour trip to New Orleans cost the Secret Service at least $120,000 in payments to hotels and the NFL.

New docs offer a window into the costs of Trump's sports-heavy second term:
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MLS Says Columbus Fans Can Fly Palestinian Flag After 2-Year Ban The league gave Crew fans an exemption after their team paid a $7.5 million transfer fee to sign Palestinian forward Wessam Abou Ali.

Yesterday we reported that MLS has granted an exemption to the supporters group of the Columbus Crew to display a Palestinian flag for their team's new striker, Wessam Abou Ali.

MLS has banned Israeli and Palestinian flags since 2023.

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Grand Slam Track Admits It Is 'Struggling' To Pay Athletes The running startup said it would pay athletes $3 million by a July 31 deadline. Two weeks later, runners have not been paid, and Grand Slam’s future is in doubt.

Weeks ago, Grand Slam Track said the $3 million it owed athletes was coming "imminently."

Those payments have not been made, the league admits it's "struggling" to make them, and its future is in doubt. Some new reporting with @margaretfleming.bsky.social frontofficesports.com/grand-slam-t...

Does the trial mark a referendum on the most insidious parts of the sport, or another entry in its long history of violence?

“This wasn’t about five men in a hotel room. It was about a kind of illness that’s produced through generations of men’s hockey and men’s hockey culture,” says one expert.

Where Does Hockey Go After the Hockey Canada Verdict? The trial brought more attention than ever to a long history of sexual violence, but a massive split remains over the sport’s path forward.

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The Hockey Canada allegations exposed the sport's dark history of abuse, then the verdict fractured the hockey world. Where does hockey go from here?

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