The FOS 5: The Week's Best Stories
The Women's Final Four Is Bigger Than Ever.
The Women's Final Four has grown exponentially by every measurable statistic. The event's highly anticipated pair of semifinals drew a sellout crowd of 19,288 roaring fans at American Airlines Center in Dallas — and the get-in ticket prices far outpaced the men's in Houston's NRG Stadium. The NCAA had to open three press areas. TV ratings reached all-time highs. Yet, there is a feeling that women's basketball is being held back.
Jeff Bezos Still Lurking Around Commanders Sale
Jeff Bezos has yet to enter the bidding for the Washington Commanders, but the Amazon founder will be given every opportunity to do so. Sources told Front Office Sports that the current deadline for Commanders owner Dan Snyder to pick a winning bidder remains weeks — not days — away.
MLB Ready to Sell Sponsorship for Popular Pitch Clock
Major League Baseball's rule change to speed up the game's pace has turned out to be very successful so far this season. MLB games have been shortened by an average of 30 minutes. Now, the clock may also benefit the league and its teams financially.
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The Masters Controls Everything—especially Its Own Image.
This week, millions of TV viewers are placed under the spell of the first major of the year — and a rite of spring that's produced epic drama from champs like Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, and Arnold Palmer. But the secretive private club rules over TV partners CBS and ESPN with an iron fist. Behind the azaleas, Amen Corner, and dulcet tones of Jim Nantz, there's the hyper-controlling Augusta National.
Manchester United Sale Process Hits Roadblocks
The Washington Commanders and Manchester United both went on the market in November. Each was expected to surpass the current worldwide record for a sports franchise set in 2022 with the $5.4 billion purchase of Chelsea FC.?
As slow as the Commanders' process has been, Manchester United's potential sale has had more twists of late — including the possibility that the Glazers could keep the club.?
The Best of Social
They Said What?
"The whole downstream economics of The Masters is fascinating. Obviously, Augusta National makes a lot of money, but the homeowners in the area pay off their mortgages for the year with this one week from people renting houses … People are selling anything from bed sheets to hot sauce, and of course, John Daly is out there hawking his merchandise."
— Brian Graybill, Intersport president, on the economic impact The Masters has on the people in and around Augusta, Georgia. For more on The Masters, check out the latest episode of?Front?Office?Sports?Today.
Illinois State University, a NCAA Division I institution, member of the Missouri Valley Conference invites applications for the position of Graduate Assistant for Redbird Productions within the department of Athletics.
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