Earlier this week in a company-wide employee town hall, ESPN showed a module of its new app including an ESPN Bet tab with personalized wager links, sources told @fos. This feature will live side-by-side with live events users are watching. More: frontofficesports.com/new-espn-app-t…

they just dont make men like this anymore!!!!!

Connor Stalions called his network of sign-stealers the KGB.

NEW: Thousands of dollars spent on tickets. A network called the KGB. Evidence disposed of in a pond. The NCAA's investigation confirmed a yearslong sign-stealing operation at Michigan. NCAA has handed down a slew of penalties--including $20M in fines. frontofficesports.com/ncaa-hits-mich…

Grand Slam Track still hasn't paid its athletes $3 million in prize money for its Kingston meet in April, two weeks after its own deadline saying it would. "I know this makes some wonder if our vision can survive," founder Michael Johnson said today. frontofficesports.com/grand-slam-tra…

New Front Office Sports: A transgender runner sued Swarthmore College, members of its athletic department, and the NCAA over claims she was driven into such severe depression that she considered suicide after being barred from competing on the women’s track team. frontofficesports.com/transgender-ru…

We spoke to several agents this week; while one said he was giving GST the benefit of the doubt, another called it “massively frustrating” and a third said they were concerned about a possible bankruptcy frontofficesports.com/grand-slam-tra…

The lines between sports league, broadcaster, PR and gambling are blurring fast. – NFL getting 10% of ESPN (pending approval) – ESPN app deeply integrating sports betting – Gambling becoming part of the live viewing experience We’re at an inflection point in sports media.

3 League Commissioners. 5 Sports Media Chiefs. On-air talent such as Maria Taylor, Ian Eagle and Noah Eagle. And a debate between Stephen A. Smith + Clay Travis. Join us in NYC for Front Office Sports' 2nd Annual 'Tuned In" Sports Media Summit. Use code: FOSMIKE. events.frontofficesports.com/tunedin2025/X

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Labubus are everywhere in sports—from the WNBA to Wimbledon to Club World Cup soccer. Breanna Stewart, Simone Biles, Tom Brady, Paul Pogba, and more stars are joining the “Labubu Gang.”

Exclusive w/ Ryan Glasspiegel - Defiant in the face of mounting legal challenges, Kalshi is expanding its sports offerings ahead of football season. Users will be able to trade on how many TDs a player will score in a game and the overall score total. frontofficesports.com/kalshi-adds-pr…

Throwback jerseys are popular, meticulously designed, and often big sellers. Many of the throwbacks, from the NFL to MiLB, are actually "fauxbacks," a uniform pieced together from other throwbacks or completely new—sometimes from an era before the team wearing it even existed.

Alamo Drafthouse was always good at this -- repeated "don't you dare be on your phone during the movie" edicts but in a humorous way

This season, Middle Tennessee will wear one helmet paired with just two jerseys. It will save them $668,000. How the Blue Raiders are bailing on alternate uniforms to fund their football program and NIL ⬇️

one of the most insane lines in any pop song ever is "my heart is bound to beat right out my untrimmed chest"

New: The Palestinian flag is back in MLS after a two-year ban, under very narrow restrictions. Fans in one stadium can display exactly one. More: frontofficesports.com/mls-columbus-c…

Pop Mart reported that revenue for the first half of 2025 was $1.9B – a 200% surge from 2024 – thanks to the celebs and pro athletes who have fueled Labubus to become a global sensation. Front Office Sports frontofficesports.com/labubu-gang-th…

The leaves are already starting to turn. Football is about to come in like a stampede.

It’s been decades since Tony Hawk dominated the X Games, but the former professional skateboarder still draws a crowd. “The idea that people are even still interested in what I do in my late 50s is baffling to me,” Tony Hawk tells Front Office Sports Today. Full interview ⬇️