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New Sports Drink, Ai Athletes, Record Breaking Ticket Sales & More!
Friends,
It’s Memorial week and we know you’re already checking out, so here’s some of the top news you can share with your co-workers when you’re delaying the start of the meeting. Let’s get it!
1/ AI Athletes are here. Are you ready for this?
2/ Patrick Mahomes adds another brand to his resume. Not all sports drinks thrive with an athlete celebrity associated with it. The last sports drink category he was a partner in, BioSteel has filed bankruptcy.
New at @boardroom: @PatrickMahomes and @MFEDELE have launched Throne Sport Coffee, a ready-to-drink iced coffee company with electrolytes and vitamins. I spoke with Mahomes about his lead investment and how it helped him win a Super Bowl boardroom.tv/patrick-mahome…
— Shlomo Sprung (@SprungOnSports)
1:00 PM • May 16, 2024
3/ Marvin Harrison Jr. seems to have got himself into a little predicament. Fanatics said they have an agreement that has paid him and his team is saying there’s no agreement. Get your popcorn ready for this one.
FWIW, I'm hearing that while Harrison Jr. says he never signed a contract, Fanatics will produce evidence showing he 1) signed a deal worth more than $1 million, 2) has already been paid six figures of that deal, and 3) tried to renegotiate the deal after getting drafted.
— Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano)
12:57 PM • May 20, 2024
4 / Charles Barkley hasn’t been to Minnesota in 20 years. BringYaAss.com is now directing you to MN Tourism. What a great move by the city
5/ Caitlin Clark and the Fever help break $2M ticket sales for the NY Liberty
6/ What to know ahead of this week’s House vs NCAA. This could get juicy real quick.