Day: October 20, 2021

The Toronto Maple Leafs are the NHL’s most valuable franchise at $2 billion, according to Sportico’s report, released last Thursday. It’s a price that few individuals in the world could pay. That said, the least valuable NFL franchise, the Cincinnati Bengals, is still worth 20% more than the Maple Leafs, which is only the 59th most valuable team in a North American sports league. In fact, all 32 NFL franchises are among the top 50 in both value and revenue. Every NFL team benefits from the league’s lucrative media rights…

Motor racing icon Danica Patrick is joining Sky Sports F1 for her home United States GP this weekend. Patrick, widely renowned as the most successful woman in the history of American open-wheel racing, will be part of our bumper punditry team providing analysis on all the action from Austin, Texas. “I’m really excited,” said Patrick, one of motorsport’s greatest-ever female drivers, who called time on a remarkable career in 2018. “I love the fact that we’ve got Lewis trying to be the GOAT with most wins, most poles and most…

Megan Rapinoe, Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi are among more than 500 U.S. female athletes who have petitioned the Supreme Court. The state of Mississippi wants to ban the right to abortion in the U.S. More than 500 female athletes, coaches and sports associations have written to the U.S. Supreme Court, the highest court in the U.S., in support of the right to abortion. Without the right to terminate a pregnancy, “the physical stresses of forced pregnancy and childbirth would undermine athletes’ ability to reach their full potential,” the letter…