AvatarAxiosAvatarAvatarDeep Dive: The coming sports boomAxios - Sara Fischer, Kendall BakerFacing shrinking stadium attendance and cord-cutting at home, sports leagues and networks are clamoring to get ahead of new revenue-rich …
AvatarAxiosAvatarAvatarBetting on the future of sportsAxios - Kendall Baker, Sara FischerThe legalization of sports betting is putting pressure on nearly every company that touches athletics to capitalize on what is expected to be an …
AvatarAxiosAvatarAvatarAmericans think legalized sports betting will hurt integrity of the gameAxios - Shannon VavraMore Americans see the spread of legalized sports gambling as hurting, rather than helping, the integrity of professional athletics, according to an …
AvatarAxiosAvatarAvatarEsports, the new social squareAxios - Kendall Baker, Sara FischerVideo games were once seen as a brain-rotting distraction from good, old-fashioned sports. Now, those same games are the bedrock of a burgeoning …
AvatarAxiosAvatarAvatarThe race to become the "Netflix of sports"Axios - Sara FischerFormer ESPN boss John Skipper made waves last year when he joined relatively unknown sports streaming network DAZN (pronounced "Da Zone"). Why it …
AvatarAxiosAvatarAvatarAthletes are brandsAxios - Michael Sykes, Sara Fischer, Kendall BakerToday's athletes have more power than ever to build their own brands and significantly bolster their own earning potential. What's happening: Social …
AvatarAxiosAvatarAvatarThere's still a pay gap for female athletesAxios - Ina FriedFrom Serena Williams to the U.S. women’s national soccer team, there is clearly no shortage of women at the top of their athletic game. And yet, for …
AvatarAxiosAvatarAvatarChina's esports ambitionsAxios - Sara FischerChina's tech giants have invested aggressively to expand esports in ways that U.S. tech platforms, like Amazon's Twitch and Google's YouTube, have …
AvatarAxiosAvatarAvatarTwitch's success is yet another example of Amazon's dominanceAxios - Ina FriedIt was a bit of a head-scratcher when Amazon announced it was spending nearly $1 billion in cash to buy Twitch, but it turns out that once again the …