MLS has bought back its 25% stake in Soccer United Marketing that it sold to Providence Equity Partners in '12. Providence paid $125-150M for the stake. Terms of the sale could not be determined. MLS had a put option on the stake and had been in negotiations for over a year to execute it (Daniel Kaplan, Staff Writer).
UFC fighter Conor McGregor's manager Audie Attar during today's edition of "The MMA Hour" said that his client has "no obligations to Reebok" for his upcoming fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. and is a "free agent when it comes to apparel sponsorship" (MMAFIGHTING.com, 6/19).
D-Backs P Randall Delgado signed with MVP Sports Group. He will be repped by agency Founder and MLB agent Danny Lozano. He was formerly represented by Beverly Hills Sports Council (Liz Mullen, Staff Writer).
The Single-A New York-Penn League Aberdeen IronBirds begin their '17 season tonight at Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium, where more than $2M in upgrades have been made "since the end of last season." The "centerpiece of those improvements is a bigger, better, brighter new video board" (BALTIMORESUN.com, 6/19).
Tennis player Tommy Haas will serve as an ambassador for Vexatec, a Switzerland-based wearable technology company (Vexatec).
