Chris Smith

After spending nearly two decades at law firm O’Melveny & Myers, Amy Siegel says she’s often asked about what’s kept her at one company for so long. She has a simple answer: Being able to work on some of the most prominent and varied deals in...

Sandra L. Richards had plans to become a lawyer before pivoting to fundraising and grant administration, an area of work that eventually led her to the Jackie Robinson Foundation. While there, Richards built a deep network of athletes, executives and owners, and learned some critical life...

Boston United Soccer Partners is paying $53M to land the newest NWSL expansion team , and the group is led by Juno Equity founder Jennifer Epstein -- the daughter of Celtics co-owner Robert Epstein -- though the size of her stake was not given. One of the more...

Next month, espnW’s Women + Sports Summit will return to Ojai, Calif., for its 14th annual edition. The three-day program will showcase conversations with leading female sports executives and address subjects like selling and investing in women’s sports. Featured speakers include WME agent Jill Smoller , K.C. Current...

In a  lawsuit filed last Thursday , sports investment bank Inner Circle Sports has accused Bluestone Equity Partners and its lead partners, Bobby Sharma and Kyle Charters, of stealing trade secrets and breaching their fiduciary duty. Charters, who led Inner Circle’s sports technology and services practice before departing the...

When Jon Weinbach joined production company Skydance Media to lead its newly launched sports division in late 2021, leaving Mandalay Sports Media after nearly a decade, he saw a “dream job” opportunity to build one of the industry’s...

The launch of TKO Group Holdings was the monumental merger of UFC and WWE, valued at a combined $21 billion. But Andrew Schleimer, who has transitioned from CFO of UFC to the same role with TKO, has instead focused on similarities to when Endeavor first acquired UFC for $4...

In February 2020, Spartan Race acquired obstacle race brand Tough Mudder out of bankruptcy. The deal, which reportedly saw Spartan shell out $700,000 and assume as much as $10 million in debt, combined two of the biggest brands in endurance racing. And the timing couldn’t have been...

EP Golf Ventures, the golf investment vehicle launched last year by Elysian Park Ventures and the PGA of America, has completed a first close of its debut fund. Elysian and the PGA have both invested in the first fund, as have Topgolf Callaway Brands and...

The USA Pickleball National Championships is the biggest event in the nation’s fastest-growing sport, and this year’s edition in November will boast a sponsorship portfolio of nearly 30 brands, which include Coca-Cola, Molson Coors, Tesla and Topgolf. That commercial success has been driven in part by...