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Watch what happens

MLS is partnering with Facebook to show highlights of every match this season. There will also be player highlights, clips from past seasons and a weekly watch party in which viewers can engage with one another. It’s a smart play to team up with an outlet that claims 720 million monthly visitors.



 

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Little problem

Jim Little was fired as CEO of the Ottawa Senators  less than two months after he was hired, in part because of “conduct inconsistent with the core values” of the team and the league. Little said it was due to a heated verbal exchange with owner Eugene Melnyk, and comes amid a lost season. 


 

 

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Fast growth

Bolt Mobility, a two-year-old electric scooter company founded by Usain Bolt, raised $30 million in a Series A funding round. The company, operating in several cities around the U.S. as well as in Paris, is trying to grow in a crowded field that has been cutting back lately.



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