On the 551st Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Kurt Badenhausen discuss some of the biggest sports business stories of the week, including Fox and NBC adding more games for the 2026 season. The network upfronts gave NBC a chance to tout its Sunday Night Football, the No. 1 rated show on primetime television for 15 straight […]
Golden State Warriors co-owner Joe Lacob said his unsuccessful bid to buy the San Diego Padres assumed that the entire 2027 MLB season would likely be lost due to labor strife. Lacob’s group was one of a handful of final bidders in the MLB auction, which was ultimately won by billionaire José E. Feliciano and […]
The Seidler family’s sale of the Padres franchise is nearing a conclusion, reports Dennis Lin of The Athletic. Four finalist groups of bidders remain in the mix, and the sale price could approach a record $3.5 billion, per the report. A sale of the franchise has been in the works since November. At the time, […]
Second-round bids for the San Diego Padres were due this week, and all first-round bidders submitted new offers, including three of at least $3.5 billion, according to multiple people familiar with the details who were granted anonymity because the details are private. One of the bids approached $4 billion, according to two people. The Padres […]
It seems the process of selling the Padres is making good progress and could be completed in relatively short order. Dennis Lin and Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic report that there are four groups still in the bidding. It was known that Jose E. Feliciano, Dan Friedkin and Joe Lacob were leading three of the […]
The legal battle which has been hovering over the Padres for the past year-plus moved a bit closer to resolution this week. While it’s not over the finish line, it appears the club took one step toward closer and potentially being sold. Various details were provided by Dennis Lin of The Athletic, Eben Novy-Williams, Kurt…