NCAA Sues DraftKings

Sport & Story Daily March 23, 2025: The NCAA is suing DraftKings over trademark infringement.

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Kelsey Middleton
March 23, 2026

NCAA Sues DraftKings

March 23, 2025

NCAA Sues DraftKings Over March Madness Trademark Infringement
The NCAA is going after sports betting giant DraftKings for using several phrases related to the NCAA Division I basketball tournaments. The NCAA filed a lawsuit against DraftKings in a federal court in Indianapolis alleging DraftKings is illegally using officially trademarked NCAA phrases in its sports betting products, including “March Madness,” “Final Four,” “Elite Eight,” and “Sweet Sixteen.” The NCAA is seeking an emergency restraining order halting DraftKings from using the phrases.
Front Office Sports

Secured The Bag: A’ja Wilson Set To Make History With $1.4 Million Supermax Contract
A’ja Wilson agreed to $1.4 million annually. The salary cap for the WNBA jumped from $1.5 million to $7 million. It also includes an opt-out after the sixth year, and finally addresses the players' core demands regarding revenue sharing and improved travel. The previous CBA capped supermax salaries at $249,000, a number lower than the league’s new minimum salary.
BET

Tom Dundon’s Group Buying 80% of Blazers in Deal’s First Phase
Tom Doudon is on track to assume majority control of the Portland Trailblazers. In the first stage of the multipart deal, Doudon’s group will pay for 80% of the team. A vote on the deal is not on the agenda for the NBA board of governors meeting scheduled for March 25. Dundon’s group will pay for the remaining 20% of the Blazers at a later date.
Front Office Sports

Milan Cortina 2026 Is Most-Watched Winter Paralympics On Record, Reaching 22.7 Million Total Viewers Across NBC, USA Network, And CNBC
NBCUniversal’s coverage of the Milan Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games were the most-watched Winter Paralympics on record. The viewership reached 22.7 million. This is up 90% from Beijing in 2022 and up 47% from Paris in 2024. The USA-Canada sled hockey gold medal game averaged 1.2 million viewers, making it the most-watched sled hockey game on record.
NBC Sports

Former, current NBA players sound off on NBA expansion as vote looms
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USA Today

Experts see a wide data gap in women's sports science. This WNBA team owner wants to fix it
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MSN

Long Beach Coast. Director, Revenue & Business Operations
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Syracuse University. Producer/Videographer of Creative Services
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President Donald Trump issues executive order to establish 'exclusive window' for broadcast of Army-Navy game
President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Friday to establish an “exclusive window” for the broadcast of the Army-Navy game. The order gets ahead of potential College Football Playoff expansion that could conflict with "America's Game," a standalone matchup that annually gives the service academies a national spotlight. The order directs the Secretary of Commerce and FCC chair to coordinate with the CFP committee and the NCAA, among others, with “the goal of establishing an exclusive window for the Army-Navy Game, during which no other college football game is broadcast.”
The Stadium Business

2026 NCAA Tournament bracket projections: Comparing March Madness AI picks from ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot
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CBS Sports

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