Netflix Adds Another Million-Dollar Sport Event to Its List

Netflix Adds Another Million-Dollar Sport Event to Its List

October 15, 2025

Six Kings Slam Returns With Record $6M Prize, Netflix Deal
Netflix will air the Six Kings Slam this year after DAZN held the rights last year. The event is an exhibition mens tennis tournament produced by IMG and runs from Oct. 15-18. The purse for the six-player tournament is $13.5 million, with each participant guaranteed $1.5 million. Netflix’s partnership with Six Kings Slam is also an indication of the growing relationship among the streamer, Riyadh Season, and TKO Group, the parent company of IMG, which also owns UFC and WWE.
^{Front Office Sports}

RAJ Sports Withdraws Lawsuit Over Trail Blazers Stake
RAJ Sports is the owner of the NWSL’s Thorns and WNBA’s Fire. The company voluntarily withdrew its lawsuit that sought to stop the family behind Panda Express from buying a stake in the Trail Blazers. The suit alleged the Cherngs, who founded the fast food chain, were part of RAJ’s bid to buy Portland’s NBA team before ditching RAJ to join a competing bid from Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon, who ultimately bought the franchise at a more than $4 billion valuation.
^{Front Office Sports}

Boston Legacy reveal first front-of-kit sponsor
Boston Legacy Football Club revealed that T.J. Max will be the club’s front-of-kit sponsor. This is the first major sponsor announced by the Legacy. It will debut in the 2026 season. The Legacy is currently in the stage of building the club from scratch.
^Boston.com

Why is NFL Scorigami bot completely broken on Twitter?
Scorigami is a score of an NFL game that’s never been put together before happens on X (formerly Twitter). Fans noticed the NFL Scorigami account has been struggling this year with declarations that there have been scores that happened 0 times before that actually have happened before. Scorigami bot creator Dave Mattingly says this glitch is because “X has made some changes to their platform.”
^{For The Win}

Cleveland Cavaliers and the h.wood Group Usher in a New Era of Sporting Culture - Introduce HIPP
The Cleveland Cavaliers and LA-based hospitality and lifestyle marketing company, The h.wood Group, unveiled a private members-only club. HIPP provides access to a luxurious premier setting located inside Rocket Arena for Cavaliers games. The club is capped at 100 members and treats every visit with its own fully personalized experience.
^NBA

Haslams, Cleveland reach deal to move Browns to Brook Park
The Haslam Sports Group and the city of Cleveland announced an agreement that paves the way for the Browns to build a new domed stadium. The agreement includes $100 million commitment from the Haslam Sports Group, which owns the team, to the city. The future home of the Browns will be in Brook Park.
^ESPN

Titans ownership makes her executives eat their own words after the firing of head coach Brian Callahan
The Tennessee Titans became the first NFL team to fire its head coach. The team fired head coach Brian Callahan after just 23 games at the helm. Team brass broke the news to him in the morning. It took seven and a half hours to get their act together for a press conference. Owner Amy Adams Strunk drove the decision, not her executive leadership.
^{Yahoo Sports}

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As Big Ten inches toward $2.4B private equity deal, a resistance has formed that may delay or nix the project entirely
The Big Ten’s yearlong pursuit of private capital cash is nearing a decision. The fund would infuse $2.4 billion in upfront, uneven payments to the Big Ten’s 18 schools. The detractors are emerging from Michigan’s board of regents and USC. This could mean the two leagues’ two biggest brands could stop or delay the entire decision.
^{Yahoo Sports}

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