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Hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen, CEO of Point72 Asset Management, is in talks to boost his ownership in the New York Mets baseball team to a majority stake, perhaps bringing more of a Wall Street vibe to the team out in Queens. If the deal is completed and Cohen becomes the main owner in five...

DraftKings CEO Jason Robins and Chris Halpin, the NFL executive vice president chief of strategy and growht officer, spoke Monday at the Forbes Under 30 Summit in Detroit about the future of fantasy sports and legalized sports betting. DraftKings is an American fantasy sports content provider...

This week’s NFL trade deadline came and went without much happening. There was talk the New York Jets would deal Le’Veon Bell, but they didn’t. The Jets also were thought to be considering trading defensive back Jamal Adams to Dallas or Baltimore, but he ended up staying in New...

The fallout in China from Houston Rockets General Manager's Daryl Morey’s now-deleted tweet in support of Hong Kong protesters is ongoing.  Companies Cut Ties  Tencent Holding/ADR (OTC: TCEHY), Vivo and CCTV have all suspending ties with the NBA following the...

John Schnatter founded pizza chain Papa John's Int'l, Inc. (NASDAQ: PZZA), and despite what some media outlets reported, he said during a Fox Business interview that he wasn't forced to retire as the company's CEO. 'Good Run' Schnatter quit as CEO of Papa John's in 2018...

By Aaron Silverman, President of MediaJel. Will early retirements get the NFL to change its tune on cannabis? On a Saturday evening, about two weeks before the beginning of the 2019 NFL season, 29-year-old Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck stood in front of the press as he often did. This...

Each football season, more and more Americans are cutting the cords and switching from traditional cable TV to streaming video sources. But as great as services like Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) and YouTube can be, streaming can be problematic when it comes time to NFL football season. Fortunately...

With Andrew Luck’s surprise announcement this weekend that he would retire as the Indianapolis Colts quarterback at age 29, seemingly in the prime of his career despite struggles with injuries, let’s look at other athletes who left in their prime. Sandy Koufax Koufax, considered one of...

DraftKings' sports betting launch in New Jersey has been immensely successful and the company is eyeing consistent growth as it launches into more states. Since the company launched legal sports betting in New Jersey in August of 2018, CEO Jason Robins says the state now makes up nearly a third...

Two former Detroit Lions plan to work with Harvard University in the hopes of increasing the understanding of the role cannabis may play in treating the debilitating the brain damage that strikes many football players. What Happened Former players Calvin Johnson, better known as "Megatron...

Consumer cannabidiol company cbdMD Inc (NYSE: YCBD) announced Tuesday a new partnership with retired NFL players Steve Smith, Sr. and Jonathan Stewart. What Happened Smith and Stewart played together with the Carolina Panthers and are now reunited through a new partnership with cbdMD, best known...

The 2019 NBA offseason has seen just about everything. Short of what will happen to Russell Westbrook and the Oklahoma City Thunder, there's just one thing that we've yet to hear announced before the season starts. What shoe company will Zion Williamson sign with ahead his rookie...

National Football League players may be a small step closer to being able to legally use cannabis to treat their pain. What Happened The NFL Players Association and the league have agreed to study the possible use of cannabis by players to treat pain, The Washington Post reported. Why It's...

NFL quarterback Russell Wilson is telling his offensive line that they’re going long...on Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock. And he’s paying for it as a way of thanking them for helping make him successful. What He Did Lots of quarterbacks give gifts to their offensive linemen, the...

Former Detroit Lions players Calvin Johnson and Rob Sims joined Benzinga CEO Jason Raznick onstage Wednesday at the Cannabis Capital Conference in Toronto. Johnson and Sims discussed industry activity in Michigan, their experiences in the NFL and ending the stigma around cannabis in specific...