Recent investment in the UK’s Women’s Super League (WSL) — from the development of NewCo to expanded broadcast deals — has led to immediate and explosive ROI. According to new Deloitte data from the 2022-23 season (following England’s 2022 Euros win), the aggregate revenue of WSL clubs rose 50% to $50.8M. Here’s more from the game-changing report.

The Men’s College World Series’ (MCWS) best-of-three championship finale between two SEC rivals — each hunting their programs’ first titles — begins tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN.

Tons of current and former NCAA track & field stars are also chasing spots on Team USA.

Today’s newsletter has everything you need to know before Argentina and Canada take the pitch at 8 p.m. ET in Atlanta.

Fans will be treated to three high-stakes matchups today on ESPN — assuming the weather cooperates.

The world’s best women’s golfers are taking over the Pacific Northwest as the 70th KPMG Women’s PGA Championship — the third of five LPGA majors — tees off from the Sahalee Country Club tomorrow with even more than the $10.4M purse on the line.

Following up last year’s NWSL valuations, Sportico released estimated valuations for all 12 WNBA teams yesterday. Leading the pack? The back-to-back champions Las Vegas Aces at $140M, followed by the Seattle Storm at $135M.

It’s no secret that stars sell, and that’s exactly what the Chicago Sky’s Angel Reese and Indiana Fever’s Caitlin Clark did in their June 15th matchup, which was the most-watched WNBA game in 23 years. They’re poised to be the WNBA’s next big rivalry, and while all this attention may feel new, superstar clashes have powered the W and NBA in the past.

Today’s Juneteenth — a U.S. holiday celebrating Black history and commemorating the emancipation of enslaved people in the States. But the landmark day only became a U.S. federal holiday in 2021, following a summer of protests against racial injustice in 2020.

All they do is win, win, win, no matter what.

ICYMI, the Boston Celtics won their NBA-record 18th championship with Monday’s Game 5 106–88 rout of the Dallas Mavericks. While they fire up the duck boats, here’s a look at Boston’s historic victory, by the numbers.

It wasn’t a fluke — the Edmonton Oilers (now down 3-2) have turned the tides in the Stanley Cup Final, officially forcing a Game 6 against the Florida Panthers back home in Alberta. Oh Canada is right.