Tag: zac cornell
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Women’s Tennis Association Partners with Mental Health Startup Modern Health to Provide Access To Mental Support For WTA Members And Raise Awareness
By Zac Cornell Tennis superstars Naomi Osaka and Ash Barty have turned the spotlight on mental health issues that many athletes struggle with, and now the Women’s Tennis Association has announced a deal with San Francisco-based startup Modern Health to raise awareness around mental health and connect their WTA members with therapists and mental health…
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Soccer Players and Fans Show Support For Ukraine
By Zac Cornell About 40,000 fans gave a standing ovation for Ukrainian soccer player Roman Yaremchuk during a game Sunday night in Lisbon. A player for Portuguese club Benfica, Yaremchuk was brought to tears by the show of support from the entire stadium filled with Ukraine flags, banners, and cheers. Yaremchuk also received love and…
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U.S. Soccer Settles with U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team – Promises Equal Pay and Payment of $24 Million
By Zac Cornell After six years of fighting and lawsuits over unequal pay and conditions, U.S. Soccer has finally settled with the U.S. Women’s National Team securing equal pay for men’s and women’s soccer, and a payout of $24 million, which is mostly back pay. The long-running fight between the World Cup-winning women’s soccer team…
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WNBA is valued at $1 Billion After “Largest-Ever Capital Raise for a Women’s Sports Property”
By Zac Cornell In its first-ever capital raise, the WNBA raised $75 million from investors, valuing the league and its teams at $1 billion. Touted in a WNBA press release as “the largest-ever capital raise for a women’s sports property,” the league brought in high profile investors including Nike, former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza…
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Tom Brady’s Phase II Career Will Likely Make Him a Billionaire
By Zac Cornell Love him or hate him, Tom Brady is undoubtedly the best quarterback in history and his retirement from the NFL is a major loss to the league. However with the close of his football career, many more doors are opening, and while Brady has already launched a number of business ventures, endless…
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Shedeur Sanders – Making the Most of New NCAA NIL Rules
By Zac Cornell His dad may be legendary Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, but Jackson State University’s freshman star quarterback Shedeur Sanders is making his own history on and off the field. Taking advantage of the NCAA’s new name, image, and likeness rules, Sanders has already secured an extraordinary lineup of brand endorsements. In September…
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Big News In Women’s Soccer: The National Women’s Soccer League Players Association Signs Historic First-Ever Collective Bargaining Agreement And Trinity Rodman Signs Largest Contract in League History
By Zac Cornell The Players Association for the National Women’s Soccer League has signed the league’s first ever collective bargaining agreement, which will remain for five years. The new agreement includes a raise for all players, with the new minimum salary at $35,000 from last year’s $22,000. It also calls for yearly raises of 4%,…
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Rafael Nadal Breaks Records Winning 21st Grand Slam Match at Australian Open
By Zac Cornell After an extraordinary five and a half hour match that ended the day after it began, Rafael Nadal won the Australian Open Men’s singles title, achieving his 21st Grand Slam win, and breaking his tie with Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic to have the record for the most Grand Slam wins. The…
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Marc Cuban Launches New Online Pharmacy To Lower Cost Of Drugs
By Zac Cornell Dallas Mavericks’s owner Mark Cuban has launched Marc Cuban Cost Plus Drug, a new Dallas-based online pharmacy that aims to disrupt the pharmaceutical industry to combat the exorbitant and often prohibitive financial cost of drugs in the United States. Marc Cuban Cost Plus Drug‘s goal is to provide complete transparency for the…
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Twin Sister College Athletes Expected to Reach $1 Million in Endorsement Deals In the First Year of New NCAA NIL Rules
By Zac Cornell Haley and Hanna Cavinder, twin basketball stars for Fresno State University, are expected to reach $1 million dollars in endorsement deals by July, according to their agent. The 21-year-old sisters have secured nine deals since July 2021, when the National Collegiate Athletic Association changed the rule to allow college student-athletes to make…
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