This Month
How Australia became a big money-maker for the NBA
NBA says Australia is the highest revenue-generating market for merchandise and its streaming service, NBA League Pass.
- Zoe Samios
February
GAF in the zone for $3.8b pro sports fund
GAF is kicking up to $100 million into Arctos’ second investment fund and has begun offering special access to its 350-odd family office and HNWs.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
November 2023
Michael Jordan would’ve struggled in today’s NBA: science
Fans love to argue about the evolution of the game, and whether it was easier in the past. Now science has an answer.
- Updated
- Ross Andersen
October 2023
How sharemarket bets took this NBA champion from basketball to bitcoin
Sports champion and Young Rich Lister Matthew Dellavedova is investing his wealth in tech start-ups and crypto as he worries about central banks printing money.
- Tom Richardson
Bookmaker asks for more time to process largest gambling payout ever
After the Pies and Panthers victories in the AFL and NRL over the weekend, online bookmaker Betr has begun the largest payout in sports gambling history.
- Updated
- Mark Di Stefano and Sam Buckingham-Jones
September 2023
Djokovic wins US Open for historic 24th grand slam
Using every ounce of his energy and some serve-and-volley guile, an old man with new tricks emerged for a 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3 victory at Flushing Meadows.
- Updated
- Howard Fendrich
August 2023
How Jordan nets greater wealth from basketball
The NBA legend has boosted his fortune to a massive $5.5 billion, cementing his place in the ranks of billionaire athletes.
- Amanda Albright and Devon Pendleton
July 2023
AFL star-backed Melbourne tech firm gets $45m from NY PE
A Melbourne tech company, that is backed by footballers and has made software for the Super Bowl and the Paris Olympics, has closed its first institutional capital raise.
- Tess Bennett
- Opinion
- Ethical investing
Barbie is a rare winner in the corporate culture wars
American business finds itself increasingly caught in the nation’s woke and anti-woke crosshairs.
- Rana Foroohar
June 2023
Denver Nuggets down Miami Heat for first NBA title
The Nuggets outlasted the Heat 94-89 in an ugly, frantic game that failed to derail Nikola Jokic, who made 28 points to win the NBA Finals MVP.
- Ben Golliver
April 2023
Michael Jordan sneakers sold for record $3.3m
With a stroke, the Air Jordan 13s became the most expensive sneakers known to have sold, ever.
- Updated
- James Tarmy
January 2023
NBA all-star gives wine giant a US boost
Celebrity tie-ups are growing in the US wine market, with the NBA star’s label driving sales for Accolade as it takes on Treasury Wines.
- Simon Evans
Best run at Australian Open in 19 years for new wave of Americans
The last time there were four American men in the fourth round of the Australian Open in singles was in 2004.
- Christopher Clarey
November 2022
- Exclusive
- Funding
Brisbane sports tech raises $36m after ditching IPO plans
“You realise being listed isn’t as exciting as the brokers suggest,” says the chief executive of Vald.
- Tess Bennett
How Sam Bankman-Fried seduced blue-chip investors
With crypto trading firm FTX having filed for bankruptcy, investments by some of the world’s most respected hedge fund managers look to be a complete wipeout.
- Antoine Gara, Harriet Agnew, Tabby Kinder and Richard Waters
October 2022
- Investigation
- Media & marketing
How Facebook bots tried to lure young men to Tabcorp-backed gambling app
An investigation by The Australian Financial Review reveals how Tabcorp-backed Dabble uses Facebook bots to try to lure people to take up gambling.
- Mark Di Stefano
Elon Musk set for sweeping job cuts across Twitter, say insiders
Reports of layoffs at Twitter have swirled since Elon Musk agreed to buy the company in April.
- Kate Conger, Ryan Mac, Sheera Frenkel and Mike Isaac
August 2022
NBA star meets PM over Indigenous voice
One of the world’s most famous NBA stars is lending his support to the campaign for an Indigenous voice to parliament.
- Nick Gibbs
Activist investor Third Point urges sweeping changes at Disney
Dan Loeb is agitating for a board shake-up, a spin-off of the sports television network ESPN and aggressive cost-cutting.
- Christopher Grimes, Sara Germano and James Fontanella-Khan
July 2022
- Opinion
- Cryptocurrencies
There are six kinds of NFTs, and you still need to care
Many will be hoping the crypto crash will be the last they hear of mind-bogglingly valuable NFTs, but there are a number of uses beyond wealth ‘flexing’.
- Nick Abrahams
