Juan Soto’s looming mega deal can pay for itself — but it won’t be easy
NY Post
Shohei Ohtani, a unique, two-way superstar, signed a $700 million, heavily deferred contract with the Dodgers last winter.
What followed on the field was a dream for the Dodgers and their fans: Major League Baseball’s first 50-50 season, a National League MVP Award and a World Series championship.
What followed off the field was a Dodgers owner’s dream: According to SponsorUnited, a company that tracks marketing partnerships, the club added over $70 million solely in new sponsorship revenue — not over the length of the contracts, but just in ’24.
Ads behind the plate during Dodgers games were sold to Asia-based companies, taking advantage of a new and enormous market (Japan alone has a population of 124.5 million, for starters).
Even Dodgers opponents fielded calls from Japanese companies seeking ad space behind the plate for Dodgers road games.
The Dodgers, who already had robust attendance, drew more than 100,000 fans than the year prior. Ohtani led the majors in jersey sales for a second straight season.
It’s not too often that a pro referee admits they got a call wrong, at least that the fans hear.
One of the brightest lights to this miserable Jets season has been dimmed for the final two games.
Lisa Salters’ postgame interview with Packers quarterback Jordan Love featured a cameo she certainly didn’t expect.
This is the part that lends hope for other nights, and other games, on the other side of the season, when there will be an open casting call for alpha dogs, willing and able to take their turn at the most necessary moments. Every night lately, it’s been someone else.
On the night the Knicks finally added a new piece for their bench, second-unit guard Cam Payne enjoyed his finest performance of the season
There’s a whole lot crammed into 100 years of playing the game. That span means the Giants have been there, done that, time and again, over and over. Everything has passed through their gates. Great triumphs. Abject failure. The winds of change and the stillness of sameness. Championship moments. Despair in the air.
Every game the Rangers have played recently has come with seismic implications.
Steve Cohen is fast approaching a billion-dollar outlay this offseason, and the Mets’ work isn’t done.
Tank Dell’s knee injury is bad enough that it could put his status in doubt for the start of the 2025 season.
The Jets want to get the fourth-most-targeted receiver in the NFL more involved in their offense.
ATLANTA — The Giants are a franchise bleeding despair right now.