Articles by James Foglio (472)
Grand Sierra Resort and Casino (GSR) in Reno, Nevada, was recently named “Best Gaming/Casino Hotel” in Smart Meetings Magazine’s 2024 Smart Stars Awards. The magazine’s awards platform celebrates meeting planners’ choices for hotels, resorts, properties, cruise lines and conference, and convention centers worldwide. Grand Sierra Resort and Casino won “Best Gaming/Casino Hotel,” an award that […]
Ten Russian wrestlers who were invited to compete at the Paris 2024 Olympics as neutral athletes have pulled out after multiple leading wrestlers were left off the International Olympic Committee’s invitation list, the Russian Wrestling Federation announced Saturday. Russia’s Abdulrashid Sadulaev, Zaurbek Sidakov were among the leading wrestlers not named as invited neutral athletes Two-time […]
Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard will not play for Team USA in the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics. Team USA will replace Leonard with Boston Celtics guard Derrick White, according to ESPN’s Marc J. Spears. White, who recently signed a four-year extension worth $126 million, played on Team USA at the 2019 World Cup. Los […]
The Green Bay Packers received a record amount of national revenue from the NFL in the 2023-24 fiscal year, resulting in a profit of $60.1 million. It was their fourth consecutive year of record revenue. If not for the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the streak would have been longer. The Packers and the rest of […]
Chicago Bears wide receiver Rome Odunze has signed his four-year, $22.7 million rookie contract the same day rookie players reported to Halas Hall for training camp on Tuesday. Odunze, the No. 9 pick in the 2024 NFL draft, agreed to the fully guaranteed deal with a fifth-year option. Rome Odunze led the Pac-12 in receptions, […]
The New York Knicks and free agent guard Cameron Payne agreed to a one-year, $3.1 million contract, sources informed TNT and Bleacher Report’s Chris Haynes on Monday. This deal is reportedly for the veteran minimum. New York Knicks guard Cameron Payne averaged 7.4 points, 1.5 rebounds while shooting 39% from deep last season Payne, who […]
Accel Entertainment, the largest terminal operator in the U.S. and a Chicago-based publicly traded company, is acquiring FanDuel Sportsbook & Horse Racing and the Collinsville horse track in Illinois in a $35 million stock deal. Accel Entertainment agreed to a buyout of both Fairmount Holdings Inc. and its subsidiary, Fairmount Park Inc. There are also […]
Major League Baseball (MLB) icon Pete Rose said the gambling scandal that got him banned from baseball cost him “a hundred million dollars” during episode 1 of Charlie Hustle & The Matter of Pete Rose, a new HBO documentary series. Former MLB star Pete Rose said he would have made $100 million playing baseball had […]
The Spokane Tribe Casino, its staff members, and the general public celebrated the newly expanded hotel Friday, with a ribbon cutting officially opening the new wing of the building. The new hotel opened to VIPs during Hoopfest and is now welcoming all guests. Spokane Tribe Casino has a new retail shop, pool, fitness center, valet […]
Bally’s Corporation has released new plans for a 500-room hotel in addition to securing financing to build the $1.7 billion permanent Chicago casino complex in River West. The $950 million financing deal was announced Friday. The funding contract is with Gaming and Leisure Properties, a Pennsylvania-based real estate investment trust. This fulfills an $800 million […]