Ira Boudway @iboudway.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Cc: @normcharlatan.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comPop-Tarts Ends BuzzBallz Partnership on Underage Drinking FearsMars Inc. is pulling its Pop-Tarts and BuzzBallz collaboration just a month into its rollout over concerns that the product could appeal to underage drinkers. 12283
Reposted by Ira BoudwayDanny Groner @dannygroner.bsky.social · 28/08/2026"While it’s still too soon to measure the impact of prediction markets, anecdotal evidence and logic suggest they will only add to the damage. A representative of Gamblers Anonymous, who is also a member in recovery, says the group is seeing more people, especially younger ones, seeking help."bloomberg.comHow a Gambling Addict Relapsed After He Discovered KalshiBettors are stumbling into prediction markets, where it’s harder for users and their families to recognize they have a problem, clinicians say. The company says its model is “significantly healthier” ... 001
Reposted by Ira BoudwayIra Boudway @iboudway.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I wrote prediction markets and gambling addiction 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comHow a Gambling Addict Relapsed After He Discovered KalshiBettors are stumbling into prediction markets, where it’s harder for users and their families to recognize they have a problem, clinicians say. The company says its model is “significantly healthier” ... 143
Ira Boudway @iboudway.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I wrote prediction markets and gambling addiction 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comHow a Gambling Addict Relapsed After He Discovered KalshiBettors are stumbling into prediction markets, where it’s harder for users and their families to recognize they have a problem, clinicians say. The company says its model is “significantly healthier” ... 143
Ira Boudway @iboudway.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Poch is back www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comPochettino Agrees New US Soccer Contract Financed by Ken GriffinMauricio Pochettino has agreed to stay on as head coach of the US men’s soccer team, signing a contract to manage the team through the next FIFA World Cup in 2030. 000
Ira Boudway @iboudway.bsky.social · 18/07/2026www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comFinancier Funding US World Cup Soccer Coach Wants Him to ReturnAs US soccer coach Mauricio Pochettino mulls a new contract offer, at least one of the financial backers responsible for funding his salary is eager for him to stay on. 000
Reposted by Ira BoudwayStacey Shick @staceyshick.bsky.social · 16/07/2026"The pattern set over the past few decades has held: Once a ball is kicked, fans are swept away in the excitement and romance of the World Cup." www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet... 011
Reposted by Ira BoudwayLauren Theisen @laurentheisen.bsky.social · 09/07/2026If you regret missing out on the 1899 Cleveland Spiders, can I interest you in a trip to Staten Island? defector.com/a-front-row-...defector.comA Front-Row Seat To The Worst Team In Pro Baseball | DefectorSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — If you regret that you never got a chance to see the 1899 Cleveland Spiders, the losingest team in MLB history, can I interest you in a trip to Staten Island? No wait, come back.... 46411
Reposted by Ira BoudwayDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Paraguay’s electricity mix is 100% renewable, powered almost entirely by large-scale hydroelectric. 1080398
Reposted by Ira BoudwayIra Boudway @iboudway.bsky.social · 12/06/2026The USMNT’s World Cup begins tonight, but the backstory begins two years ago with the disastrous Copa America showing and some fed up (and influential) fans in a chat group:🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comThe Hedge Fund Manager Behind US Soccer’s Bid for World Cup GloryScott Goodwin’s path to becoming a major donor to US Soccer began with an offhand text to friends in the summer of 2024. Now was the chance, he told them, to get a better men’s national team head coac... 001
Ira Boudway @iboudway.bsky.social · 12/06/2026The USMNT’s World Cup begins tonight, but the backstory begins two years ago with the disastrous Copa America showing and some fed up (and influential) fans in a chat group:🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comThe Hedge Fund Manager Behind US Soccer’s Bid for World Cup GloryScott Goodwin’s path to becoming a major donor to US Soccer began with an offhand text to friends in the summer of 2024. Now was the chance, he told them, to get a better men’s national team head coac... 001
Reposted by Ira BoudwayIra Boudway @iboudway.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Inside the chat group that brought Pochettino to the USMNT: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comThe Hedge Fund Manager Behind US Soccer’s Bid for World Cup GloryScott Goodwin’s path to becoming a major donor to US Soccer began with an offhand text to friends in the summer of 2024. Now was the chance, he told them, to get a better men’s national team head coac... 021
Ira Boudway @iboudway.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Inside the chat group that brought Pochettino to the USMNT: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comThe Hedge Fund Manager Behind US Soccer’s Bid for World Cup GloryScott Goodwin’s path to becoming a major donor to US Soccer began with an offhand text to friends in the summer of 2024. Now was the chance, he told them, to get a better men’s national team head coac... 021
Ira Boudway @iboudway.bsky.social · 08/06/2026www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...bloomberg.comMen in Blazers Is Coming to Take Over the World CupThey’re touring the US, hyping up the tournament with big sponsors and home field advantage. 010
Reposted by Ira BoudwayStacey Shick @staceyshick.bsky.social · 08/06/2026"Over the past 15 years, Bennett, a 55-year-old Liverpool native with a bald head and a light stubble of beard, has turned his enthusiasm for soccer into a small media empire with more than 100 employees and tens of millions of dollars in annual revenue"bloom.bgMen in Blazers Is Coming to Take Over the World CupThey’re touring the US, hyping up the tournament with big sponsors and home field advantage. 001
Reposted by Ira BoudwayEvan Drellich @evandrellich.bsky.social · 05/06/2026President Trump said Friday that Major League Baseball should have added a salary cap "a long time ago." "Don't they sort of have one?" The president has picked a side in baseball's labor talks: the owners'. www.nytimes.com/athletic/733...nytimes.com 5111
Reposted by Ira BoudwayTwo Strike Noise @twostrikenoise.bsky.social · 02/06/2026I get it already, I'm old. 181590222
Ira Boudway @iboudway.bsky.social · 29/05/2026And as long as we are talking draft reform, why even bother with a draft? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comThe NBA Draft Is Bad for BusinessToo many teams lost too many games in pursuit of potentially transformative players. 000
Ira Boudway @iboudway.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Since MLB’s salary cap proposal is in the news, a reminder that fans actually enjoy dynasties: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comThe Dodgers Are Annoying, Greedy—And Good for Baseball“Competitive balance” is just a cry for owners to grab more money. 071
Ira Boudway @iboudway.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Not losing enough money on parlay bets? Try “combo” trades: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comPrediction Market Bettors Lagging Sports Gamblers, Citizens SaysTraders on prediction markets fare worse than traditional sports bettors on increasingly popular multi-leg wagers, according to an analysis by Citizens. 001
Reposted by Ira BoudwayRobert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 29/05/2026Zohran Mamdani on Arsenal is hilarious and touching in equal measure www.nytimes.com/athletic/731...nytimes.comZohran Mamdani: For Arsenal, the nostalgia of the past has become the beauty of the present (Gift Article)Arsenal has long been a passion for Zohran Mamdani, mayor of New York City. Here, he explains what the Premier League champions mean to him 44816
Reposted by Ira BoudwayMike Goodman @themlg.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Good job boys, good process [actually laudatory] 2494
Reposted by Ira BoudwayCJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 10/05/2026The lottery should be an email anyways 4649
Reposted by Ira BoudwayDavid Berri @wagesofwins.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Ira Boudway of Bloomberg argues we should abolish the NBA draft! As noted in the story, I argue that any reward for losing will likely result in more losing. And getting rid of the draft forces teams to think harder about how they want to build a team. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comThe NBA Draft Is Bad for BusinessToo many teams lost too many games in pursuit of potentially transformative players. 331
Ira Boudway @iboudway.bsky.social · 01/05/2026It’s past time to abolish the draft www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comThe NBA Draft Is Bad for BusinessToo many teams lost too many games in pursuit of potentially transformative players. 000
Reposted by Ira BoudwayPhilippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Just leaving it there before retiring: the over-ruling of the penalty awarded for the foul on Eberechi Eze is incomprehensible. Why VAR intervenes is a mystery. Why the referee does not ask his VAR team if they're joking is another one. I'd say the same if Dominic Solanke, not Eze, had been fouled. 2236938
Ira Boudway @iboudway.bsky.social · 10/04/2026The time Frank Viola got tossed for arguing with the robot ump. 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...bloomberg.com 000
Ira Boudway @iboudway.bsky.social · 26/03/2026hard agree www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...bloomberg.comUniversities Try to Maintain Secrecy on How They Pay AthletesBloomberg asked more than four dozen public universities to disclose details of their spending on student athletes and got little back. 024
Ira Boudway @iboudway.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Now that March Madness has properly begun, re-upping this one on how the tournament’s folk heroes cash in on their moment of fame. This is how Jack Gohlke accidentally negotiated $20,000 out of Buffalo Wild Wings in 2024: www.bloomberg.com/news/article... 000
Reposted by Ira BoudwayIra Boudway @iboudway.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Or “How Jack Gohlke accidentally negotiated $20,000 out of Buffalo Wild Wings” 001
Reposted by Ira BoudwayDanny Groner @dannygroner.bsky.social · 13/03/2026"There’s no time to be fussy because the players’ schedules are packed and the tournament’s viral moments fade quickly. “If anything requires approvals, legal reviews or custom creative, it’s already too slow,” Denton says."bloomberg.comThe Real March Madness Is the Corporate Race to Ink Viral StarsIn this peculiar corner of the influencer economy, speed is what wins. 002
Reposted by Ira BoudwayStacey Shick @staceyshick.bsky.social · 13/03/2026"Although there’s no real way to prepare for March Madness fame, there are a couple of things every player should do before the tournament: Make sure your name is in your social media handles, and put an email address in your bio." bloom.bg/4luhGlFbloom.bgThe Real March Madness Is the Corporate Race to Ink Viral StarsIn this peculiar corner of the influencer economy, speed is what wins. 001
Reposted by Ira BoudwayIra Boudway @iboudway.bsky.social · 13/03/2026So you’ve gone viral during March Madness? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comThe Real March Madness Is the Corporate Race to Ink Viral StarsIn this peculiar corner of the influencer economy, speed is what wins. 102
Ira Boudway @iboudway.bsky.social · 13/03/2026So you’ve gone viral during March Madness? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comThe Real March Madness Is the Corporate Race to Ink Viral StarsIn this peculiar corner of the influencer economy, speed is what wins. 102
Reposted by Ira BoudwayAmanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Most people also won’t finish your 500-word article. So write at whatever length is appropriate for the subject. 341312146
Reposted by Ira BoudwayIra Boudway @iboudway.bsky.social · 20/02/2026The Dodgers have a huge payroll. Biggest ever. The gap between the haves and have-nots is growing. Baseball will be fine. Great, actually. Enjoy it. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comThe Dodgers Are Annoying, Greedy—And Good for Baseball“Competitive balance” is just a cry for owners to grab more money. 0187
Reposted by Ira BoudwayBrian Mills @bmmillsy.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Nice article on the Dodgers and MLB's current competitive balance non-problem, with quotes from me! (and a 100+ year old reference I forwarded along that @rodneyfort.bsky.social shared here a while back). www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comThe Dodgers Are Annoying, Greedy—And Good for Baseball“Competitive balance” is just a cry for owners to grab more money. 153
Ira Boudway @iboudway.bsky.social · 20/02/2026The Dodgers have a huge payroll. Biggest ever. The gap between the haves and have-nots is growing. Baseball will be fine. Great, actually. Enjoy it. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comThe Dodgers Are Annoying, Greedy—And Good for Baseball“Competitive balance” is just a cry for owners to grab more money. 0187
Ira Boudway @iboudway.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Prediction markets are forcing professional sports bettors to learn to think like their pontine nemesis: the bookmaker. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comGambling Pros Adjust to a Super Bowl on the Prediction MarketsThe sudden rise of sites like Kalshi and Polymarket has sophisticated bettors scrambling to adjust their strategies. 010
Reposted by Ira BoudwayTim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 17/07/2025I see people saying that the writers who leave the Post will be fine if they set up their own newsletters and I get that's probably where things are going and I'll pay for them, but... that's not a newspaper. Newspapers are inefficient. They have stuff that's important that's not a money-maker. 1/5 13710
Reposted by Ira BoudwayAdam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Lawyers can't reach clients in ICE detention. I've heard it anecdotally, but scale of issue is horrifying. Bloomberg Law is a legal trade pub so many may miss this. Screenshot from their CA newsletter summarizes "bleak" situation for justice and rule of law. news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/l... 4636011661
Ira Boudway @iboudway.bsky.social · 31/01/2026This lad Own Goal has been a great signing for Arsenal 000
Reposted by Ira BoudwayCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 24/01/2026“.. He cared about people deeply ..,” said Michael Pretti, Alex’s father. “He thought it was terrible, you know, kidnapping children, just grabbing people off the street. He cared about those people, and he knew it was wrong ..” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/national/202... 12470562408
Ira Boudway @iboudway.bsky.social · 16/01/2026I wrote about how the college football sausage gets made in the era of NIL Go: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comThe Business of College Football Has Never Been More Exciting or More of a MessThe NIL spigot continues to flow despite a revenue-sharing cap. 000
Ira Boudway @iboudway.bsky.social · 19/12/2025For our latest business of sports newsletter, I wrote a love letter to @vermontgreenfc.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...bloomberg.comUnofficial Bloomberg Business of Sports Awards 2025The money being thrown at sports teams, leagues, conferences, pickleball, etc, will dry up. But this year, the cash still flowed. 010
Reposted by Ira BoudwayDanny Groner @dannygroner.bsky.social · 16/12/2025"For prediction market customers, it’s buyer beware. When you trade in sports contracts, you might be up against a counterparty with sophisticated statistical models or even a team of quants on their side. And you might be up against someone with access to information you don’t have."bloomberg.comKalshi and Other Prediction Markets Should Scare Sports LeaguesA lack of regulation can leave bettors vulnerable to manipulation. 001
Ira Boudway @iboudway.bsky.social · 16/12/2025The culture of prediction markets around insider trading, at least in their early days, doesn’t fit with the integrity needs of sports leagues. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comKalshi and Other Prediction Markets Should Scare Sports LeaguesA lack of regulation can leave bettors vulnerable to manipulation. 000