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Ariel Helwani clears air on willingness to cover events in Saudi Arabia
"I know a lot has been said and written about their intentions. I feel like their intentions are to put on the biggest events, to grow the sport."
LIV Golf advisors tell Congress Saudis said they might face 20 years in prison if they cooperate with PGA Tour merger probe
Phil Mickelson-Alan Shipnuck feud rekindled following Jon Rahm report
"Phil can say whatever he wants but that doesn’t make it true."
Dan Le Batard points out that sportswashing has worked for Saudi Arabia
"What Saudi Arabia was trying to do with its money, it is successfully doing."
PFL sells minority stake to Saudi Arabia wealth fund, plans to launch Middle East/North Africa league
The latest sports involvement with Saudi Arabia comes from that country's SRJ Sports Investments buying into the Professional Fighters League.
Jordan Henderson’s rainbow armband censored in Al Ettifaq announcement video
"Making the armbands black and white so you can't see the rainbow. We see you."
Barstool’s Dave Portnoy calls PGA Tour’s Jay Monahan ‘a piece of s**t,’ but says he’d move to Saudi Arabia for enough money
"I am so sick of this PGA commissioner talking about 9/11. Buddy, it’s about the money. It’s only about the money. You know it’s about the money."
Winners and losers in the WWE merger with Endeavor and UFC
Five potential WWE buyers now that Vince McMahon is ready to sell
Vince McMahon is back and he's looking to sell.
LIV Golf media day featured Ari Fleischer, a reporter briefly ejected by security, and a robot
Things are off to a flying start!
Arlo White, Jerry Foltz, and Dom Boulet will call this week’s inaugural Saudi-backed LIV Golf event
"The LIV Golf broadcast will be unlike anything fans have seen before."
Phil Mickelson issues lengthy apology for Saudi quotes, bizarrely claims they were off the record
Mickelson also announced he was taking time away from competitive golf, which may or may not have been his choice.
Saudi Arabia has banned beIN Sports permanently, which could bring up further issues with a planned Newcastle United takeover
beIN Sports had had its broadcast license suspended in Saudi Arabia for the past three years, but that license has now been permanently revoked.
Jay Paterno writes pro-Saudi Arabia op-ed in the Arab News, a paper run by a group chaired by Saudi Arabia’s minister of culture
Paterno, the former Penn State assistant coach and current member of their board of trustees, went to Saudi Arabia and wrote about all the positives he found there.