The Illusion of Exposure: Is Dave Portnoy Actually “Good for the Game?”
"Despite all the influencer campaigns, celebrity partnerships, and social media attention, where is the measurable evidence that racing is creating more long-term bettors?" Mike Repole among plenty of others in this industry keeps echoing a familiar refrain: Dave Portnoy is good for the game. “Good for the game” is a highly subjective phrase, but in a sport that has spent decades wandering blindly in the marketing wilderness, it has become a lazy catch-all for anyone with a massive following and a microphone. Before we concede the answer is Barstool Sports,...
The Billion Dollar Blind Spot
Jon Stettin On June 22, 2026, the Indiana Fever beat the Phoenix Mercury 86 to 77 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. You probably did not hear about the score. You probably heard about the point. Late in the fourth quarter, Fever guard Caitlin Clark and Mercury forward DeWanna Bonner exchanged words following a foul. The officials assessed Clark a technical. Fever forward Sophie Cunningham walked onto the floor and asked the referee, calmly and plainly, why only Clark received one if Bonner had also done something extra. While she was...
Racing's Biggest Problem? Tom Ryan Deserves Another Look
I really wanted to be done with this TDN Racing's Biggest Problem campaign. The question was not, "What makes you optimistic about racing?" It was, "What is racing's biggest problem?" Those are fundamentally different questions. One invites a list of accomplishments. The other demands an honest diagnosis. When Thoroughbred Daily News began asking people what racing's biggest problem is and what the solution should be, I answered twice. The first time because I believed the question mattered. The second time because I believed the answers mattered even more. After Lisa...
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