Alex M. Silverman🏒⚽️

#SportsBiz reporter at @SBJ for hockey and soccer. @Mizzou alum. Seinfeld is my religion. Email: [email protected]

[Adam Crafton @AdamCrafton_]

Exclusive @TheAthleticFC

FIFA make last-gasp change to World Cup stadium rules: BANNING fans from bringing refillable plastic bottles, so fans must buy water in stadia

As of May, empty bottles permitted so fans could refill amid heat concerns. Not now

https://t.co/OuyjvgPoxN

[Alex M. Silverman🏒⚽️ @AlexMSilverman]

@ArturFufkin I wasn’t the one chanting 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Alex M. Silverman🏒⚽️ @AlexMSilverman]

Hurricanes fans just got a pretty loud "No means no" chant going targeting Golden Knights goalie Carter Hart.

[Alex M. Silverman🏒⚽️ @AlexMSilverman]

New at @SBJ: @NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman expects the league to finish the 2025-26 season with record revenue between $7.5 billion and $8 billion. He also addressed reports about succession planning as he turns 74 today. https://t.co/RIoBMFo0Rb

[Alex M. Silverman🏒⚽️ @AlexMSilverman]

Reporting about @NHL succession planning follows Friday's news about the league reorganizing its leadership ranks in a manner that consolidates more resonsibility under President of Business Keith Wachtel and COO Steve McArdle. Story at @SBJ: https://t.co/2KUG96sk9I

[Elliotte Friedman @FriedgeHNIC]

Commissioner Gary Bettman meets with the media later this afternoon. He’s privately been discussing a succession plan. Will he share details?

https://t.co/tZlA2zXTL1

[NHL Public Relations @NHLPR]

The @NHL and @NHLPA announced the format of the 2027 Honda #NHLAllStar Game and 2027 NHL All-Star Skills, set to take place Feb. 5-6 at UBS Arena on Long Island, N.Y.

More details: https://t.co/5yEU2txjSU

[Alex M. Silverman🏒⚽️ @AlexMSilverman]

2027 NHL All-Star Weekend will feature international competition:

Feb. 5: Skills - 10 stars aged 25 and under
Feb. 6: USA, Finland, Sweden, Finland, Rest of World round robin - 3 on 3

[Alex M. Silverman🏒⚽️ @AlexMSilverman]

FIFA sponsor Hyundai owns a controlling stake in robotics firm Boston Dynamics, which manufacturers these robot dogs.

[Alex M. Silverman🏒⚽️ @AlexMSilverman]

By comparison, about 25% of the 126,000 $20 shuttle bus tickets have been sold.

[Adam Crafton @AdamCrafton_]

Story @TheAthleticFC

Those $98 tickets for trains to MetLife Stadium? They are due to carry 40k per game to venue but not selling fast. Less than 6 per cent sold 11 days out from first NY-NJ game.

https://t.co/HHly1euPtw

[Soccer ⚽️ Sheet @SoccerSheet]

Official attendance for USMNT vs Senegal in Charlotte, NC. 🇺🇸🇸🇳⚽️

[Alex M. Silverman🏒⚽️ @AlexMSilverman]

.@NC_Governor Josh Stein met media at the @USMNT match in Charlotte. He expressed interest in hosting FIFA Women's World Cup matches in 2031 but said, "We will see how the impact has been on the host cities [in 2026] and do what makes the most sense for North Carolina."

[Alex M. Silverman🏒⚽️ @AlexMSilverman]

The @USMNT are in Charlotte for their penultimate World Cup tune-up match against Senegal.

[Alex M. Silverman🏒⚽️ @AlexMSilverman]

New at @SBJ: The @NHL has restructured its league office staff, reducing the number of direct reports to Bettman and Daly from 14 to eight and consolidating revenue-generating functions under Keith Wachtel and operational functions under Steve McArdle. https://t.co/HBMnjWJ4Lq

[Alex M. Silverman🏒⚽️ @AlexMSilverman]

Wouldn’t you have had your license suspended by the time you hit 16 speeding tickets in a year?!

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

New Yorkers with 16 or more speeding violations will now have to install devices in their cars to limit their driving speeds.

The device will use GPS tracking to restrict how fast the car can drive to the posted speed limit.

The device will be wired into the vehicle's onboard computer.

If drivers refuse to install the device, their registrations will be revoked after 45 days.

[Henry Bushnell @HenryBushnell]

Two weeks to go, thousands of tickets still available for the U.S. World Cup opener that’s been eight years in the making…

https://t.co/p4yFoiqO5P

[Mike Ozanian @MikeOzanian]

Nationwide insurance is buying 37% of the Columbus Crew at a valuation of $900M for the #MLS team.

[Bill King @Bill_KingSBJ]

BREAKING in
@SBJ Morning Buzz: @FanaticsBook predictions platform has landed US rights to offer official prediction markets of the @FIFAWorldCup, combining with global rights-holder ADI @PredictStreet on co-branded digital hub w/@CFTC regulated contracts.
https://t.co/eAaL2P8xk1

[Alex M. Silverman🏒⚽️ @AlexMSilverman]

The PWHL's highest-paid player (Emily Clark - $126k) and highest-paid defender (Renata Fast - $106k) in 2025-26 were both represented by @AGMSports, whose founder Brant Feldman has been repping women's hockey players for 20 years.

[Hailey Salvian @hailey_salvian]

The PWHL Players Association has quietly released salaries to the public for the first time in a bid to promote greater transparency.

More on the news via @TheAthletic (gift link below):

https://t.co/HFUPTd7Qgy