Gawker’s potential sale, Vanderbilt removes ‘Confederate’ name

Gawker’s potential sale, Vanderbilt removes ‘Confederate’ name

Vanderbilt University

will pay to remove an inscription with the word “Confederate” from one of its dorms.

The private university has referred to the Confederate Memorial Hall simply as “Memorial Hall” since 2002, but was blocked in court from changing the name on the building because it was constructed with the help of a $50,000 gift from the

The $1.2 million, which will come from anonymous donors rather than institutional funds, will go to the organization’s Tennessee chapter in exchange for relinquishing its naming rights.

Sportradar AG, a sports data company whose clients include global bookmakers, last year took on three high-profile investors with one thing in common:

The Swiss company hoped Mark Cuban, Michael Jordan and Ted Leonsis could help its expansion into the U.S., where legalized sports betting could be a multibillion-dollar industry.

[...] Sportradar and data analytics firm Second Spectrum are said to be close to a six-year, $250 million contract with the NBA, according to people familiar with the negotiations.

[...] Spectrum’s board members include former ESPN and NFL Network CEO Steve Bornstein and Warriors part owner Mark Stevens, a managing partner at S-Cubed Capital.

, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after losing a $140 million legal judgment in a lawsuit by former wrestler

said the bids essentially set the floor for an auction Tuesday, with the likeliest bidders being