Fanatics Betting and Gaming, the online and retail sports betting subsidiary of Fanatics Holdings, Inc., yesterday officially launched the Fanatics Sportsbook online in Maryland, Massachusetts, Ohio and Tennessee.

Fanatics, an online retailer in sports apparel, has put its stamp on the sports betting industry.

Fanatics is executing another play to build its trading card ecosystem with today’s launch of its new livestream commerce business, Fanatics Live. The new app promises collectors a live shopping experience through creator-run breaks, where consumers can watch and interact with live product openings and buy cards in real time.

Global sports retail and e-commerce giant Fanatics has officially launched Fanatics Live, a new live-shopping platform that is basically a 21st-century Home Shopping Network for sports collectibles and merchandise.

Fanatics will open a Columbus Blue Jackets retail sportsbook.

Retail sportsbooks are becoming the must-have amenity for professional sports franchises in Ohio. The Columbus Blue Jackets hopped on the trend Tuesday, as Fanatics Betting and Gaming, the online and retail sports betting company within the global digital sports platform, announced plans for one adjacent Nationwide Arena.

The FIFA Women’s World Cup kicks off in Australia and New Zealand Thursday and will run for a month. Teams from 32 nations will be vying for the title with the reigning back-to-back champion U.S. team among the favorites to win this year’s tournament. It is expected to draw more than 2 billion viewers, or nearly a quarter of the world’s population, according to Statista.

Fanatics is launching a new events vertical, in partnership with IMG, to capitalize on the company’s growing suite of business ventures, including merchandise, memorabilia, fashion, music, trading cards and sports betting.

Fanatics’ first livestream shopping event will feature collectors opening baseball trading card packs on the field during this week’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game events in Seattle.

The children at Frederick Douglass Academy in West Harlem, New York had no clue what they were in store for on their last day of school Tuesday.

PointsBet has finally come to an agreement to sell its US betting business, the company announced on Tuesday.

Fanatics is preparing to dominate the collectibles space and has built a team filled with all-stars to help them do it, including former Red Bull North America Executive VP Ken Turner and former KLUTCH Sports agent Omar Wilkes. The latest prime mover to join the Fanatics Collectibles team is Avery Jessup, who recently joined the company as Chief Commercial Officer.

A day after the arrival of heralded prospect Henry Davis, the Pirates once again are trying to up their game — this time off the field.

Several high-profile NFL rookies received quite the surprise in moments captured by heart-warming video released by Fanatics Thursday.

Being a rookie at the highest level of your craft isn't easy, but words of wisdom by veterans can make the journey feel less intimidating. In a video presented by Fanatics during the NFL Rookie Premiere, several NFL legends such as Joe Montana, Aaron Rodgers, Jerry Rice, Peyton Manning and Rob Gronkowski gave some inspiration of a few of the NFL fresh faces.

As the US-based company expands its reach overseas with its first media and retail partnership with Sky Sports in the UK, Jack Boyle, Fanatics global co-president for direct-to-consumer (DTC), talks to Retail Week about the company’s key to success, global expansion and its biggest competitors.

For Fanatics Betting and Gaming chief executive Matt King, the challenge he is taking on isn’t building a market leader. He’s already done that during his tenure at FanDuel, which is currently sitting with a seemingly unassailable market share across the US. Revenue there grew from $200m to over $1bn on his watch.

Fanatics Collectibles announced the acquisition of PWCC Marketplace, one of the world's largest sports card, memorabilia and collectible auction houses.

Fanatics Inc. is late to the sports-betting game. Its chief executive thinks he has a strong hand.

Tucked into central Phoenix this spring was a rented house, where all of the furniture had been cleared out and replaced with tables full of boxes of baseball cards to be signed by players who were in the area for spring training…