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Religion of Sports has received $50 million in Series B funding, plans to expand beyond sports

"We've seen a growing demand for sports storytelling across media avenues, a demand that Religion of Sports continues to meet, but we're ready and eager to expand into new territories and solidify ourselves as an all-encompassing media powerhouse."

New media venture Just Women’s Sports raises $3.5 million from investors for coverage, production

The site already has podcasts covering soccer and the WNBA.

The Athletic raises $50 million in new round of investor funding

But is the subscriber base growing to expectations?

FloSports adds $47 million more in funding, led by Discovery and supported by WWE, Fertitta Capital, and more

FloSports has added $47 million more in funding, with some big names attached.

The Athletic brings in another $40 million in one of the largest sports media funding rounds ever

This matches the $40 million The Players' Tribune brought in last January, and is way above what many other sports media companies made early on.

The Athletic raises another $20 million, plans to expand and double staff by end of the year

According to CEO Alex Mather, the company has "six figures" in subscribers, and is looking to expand from 23 to 45 markets and from 120 to 200-350 employees this year.

Players’ Tribune raises $40 million more, but their traffic still isn’t great

Derek Jeter’s The Players’ Tribune has pulled in another $40 million in a Series C round of funding,...