Fanatics, known for its sports apparel and more, has teamed up with a host of celebrities, including the rapper Jay-Z and the D’Amelio family of TikTok fame, to buy the brand merchandising company Mitchell & Ness in its latest deal to expand its sports merchandise empire…

Fanatics founder and CEO Michael Rubin is going to miss the legend that is Tom Brady.

Ramana Thumu has built and implemented cutting-edge technology platforms, consulted at some of the world’s most innovative companies, and led teams for Silicon Valley’s most famous employers. But his emergence as a leader in the industry looked very different than that of many of his peers. In fact, he didn’t grow up with a computer in his home. He didn’t even have electricity.

The University of Georgia’s first football national title since 1980 has sent Bulldogs fans into a buying frenzy.

When news broke last summer that Fanatics Inc. was poised to upend the trading-card industry, longtime baseball fans wondered what it meant for Topps Co. The iconic company had been synonymous with baseball cards for more than 70 years, a run that seemed destined to end when Fanatics lured away Topps’ key licensees…

Global sports retailer, merchandiser and now sports card and memorabilia giant Fanatics has acquired Topps trading cards, the company announced Tuesday.

Trading card giant Topps — just a few months after losing out on a deal to renew its longtime licensing deal with Major League Baseball to sports apparel startup Fanatics — is now selling its collectibles and cards business to ... Fanatics.

Philadelphia 76ers partner Michael Rubin and rapper Meek Mill’s Reform Alliance treated 26 kids to a VIP experience at the team’s game on Wednesday — which included meeting TikTok stars Charlie and Dixie D’Amelio.

All eyes are on what Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin will do next. To anoint someone as supremely influential, especially the top rung in that rarified group, definitional clarity is a prerequisite. Webster’s says influence is “the power to change.”

Fanatics Chief Strategy & Growth Officer Tucker Kain said the company’s growth into a ”broad platform” beyond the commerce business it has long been known for was a “decade in the making.” Along with the commerce business, Fanatics has three newer business lines: trading cards, NFTs and sports betting.

Life isn’t all helicopters and parties for the king of sports merch — he’s got plans. Last month, after a three-day stretch in New York, Michael Rubin, was anxious to get back to Philadelphia to attend the home opener of the 76ers, the N.B.A. team of which he is an owner.

Sports retailer Fanatics wants to sell more jerseys, ball caps and T-shirts to women. It’s counting on Macy’s to help it do that.

The new trading card venture launched by Fanatics Inc., which just last month upended the industry with a series of surprise deals, has received $350 million in Series A funding

The Dallas Cowboys, the most valuable sports franchise in the world, have signed a 10-year exclusive merchandise partnership with Fanatics.

The Fair Labor Association (FLA) announced today that its board of directors voted to accredit the social compliance program of Fanatics Brands, the private label division of Fanatics, Inc., a global leader for licensed sports merchandise headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, that specializes in licensed fan apparel for the world’s most popular leagues, brands, and collegiate and professional teams.