• Sports Illustrated owner gears up for deal with sports betting company

    Sports Illustrated owner gears up for deal with sports betting company

    The owner of Sports Illustrated is gearing up to complete a deal with a sports-betting company before year end, Media Ink has learned. “It will be a game changer,” ­Authentic Brands Group chairman Jamie Salter predicted in a recent interview. Salter declined to identify the potential gaming partner, but a second source familiar with the …