{
  "id": 2392716,
  "title": "Club Sportico: Is the Little League World Series Actually Big Business?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/club-sportico-is-the-little-league-world-series-actually-big-business",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-21T15:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Sportico",
    "slug": "sportico",
    "url": "https://www.sportico.com/business/finance/2026/little-league-world-series-revenue-expenses-club-sportico-1234942483/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Little League World Series kicked off this week in the same place it has for the last 79 years. But while the central Pennsylvania location has stayed the same, there’s a lot of uncertainty looming for the youth baseball extravaganza. Many of the same market forces that have upended college sports in the past […]",
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    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "What time does PA Little League team play World Series game today?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/what-time-does-pa-little-league-team-play-world-series-game-today",
        "published": "2026-08-21T14:05:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "Cassiem brothers star as SA men's hockey team beat France to record first World Cup win",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/cassiem-brothers-star-as-sa-mens-hockey-team-beat-france-to-record",
        "published": "2026-08-21T14:15:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}