Ex-HBO CEO Chris Albrecht, now head of global media for sports and entertainment agency IMG, is trying to hatch a league based on a basketball-like sport, the Wall Street Journal reports. Mr. Albrecht, ousted from HBO after an altercation with his girlfriend in Las Vegas last year, convinced IMG to take a stake in SlamBall, which is like basketball in a cage on a trampoline, worth less than $5 million, the Journal says.
— Danny King