Sports

Planet Fitness Inc. said its second-quarter earnings rose 26% in its first financial report since its initial public offering last month. The company also issued guidance for 2015 that beats analysts' expectations.

A city council in Milwaukee on Tuesday approved its piece of the $250 million public financing package that will fund half of a new Milwaukee Bucks arena.

The pitch is for charity, but the call could favor California's professional sports teams.

Negotiations between the state and the Pawtucket Red Sox for a proposed stadium on waterfront land in downtown Providence have stopped, a spokesman for the House speaker said Friday.

The city of San Diego and the NFL Chargers were poised to miss a deadline set by Mayor Kevin Faulconer to schedule a public vote on whether taxpayers should help pay for a new stadium to stop the team from moving to Los Angeles.