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Now the franchise is little more than a stiff itself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

As he did in Houston, quarterback Trey Lance turned in a respectable performance — this time against the franchise that drafted him third overall in 2020.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Unless you’re Steven Spielberg, with enough money and success to have final-cut privilege, everything in a franchise blockbuster is bound to look flat, feel drab, and be nauseatingly overexplained.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

When Mark Walter sold the Lakers last week, it touched off an unexpected side battle: the handpicked inheritor of Jerry Buss’ franchise vs. five of her siblings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

Like it or not he was the franchise, unless, for some reason, they did not need him anymore.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

One of Los Angeles’ celebrated professional sports franchises was owned by one local family for more than 45 years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

The showdown between the first family of the Lakers comes at a time when family ownership is increasingly rare in high-level professional sports, as franchises become astronomically valuable—thanks in part to visionaries like Jerry Buss.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Some might feel too much focus is given towards the IPL link, with four of the eight Hundred teams owned by group also involved in IPL franchises.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

From Stanley cups to dirty soda franchises, everything’s a little bit more SEC and a little less Ivy in 2026.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

She’s not a HipsterHouse fan, but those hipsters are more clickbait-y than the Jersey Shore crew, and someone has to write the pieces because the editors are busy covering the respected franchises.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

Analyst Brian Harbour believes Yum offers some of the strongest growth potential among large franchised restaurant companies, yet the stock’s current pricing fails to reflect those advantages.

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

By 2018, Gap had more than $16.5 billion in annual sales, more than 3,600 company owned and franchised stores and employed about 135,000 people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

They add to a network that includes more than 5,500 franchised UPS Stores, and Staples and Ulta Beauty shops.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

A mum-of-three in her fifties, who spoke to the BBC on condition of anonymity, said she had studied for her degree at a franchised college in London.

From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026

Instead of the franchised blandness of American cities, Alexandria is a city of mom-and-pop stores, all with signage screaming for attention, their wares encroaching on the streets.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

Jersey Mike’s founder, Peter Cancro, began working there at age 14, bought the business in 1975 and started franchising the chain in 1987.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

Beyond providing high-quality products at affordable prices, franchising also creates jobs—nearly 9 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026

He is also franchising his intellectual property, creating other products such as a card game inspired by "Exquisite Corpses" while holding talks with video game developers.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

Collective protest has been complicated by consolidation, franchising and acquisitions, making it ever more difficult to even figure out who to protest and how.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2025

There are plans to open a Fresh Brothers in the Chicago area and begin franchising in other states by March, Majewski said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2024