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Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. Board of Directors Unanimously Approves Plan to Explore Possible Spin-Off
NEW YORK, February 18, 2026--Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. (NYSE: MSGS) ("MSG Sports") today announced that its board of directors has unanimously approved a plan to explore a possible spin-off that would separate its New York Knicks business from its New York Rangers business, creating two distinct publicly traded companies.
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