To make it big in the sports industry, you can ask anybody who has felt that success how they did it. Their answer? Almost always, “I knew the right person.” Knowing the right person is key, but what sports networking event is the right one for yo... read more
On and off the field, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has all the markings of a perfect endorser. He's a winner, he's got the crossover good looks and plenty of confidence. Eli Manning? Winner, sure. But beyond that the younger Manning ... read more
On the PlayStation blog, Jody Kelsey, senior producer for the game, wrote: “Before we could add this new ballpark to MLB 12 The Show, we had to gather as much information as possible in order to faithfully recreate every inch of this stadium exac... read more
In January 2012, the Division I Legislative Council of the NCAA “approved a rule that broadens the definition of [sports] agents to include third-party influences, including family members, who market student-athletes’ athletics ability or reputat... read more
The sport of horse racing has tried to right itself in the past year, and reverse the overall downward spiral that has befallen a once thriving industry. With solid turnouts, ratings and storylines for the Triple Crown, a renewed interest in the B... read more
Robert Kraft made a decision in the summer of 1993 to buy the New England Patriots. Walking on a Cape Cod beach with his wife, the late Myra Kraft, Robert told Myra he was about to spend more than $125 million on an NFL franchise that was ready to... read more
With Super Bowl Sunday around the corner, now is a great time to think about some of the various sports business plots tied to the big game… - The Ratings Game: With two of the country’s top markets represented in what’s been billed as a rematch ... read more
To: NBA rookies From: Marc Isenberg Date: December 18, 2011 ___________________________ Your NBA career is about to start. Talk about being blessed! You've gotten to this point because you are ridiculously talented and genetically gifted. And mos... read more
This quarter's baseball meetings will be memorable for Bud Selig upsetting the natural order of things as he caught the realignment bug from the NCAA. In order to create more inventory for baseball's television partners, Selig forced the Hou... read more
Were you there last night? We just witnessed one of the greatest World Series games ever. Were you there? The game had it all. Drama beyond belief, improbable comebacks, joy, pain and action that you just couldn’t take your eyes away from. Were yo... read more
Recent news involving sports media personalities, including Larry Collmus calling the Kentucky Derby, Gus Johnson possibly remaining with CBS, and Jim Bowden returning to ESPN.Larry Collmus: The horse racing announcer will replace Tom Durkin as th... read more
Stadium debt, in some cases, hangs around a lot longer than the teams that once played in them. From the Houston Chronicle comes this story that the vacant Astrodome "carries as much as $32 million in debt — nearly as much as the original cost of ... read more