News and opinions on the business side of sports
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Dec
Tweet With 2008 winding to a close, I want to countdown the top sports business stories of the year. #5 – The Sonics Say Farewell to Seattle The Seattle SuperSonics joined the NBA in 1967 and won an NBA title in 1979. The team had a tremendous following in the Washington area and incredibly loyal [...]
30
Dec
Tweet With 2008 winding to a close, I want to countdown the top sports business stories of the year. There were many to choose from and I had some trouble trying to rank them, but I did put together a top five. But before I start posting about each one, I wanted to start with [...]
29
Dec
Tweet Today’s post is courtesy of guest blogger Kris Mathis, Founder of SponsorPitch: Every day we hear about layoffs, another sponsor passing on renewal or worst of all, a league’s entire operating model in jeopardy. Making your most effective pitch is more critical than ever and unless you’re titled by Madoff Securities, the new year [...]
28
Dec
Tweet Here are my quick picks for this week: Book: “The Business of Sports: Cases and Text on Strategy and Management” by George Foster, Stephen Greyser and Bill Walsh - This book is great for sports management programs or people interested in exploring career paths in the industry. The book is a collection of business cases [...]
24
Dec
Tweet I want to wish all my readers a safe and happy holidays! I will be off for a couple of days, but will return with my “Picks of the Week” this weekend. I’m also going to work on a “2008 Wrap-up” post, so please leave a comment on what you thought the biggest sports [...]
23
Dec
Tweet I will admit right up front that I am biased, since I was part of the marching and pep bands while in college, but having a live marching band and pep band at college sporting events is a valuable part of the gameday experience. This includes pregame shows (think of the tuba player dotting [...]
22
Dec
Tweet Since we are in the midst of the holiday season, I was thinking about the different holidays there are throughout the year, and how some leagues and teams have tried to “own” a specific holiday by associated their product with it. They can do this through special events, or my featuring must-see games on [...]
20
Dec
Tweet Here are my quick picks for this week: Book: “Ball Four” by Jim Bouton- There is no question that performance enhancing drugs have been an important part of the sports landscape over the past couple of years, but this book shows a bit of their history. Bouton got “blacklisted” from baseball for this tell-all [...]
18
Dec
Tweet That’s right, this is officially the 100th post for TheBusinessOfSports.com. I’m excited that the site is continuing to pick up steam, and I hope that all of you find the posts informative and entertaining. One of the things about blogs that I find interesting and challenging is how quickly the content ages. Someone can write [...]
17
Dec
Tweet Normally when you wish someone a happy birthday, you call them, send them a card, or for the more Internet-focused, you send an e-card or write on their “wall.” Well, what if you have a larger-than-life public figure that hundreds and thousands of people would like to say happy birthday to? That is the [...]
