This post is courtesy of guest blogger Adam Sherlip: The significance of the USA beating the USSR in 1980 isn’t as impactful today as it was in the 80s.  Many Russians are among the best and most popular players in the NHL.  Alex Ovechkin is a superstar that has singlehandedly made Washington, D.C. into a [...]

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I’m sure you’ve all noticed that I always have a poll running on the right side of the page. If you don’t already, please vote! I try to change the poll every 1-2 weeks and the results can be quite interesting. On that note, here are the results from some of the recent polls, which I [...]

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I’ve written about how the economy is impacting some of the major and minor professional sports leagues, but what about sport at a participation level?  I don’t think the economy is keeping kids and adults from playing basketball, football, or baseball/softball.  However, the one participation sport that seems most vulnerable is golf.  Let’s think about some of [...]

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Here are my quick picks for this week: Book:  “The Education of a Coach” by David Haberstam - This book might not be viewed the same way after the video-taping controversy from last season, but it is still an incredibly interesting and education read on the development of a coach’s career and some of the evolution [...]

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Football Hits the Economic Wall – The NFL announced a 10-15% reduction in their staffing earlier this week, showing that even the most powerful league in sports is vulnerable to the economy.  They’ve also implemented salary/hiring freezes and are trying to slash expenses. Meanwhile, the AFL announced they may suspend operations for the 2009 season, [...]

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Rutgers Athletic Director is Fired - The original announcement was that Rutgers AD Robert Mulcahy was resigning, but he quickly responded that this was not the case. The end result is that he has been fired, effective December 31st. This is big news in the NJ area (where I live), since Mulcahy gets a lot of [...]

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Lots of sports business news over the last week that I haven’t had a chance to comment on yet, so here it goes: C.C. Sabathia signs with the Yankees for $161M – You can argue back and forth over whether the Yankees should spend so much on him, but there is little question that the [...]

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The third and final discussion panel that I attended at last Friday’s Princeton Sports Symposium was on “Sports Media & Technology.” The panelists were Steve Hellmuth (EVP of Operations and Technology, NBA Entertainment), Jon Litner (President, Comcast Sports Group), Burke Magnus (Senior VP of College Sports Programming, ESPN) and Bill Rasmussen (Founder, ESPN and Founding Partner, College Fanz [...]

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On Monday night, I recorded the first official TheBusinessOfSports.com podcast with my interview guest, Michael DiLorenzo, Director of Corporate Communications for the NHL.  You can actually follow Michael on Twitter (twitter.com/umassdilo).  We covered a wide range of topics, including: The use of social media in sports Communication strategies for the NHL, during and after the [...]

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The second discussion panel I attended at last Friday’s Princeton Sports Symposium was on “Sports Marketing & Sponsorships.” The panelists were Kathryn Carter (EVP, Soccer United Marketing), Gary Jacobus (Managing Director of Corporate Partnerships, USTA), Dan Mannix (Founder/CEO, LeadDog Marketing Group), Ben Sturner (Founder/CEO, Leverage Agency) and Frank Vuono (Co-Founder/Partner, 16W Marketing).  Here are some [...]

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