This week on “Five for Friday” we discuss the purchase of Yankee Stadium seats, the irony of sponsoring Dale Earnhardt Jr., the Dallas Cowboys, the Cincinnati Bengals and a legal steroid in baseball. 1. The Biggest Loser: Dale Earnhardt Jr. - In many sports the best players or teams to market are those which are doing well. [...]

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In case you hadn’t seen this yet, the Wall Street Journal brought the four commissioners of the major U.S. sports leagues together for a special discussion panel on “The Future of Sports.”  You can read the full article on the panel at WSJ.com.  Several important topics were discussed, including: International growth of their sports Extending [...]

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This year, the NHL is going “big time” with their end of season awards by hosting an all-out awards show next month in Las Vegas.  Take a look at the image below which is from an email I recently received: I think this is a brilliant idea.  Right now, the only sports awards show in [...]

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If you are a fan of ESPN and the Sports Guy, then you’ve probably seen something lately about his interest in being the new general manager for the Minnesota Timberwolves.  This isn’t the first time that he’s asked to be considered for an open GM position (last year, he wanted an interview for the Bucks’ GM opening).  Just to have [...]

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Another week has flown by and so comes another “Five for Friday” article to deliver five of this week’s most interesting sports business stories. 1. College coaches are using Twitter to reach recruits - As this blog addressed on Monday, sports and Twitter have officially meshed. Professional sports teams have been slowly catching onto this rapidly [...]

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By this point, most people know that the Phoenix Coyotes have declared for bankruptcy and the team will end up being sold to someone.  Beyond that, the story gets interesting depending on who you ask and what perspective you’re looking at the situation from.  Here is a quick run down of the parties involved in this [...]

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We’ve scheduled our next official New York City Sports Business Networking event!  It is going to take place on Tuesday, May 26 starting at 6:30PM at the Galway Hooker pub (corner of 5th Ave. and 36th St. in Manhattan). Come out and network with other sports business professionals that work or live in the New York area. [...]

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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 [...]

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Today’s post is courtesy of guest blogger Brendan Wilhide, creator of the website Sportsin140.com which covers sports on Twitter and features the “Sports on Twitter” directory of confirmed athletes and teams: The number of professional sports teams on Twitter has exploded in the last six months. New teams join each week as word of Twitter’s use as a marketing [...]

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This week on “Five for Friday” we cover just how important sports business is to our president as well as how Major League Baseball, the National Football League and the National Basketball Association all have used the sale of apparel to further market their respective organizations. 1. House Hearing take aim at BCS:  Our nation’s leaders [...]

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