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NBA Owners Ignore Lawsuits, Approve Sonics Move to OKC

Capping off a week of revelations and threats, the NBA Board of Governors today approved the move of the Sonics to that noted metropolitan area of Oklahoma City despite the continued existence of a...

Started in SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated • 5 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: professional basketball, seattle sonics, oklahoma city, nba
A NFL Stadium for LA that Works?

Real estate developer, billionaire and partner in the Staples Center, the Lakers and the Kings, Ed Roski today unveiled a proposal for a new stadium in the City of Industry, about 20 miles east of...

Started in SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated • 5 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: nfl, los angeles, stadium, professional football
Duke's Legal Team Goes 0-2

Duke just can't seem to get out of its own way when it comes to the lacrosse case. It seems to always make the wrong choice each and every time. Today, the mighty Blue Devils legal team went 0-2 in...

Started in SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated • 5 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: duke, mike pressler, duke lacrosse
Fantasy Fishing, Yes Fishing, For a $1,000,000

As if the Internet didn't already give you enough reasons to waste time, now comes along FLW Outdoors and fantasy fishing. If you can wildly guess which team of 10 fishermen each week will pull the...

Started in SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated • 5 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: fantasy sports
Final Four Coaches: Who Gains the Most?

Now that my brackets are all blown to hell and all four number ones have reached the Final Four for the first time, it's time to look at which coach stands to gain the most from his appearance there....

Started in SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated • 5 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: university of kansas, ucla, ncaa, college basketball, university of north carolina
Experts Say Tigers Win the World Series

Since Opening Day was yesterday, notwithstanding that bizarre two day series in Japan a week or so ago and Sunday's night's Nationals Park opener in our nations's capital, I thought I would bring you...

Started in SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated • 5 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: new york yankees, gambling, detroit tigers, chicago cubs, mlb
Debt Crisis Could Lead to NFL Labor Unrest

Further to last night's post on the impact of the auction rate debt crisis in sports, here comes NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell this morning citing the crisis as a factor in the owner's likelihood of...

Started in SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated • 5 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: nflpa, nfl, stadiums, roger goodell, professional football
Credit Crisis Hits NFL

The auction rate bond crisis now sweeping through the municipal bond markets has stuck the NFL particularly hard, although it has also taken a toll on stadiums in baseball. At least five states and...

Started in SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated • 5 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: nfl, indianapolis colts, stadiums, football, new orleans saints
Carnival of the NBA

The latest edition of the Carnival of the NBA is now up at Daily Basketball. Get over there and check it out.

Started in SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated • 5 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: blogs, basketball, carnival of the nba, nba
Will the Credit Crunch Mean No Brooklyn Nets?

The ramifications of the continuing credit crunch the nation is enduring are being felt throughout the economy and the sports world is not immune. Earlier, I discussed how it impacted the English...

Started in SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated • 6 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: basketball, new jersey nets, nba