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SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated


Should the NHL Fear Russia?

There was an interesting article in the New York Times yesterday about the return of numerous Russian and European hockey players to Russia to play and the concerted efforts being put in by Russian...

Started in SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: hockey, nhl
How the SEC Got Rich

The Birmingham News has done an enormous favor for all college football fans who are interested in just how college football arrived in the sorry state in which it finds itself. In a series of...

Started in SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: big ten, college football, sec, ncaa, college basketball
Finally! IRL and Champ Announce Open Wheel Racing Merger

After 13 years of disastrous competition and weeks, no years, of on again, off again merger talks, officials of Indy Racing League and Champ Car announced the signing of an agreement in principle to...

Started in SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: champ car, indy racing league, auto racing
Developer Buys 1/2 of Dolphins

Wayne Huizenga decided it was a good time to start cashing out Now, coming off a 1-15 season, one can argue with his timing, but after getting an offer valuing the Dolphins at $1.1 Billion, which...

Started in SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: nfl, professional football, miami dolphins
Philly Gets MLS' 16th Team

According to an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer, a deal has been struck to award a MLS expansion franchise to Philadelphia. The team will play in an 18,500 seat, $115 million, soccer only...

Started in SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: soccer, mls
Goodell Gets Religion: Churches Get to Show SuperBowls

The NFL has finally seen the light and relented from the absolutely absurd policy that prevented churches from holding viewing parties for the Super Bowl. In a letter to Senator Orrin Hatch, NFL...

Started in SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: nfl, sports television, super bowl, professional football
Duke Lacrosse Players Sue the University

And now another shoe drops, as the 38 members of the 2006 Duke lacrosse team who were not charged in the now infamous case brought by the Durham District Attorney have filed suit against Duke in US...

Started in SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: duke, sports law, duke lacrosse
New York City to Shutter Off Track Betting

Thoroughbred racing in New York is in turmoil and the is only getting more chaotic by the day. Last week, the state legislature and Governor Elliott Spitzer announced a plan to extend the New York...

Started in SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: gambling, nyra, elliott spitzer, michael bloomberg, thoroughbreds
Premier League Abroad - Not So Fast

The English Premier League has proposed playing one match a year outside England in locations to be determined. This proposal was unanimously approved by the EPL owners and was developed following...

Started in SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: nfl, birmingham, english premier league, chelsea, bolton
Swoosh! Inside Nike

Is it because they got their clock cleaned at the World Cup last year by archrival Adidas? Is it because the world's best marketing opportunity dawns in a few short month's in China, that is, is it...

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Tags: sports television, nike