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The 10 Greatest Pro Sports Franchises in the World Plus One

I was reading an article in the Ottawa Sun the other day that listed the greatest pro sports franchises and thought that this might be a fun exercise. The Sun professed to consider only excellence...

Started in SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated • 11 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: new york yankees, detroit red wings, fc barcelona, ucla, tiger woods
Sports Business Carnival

The 8th edition of the Sports Business Carnival is now up at Take a Peck. Get over there and check it out.

Started in SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated • 11 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: blogs, blog carnival, sports business
The Hornets: Coming to a City Near You in 09

David Stern is a consummate marketer. He may have been trained as a lawyer and got his job because he used to the NBA general counsel, but he has kept it so long and earned the reputation he now has...

Started in SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated • 11 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: basketball, new orleans hornets, seattle sonics, nba
TBS to Operate NBA Digital Assets

The NBA has an extensive multimedia operation under the umbrella of NBA Entertainment. It includes the popular website nba.com, the digital cable and satellite network NBA TV (which is having...

Started in SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated • 11 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: tbs, nba tv, sports television, nba
FIFA and European Clubs Sign Peace Deal

After years of tension, nasty press conferences, threats and lawsuits, peace has come to European soccer. The big European clubs that comprised G14, the mathematically challenged group that...

Started in SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated • 11 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: soccer, uefa, fifa, g14
ESPN Buys Stake in NBA China

Forget all the hype about ESPN being independent journalist covering stories. If there ever was any semblance of journalistic integrity in the operations of ESPN, the recent actions of the corporate...

Started in SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated • 11 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: china, sports television, nba, espn
2008: The Webcast Olympics

If you are like me, you have grown a bit tired of the tape-delayed Olympics broadcast by NBC over the last several Olympiads. I know all about the time zone factor, but the suits at NBC give the...

Started in SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated • 11 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: beijing 2008, sports television, nbc, olympics, microsoft
NASCAR Scores Big Win Over Ky Speedway

A US District Court judge in Kentucky handed a big win to the Frances family in an antitrust battle with the Kentucky Speedway over the awarding of lucrative Sprint (formerly Nextel) Cup dates. ...

Started in SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated • 11 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: motorsports, sprint nextel, antitrust, kentucky speedway, sprint cup
College Basketball's Most Valuable School - Its' a Tobacco Thing

The North Carolina Tar Heels are undefeated and sitting atop both the AP and USA Today polls as the new year dawns and conference play opens in college basketball. The Heels are also atop another...

Started in SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated • 12 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: north carolina state university, duke univer, ncaa, college basketball, university of north carolina
WVU Sues Rodriguez for $4 Million Buyout

Rich Rodriguez began work as Michigan's new football coach today watching the Big Blue practice for their upcoming Capital One Bowl appearance against Florida. Back home in West Virginia, his former...

Started in SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated • 1 year ago • 0 responses
Tags: college football, football, rich rodriguez, university of michigan, west virginia university