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When baseball disappears from the screen (even the small screen), fandom suffers

When baseball disappears from the screen (even the small screen), fandom suffers

Major League Baseball is already planning what its official websites will look like during a lockout. According to a confidential 34-page memo,...

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Ryan Baldwin

How war and anti-Americanism abroad might affect 2028 Olympics

How war and anti-Americanism abroad might affect 2028 Olympics

To date, little has been publicly said about how the war between the United States, Israel and Iran could affect LA28, the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los...

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Arthur Solomon

ESPN has plenty of runway for ‘re-imagineering’

ESPN has plenty of runway for ‘re-imagineering’

Recently, we profiled emerging sports media powerhouses YouTube and Amazon. But there’s still only one ESPN. It has the strongest rights portfolio,...

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Ed Desser And John Kosner

The riskiest gamble in F1 broadcasting isn’t on track limits or pit strategy

The riskiest gamble in F1 broadcasting isn’t on track limits or pit strategy

Formula 1 racing has experienced an unprecedented explosion in global popularity. This surge in viewership has brought unprecedented scale to the...

06.11.2026 6

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Dhaval Ponda

College sports needs rules, but Congress should understand what its bill would mean for athletes

College sports needs rules, but Congress should understand what its bill would mean for athletes

I’m a regular legal analyst on sports radio, and I’ve been saying essentially the same thing about college sports since name, image and likeness...

05.11.2026 8

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Aron Solomon

It’s PSL season in stadium finance

It’s PSL season in stadium finance

With both the NFL and fall pumpkin spice latte season in full swing, stadium finance is again welcoming a different kind of PSL — personal seat...

04.11.2026 7

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Ben Munguia

Who owns the No. 7 jersey? Group licensing is college sports’ unfinished IP business

Who owns the No. 7 jersey? Group licensing is college sports’ unfinished IP business

Five years into the NIL era, the college sports debate has centered on pay: revenue-sharing caps, third-party deals and the Protect College Sports Act...

02.11.2026 6

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Doug Masters And Seth Rose

The fans who helped build women’s sports may be the fans most threatened by their success

The fans who helped build women’s sports may be the fans most threatened by their success

In August, I attended the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift (TdFFaZ, for short), a race that has become one of the biggest events in women’s cycling...

02.11.2026 8

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Liz B. Delia

The supercomputer dynasty: Why your small-market Cinderella story is extinct

We love small-market miracles. We love the scrappy franchise from a mid-sized city knocking off a global powerhouse with twice the payroll and three...

30.10.2026 9

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Neil Sahota

Clippers scandal a cautionary tale for teams testing the boundaries

The NBA season has started, and Kawhi Leonard was officially traded to the Toronto Raptors. Although the Los Angeles Clippers and the Raptors agreed...

29.10.2026 10

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Melinda Roth And Jared Ryback

Brazil is the NFL’s next real bet — and how it gets funded will determine outcome

The NFL has tried to go global for decades, with mixed results. But 2024 marked something different: After years of testing the market, the league...

28.10.2026 9

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Felipe Rosas

The reuse era has entered the arena

Most people don’t read sustainability reports, but they do watch sports. Every week, millions of people walk through the gates of stadiums and...

27.10.2026 10

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Michael Kraus

Why the future of sports streaming relies on old-school TV

The 2026 NFL season has already drawn tens of millions of viewers across platforms. The season opener on NBC and Peacock saw 25.1 million viewers, and...

26.10.2026 10

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Conrad Clemson

In-venue watch parties: An affordable pathway to fandom

The best Stanley Cup tickets in Raleigh this year cost just $10; the most expensive cost well over $1,000. But here’s the catch: The home team...

26.10.2026 9

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Davey Chadwick

Opinion: As honeymoon ends in Inglewood, communities see fallout from billionaire tactics

For years, Inglewood looked like the ultimate sports-and-politics success story. A city of roughly 100,000 people, historically Black and Latino,...

23.10.2026 10

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Gloria Zuurveen

As honeymoon ends in Inglewood, communities see fallout from billionaire tactics

For years, Inglewood looked like the ultimate sports-and-politics success story. A city of roughly 100,000 people, historically Black and Latino,...

23.10.2026 10

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Gloria Zuurveen

Baseball’s CBA deadline puts sponsorship teams on the clock this winter

With Major League Baseball’s collective-bargaining agreement set to expire on Dec. 1, there is impending doom circling the heads of everyone in...

22.10.2026 10

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David Oxfeld

Women athletes adapted long enough — now they’re redesigning recovery

For decades, women athletes have done what women have always done in sports. Adapted. They trained within systems built around male physiology. They...

21.10.2026 30

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Maria del Rio

United States riding new wave of sports diplomacy

Sports diplomacy is still a new concept to many. Many people have circled around the idea but many professionals in the field have not heard of the...

20.10.2026 10

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Samuel Hymes

When the game ends, who are you?

The last game wasn’t the hardest day. The hardest day came weeks later, when I woke up with nowhere to be. No practice. No teammates. No season to...

19.10.2026 10

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Michal Mrázik

From pipeline reviews to performance coaching: The shift sports sales leaders must make

Walk into any team’s sales office during the season and you can watch the same meeting happen. The manager pulls up the pipeline. Each seller walks...

19.10.2026 10

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Lance Tyson

Why are challenger brands putting athletes on the cap table?

For years, the economics of celebrity endorsement were relatively straightforward: A company paid an athlete or celebrity, and in return received...

16.10.2026 10

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Mauricio Rios

The price of a name: What HBCUs are selling in college football’s new economy

There has always been an understood bargain in college football. A wealthy program invites a smaller, less-resourced institution to its stadium, pays...

15.10.2026 10

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Aashir Nasim

The talent opportunity hiding in plain sight

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. In sports, that should prompt a conversation that extends beyond who gets to play. It...

14.10.2026 10

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Jennifer O'Brien

The best sponsors don’t just activate properties — they help grow them, even the biggest ones

Brand ROI hangs over every sponsorship deal. Fair enough. It’s a business transaction. But the best sponsors ask something else, too: What value can...

13.10.2026 10

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Shaun Clair

Growth is still good for women’s sports, but connections are more important

It’s hard to ignore both the noise and momentum surrounding women’s sports. New leagues, bigger media deals, and more brands leaning into...

12.10.2026 10

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Ashley Brantman

Private equity is here. What happens next?

Does the thought of private equity investors buying into big-time sports bug you? Does reading about it trouble your comfortable view of sport as a...

12.10.2026 20

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Rick Burton And Norm O'Reilly

Disney isn’t the competition — it’s the blueprint for fan experience

Before my daughter Scout ever set foot on a cruise ship, she got a phone call from Mickey Mouse. It was automated, nothing personalized about it; just...

09.10.2026 10

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Travis Apple

Who is bargaining for the college athlete?

College sports may have found a way to build something that looks a lot like the framework of a collective-bargaining agreement without actually...

08.10.2026 20

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Emanuel Brown

The pit lane is the future of work, and most companies aren’t ready for it

Across many weekends in any given year, in cities from São Paulo to Monaco, a small group of people sit in front of dozens of screens and make...

07.10.2026 10

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Jeff Dodds

SMU AD: Let’s eliminate college football’s flawed preseason rankings

This past weekend was another reminder of the gloriously unpredictable world of college football. Alabama, ranked No. 7, smashed No. 16-ranked...

07.10.2026 20

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Damon Evans

The data gold rush: Mining universities’ hidden treasure

Most college athletics revenue streams are obvious and transactional. “Set it and forget it.” Your MMR partner sells sponsorships and takes a fee....

06.10.2026 400

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Bruce Lefkowitz

Changing the game: The value of the ‘beyond the broadcast’ ecosystem

With NFL season in full swing, all eyes once again turn to the biggest live game broadcasts: “Sunday Night Football,” “Monday Night Football,”...

05.10.2026 350

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Jay Kaufman And Elizabeth Potash Zapata

New book connects the dots on sports media industry’s inner workings

Three years ago, while walking to dinner before the first NBA Cup, Ed posed a question: “Should we write a book?” John loved the idea. Together,...

05.10.2026 30

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Ed Desser And John Kosner

The hidden M&A story in the Protect College Sports Act: Media rights, consolidation and antitrust

The Protect College Sports Act, passed by the Senate on Sept. 28 by a 77-22 vote, raises an interesting question for sponsors, broadcasters and...

01.10.2026 30

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Will Lavery

An optimistic view of MLB labor negotiations

Pessimism, doom, inevitability. These sentiments describe how most fans and pundits view the likelihood of a work stoppage when Major League...

30.09.2026 20

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Larry A. Silverman

To save pro sports from tanking, EVERYONE has to gamble

The WNBA caused an unwanted kerfuffle this summer. After a social media post featuring Angel Reese and Paige Bueckers making a low-stakes (but real...

29.09.2026 10

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Rick Miller

Youth sports has a new competitor — it isn’t another league

At the end of every i9 Sports game, parents line up on both sides of the field and form a tunnel. Every kid runs through it, the most talented and the...

28.09.2026 20

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Rob Price

International exposure isn’t enough when building the next generation of global sports talent

In June, I argued in Sports Business Journal that the global game has outpaced the talent pipeline. Sports organizations are expanding across borders,...

28.09.2026 20

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Matt Difebo

The clock is running: What a baseball work stoppage could actually cost the sport

Assume it is February 2027. Spring training was supposed to begin three weeks ago. It has not. The lockout that began after the collective bargaining...

24.09.2026 30

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Mark Salah Morgan

The Moneyball decision that pitted gut against analytics — and how it applies beyond baseball

Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from “The Five-Tool Team: Bringing Out the Best in People to Make Better Decisions,” by Ricardo...

23.09.2026 30

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Ricardo Valerdi