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CFO July 15, 2011 Marielle Segarra |
Alive and Kicking As the world watches the Women's World Cup this month, the U.S. Women's Professional Soccer league hopes to draw in new fans. |
BusinessWeek November 26, 2007 Stanley Holmes |
Bend It Like...Blanco Cuauhtemoc Blanco, like Beckham, has amped up pro soccer's star power. Plus, he's pulling in Latino fans. |
BusinessWeek May 1, 2006 Stanley Holmes |
A Breakout Year For Soccer? Investors seem to think MLS has a big future. You be the judge. |
AskMen.com Steve Seepersaud |
Least Profitable Sports Leagues Many pro sports leagues are running in the red. Here's a look at some of the least profitable pro sports leagues in recent years. |
Sports Central December 17, 2006 Greg Wyshynski |
MLS Grows Up Lamar Hunt's dream of America as a Soccer Nation is still unfolding. But his vision of Major League Soccer as a professional sports league has become a reality. |
Sports Central October 19, 2011 Vito Curcuru |
How the Players Can Win the NBA Lockout The NBA players need to leverage their talent to win the lockout. |
AskMen.com Steve Seepersaud |
Most Profitable Sports Leagues The top five richest pro sports leagues. |
AskMen.com Steve Seepersaud |
Alternative Leagues Real pro wrestling... New SlamBall season coming soon... Arena Football team value skyrockets... Euroleague hoops immensely popular... |
Sports Illustrated June 7, 2000 Grant Wahl |
Garber talks Ten months after leaving the NFL to take over as MLS commissioner, Don Garber sat down with me in his Manhattan office on Tuesday for a wide-ranging discussion on MLS, its present and its future.... |
AskMen.com July 26, 2000 Mark Simmons |
Baseball Finances: Owners & Players Whether it's players asking for astronomical salaries, or owners complaining about million dollar losses, the public in general is bombarded with messages advertising the greed of owners and players alike. |
AskMen.com Lewis Helfand |
Strikes & Lockouts In Professional Sports Everything from ticket sales to stadium parking takes a significant hit when games are canceled. The strikes and lockouts listed below show just how much professional athletes, teams, and even leagues stand to lose when faced with a work stoppage. |
AskMen.com Simon Kuper |
3 Big Questions (And Answers) For Soccer In 2011 Question One: Will Jose Mourinho leave Real Madrid if he fails to take the Spanish title from Barcelona? |
AskMen.com Mark Simmons |
soccer betting What do we think about when high-budget sporting franchises come to mind? Baseball? Basketball? Hockey? Although all of these might be valid answers to the question, soccer should also be added to the list. |
AskMen.com Steve Seepersaud |
The Richest Teams In Professional Sports This article identifies the richest teams, and take a look at how much they earn, as well as the sources of those riches. |
AskMen.com Steve Seepersaud |
Most Profitable Sports Teams Which five squads were the most profitable sports teams in major professional sports during the 2005-06 seasons? Hint: it's not the Yankees or the Red Sox. |
Sports Illustrated July 18, 2001 |
Divided we stand There's a league for everyone these days. Declining TV ratings for individual sports are caused by an increase in choices. |
The Motley Fool January 12, 2007 Rich Duprey |
Soccer Bends It for Beckham Major League Soccer bends its rules to crank up Brand Beckham. |
Salon.com August 22, 2001 Allen Barra |
Stop bad-mouthing baseball Sentimental sports columnists moan about its demise, even though the facts don't support their arguments... |
Outside June 2008 Mark Anders |
Turf Battle U.S. soccer fans are turning to homegrown hero Taylor Twellman, the New England Revolution's 28-year-old striker. |
Sports Central February 25, 2008 Jon Gonzales |
Happy 25th, USFL! (Or What Could've Been) Had the United States Football League continued down the path it was blazing, and had a few breaks gone its way, it likely would have survived to today. |
AskMen.com February 5, 2003 Mark Simmons |
Why The NFL Is So Fantastic As the NFL powers into the 21st century, it is head and shoulders above all other professional sports circuits. It is firing on all cylinders; both in terms of financial metrics and public relations goodwill. |
AskMen.com Troy St. Louis |
The Cost Of Owning Stadium & Arena Naming Rights Of the current 121 teams that play North America's top four pro sports games (baseball, hockey, football, and basketball), 83 teams have their home stadiums and arenas named after corporate sponsors. |
Sports Central July 3, 2004 Marc James |
The Naked Truth on Women's Hoops Despite its operational flaws, the WNBA does have a noteworthy history, being the only professional women's league to come close to a decade of continuous operation |
CFO September 1, 2004 Joseph McCafferty |
Hockey Fight A brawl over accounting -- not a salary cap -- could give the National Hockey League a black eye. But worse, will it cancel the 2004-2005 season? |
Sports Central April 4, 2006 Jeff Moore |
Does the CBA Mean RIP For NFL Fans? We no longer need to wonder about the NFL without a salary cap; now we need to wonder about the NFL with a salary cap. |
Sports Illustrated June 17, 2002 Phil Taylor |
No vacancy U.S. has no room for soccer on its full sports plate. |
Wired October 2009 Drake Bennett |
Stefan Szymanski and Stephen Ross: Bust Up Big League Sports In the current system, major league team owners are rewarded for mediocrity. How can we demand better? Make teams compete for a spot in the majors. |
AskMen.com Steve Seepersaud |
How Athletes Are Cultivated How do aspiring sports stars hone their talents so they're ready for the big time and the dollars that are up for grabs? How much money is involved in cultivating talent? |
Reason May 2005 Daniel McGraw |
Demolishing Sports Welfare Two court cases could mean the end of publicly funded stadiums. |
CFO May 1, 2009 Vincent Ryan |
"It Still Hurts When You Lose." In this economy, an NBA CFO has to make all the right moves. An interview with Charlie Mierswa, SVP and CFO, New Jersey Nets. |
CFO April 1, 2004 Tim Reason |
Squeeze Play Forget steroids. It's spending that has baseball in a bind. |
Salon.com July 23, 2002 King Kaufman |
Taking baseball owners at their word If competitive balance is the main issue in the contract talks, why does their main proposal address payroll imbalance? |
Salon.com June 27, 2002 Allen Barra |
If the U.S. won the World Cup An apocalyptic scenario involving Howard Cosell. |
HBS Working Knowledge June 11, 2014 Carmen Nobel |
In the Future of Sports Investing, Media is the Best Bet Sports investing is no longer just about buying teams and selling beer. Bob Higgins discusses why media, digital devices, and invention of fan-friendly sports are driving next-generation investors. |
Sports Central July 21, 2009 Corrie Trouw |
The American Premier League While a remarkable 18 teams were within five games of a playoff spot on Monday morning, such parity is more of a Bud Selig parlor trick than an exhibition of competitive balance. |
AskMen.com Rob Fox |
Thierry Henry Won't Save Soccer In America Beyond the money, it's difficult to see why a player of Henry's stature would want to compete in a league that's seen by many outside of North America as a golden retirement home for European and South American pros. |
CRM August 21, 2013 Leonard Klie |
CRM Comes of Age in the Age of Moneyball CRM Evolution panelists uncover the need to use CRM for more than just selling tickets. |
CRM September 2012 Leonard Klie |
The Numbers Game Sports teams struggle with collecting and analyzing data about their supporters. |
CFO Tim Reason |
Diamonds in the Rough Minor league baseball is afraid of becoming a victim of its own success... |
The Motley Fool November 9, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
DirecTV Touchdown The NFL continues to load up on broadcasting contracts. |
BusinessWeek July 19, 2004 Jack Ewing |
Can Football Be Saved? In Europe, football is more popular than ever -- but the losses keep mounting. What can be done to fix the business? |
Sports Central January 20, 2007 Greg Wyshynski |
The Booze, Banter, and Betting Theory A sport's popularity, on a professional or college level, can be directly linked to its fans' ability to debate it, bet it, or use it as the entrance point for a few hours of total inebriation. |
AskMen.com Steve Seepersaud |
Least Profitable Sports Teams A club will lose money when it overspends on high-priced players who don't deliver or because of flat-out mismanagement. Here are the five major pro sports teams that were the least profitable in 2005-06. |
AskMen.com Dave Golokhov |
David Beckham's MLS Team Since retiring from the sport, Beckham has been searching for the right place to land his MLS expansion team. According to some early reports, he's going to get a discounted rate of $25 million to start up the franchise in Miami. |
Sports Illustrated April 12, 2000 Grant Wahl |
Overbeck gets assist from Devers Soccer news: U.S. defender Carla Overbeck has Graves' disease... Why do some players star in the club game but flounder at the international level... special meeting Wednesday in Chicago with Fire coach Bob Bradley... etc. |
Salon.com December 20, 2000 Allen Barra |
The Alex Rodriguez FAQ Is he worth all that money? Will these giant contracts ever stop? Is salary inflation driving up ticket prices? Ruining baseball? (Short answers: Yes, no, no, no.) |
Salon.com May 30, 2002 Andrew O'Hehir |
The greatest show on earth It's World Cup time again -- when more than a billion people will be enthralled not just by the joy of victory and agony of defeat, but also by the mystery and despair that is championship soccer... |
BusinessWeek April 29, 2010 Ryan Bradley |
Go Northwest, Young Man When he discovered hidden assets in an underserved market, Merritt Paulson gave Dad a call |
BusinessWeek February 10, 2011 |
Hard Choices: The NHL's Gary Bettman As the National Football League begins labor negotiations, the National Hockey League commissioner recalls his last lockout |
AskMen.com Simon Kuper |
Brazil Soccer Soccer players once fled Brazil for a better life; now, they're returning to play for home teams. |