(This is a guest article by Richard Burgunder) Over the past couple of years, competitive trail running in the USA has gone from an underground community of extreme athletes to an immensely popular extreme sports venue. Currently, trail running and off-road triathlon are considered the sixth most popular extreme sports in the USA, only behind…
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Top 10 Resources for Sports Management Students
You are a Sports Management student. You picked out the best school and you have been studying hard to work toward your graduation day. But when the day comes when you are thrust in the real world, will you have the tools you need to make it in the sports industry? How well do you…
Wonderlic Test vs. a Player’s True Potential
At every scouting combine, the Wonderlic Test is given to would-be NFL players. Is this test really just a basic intelligence test and does a players potential depend on the results? 50= highest possible score, superior intelligence 21= average intelligence 14= equivalent to unskilled worker Below 14= moron Let’s take a few quarterback examples from…
PLAYOFFS?! Yes, I’m Talking About the Playoffs!
I am, by no stretch of the imagination, a fan of hockey. While I absolutely love most sports (e.g. basketball, baseball, football, golf, tennis), hockey is one sport I’ve never been able to get into. However, last Saturday during Game One of the second round Boston Bruins vs. Philadelphia Flyers, you wouldn’t have known the…
Are the Baltimore Orioles Relevant Again?
(This is a guest article by Stephen Lombardo) A question like this has not been asked for more than a decade. They have had plenty of talent come in and out of their organization over the past few seasons. Now that we have entered a new decade, I believe that it is time to look…
All About Sports Agents
The role and compensation of a sports agent is often misunderstood by the public. A sports agent’s job is to market the athlete or the products associated with that athlete to promote the athletes career. The agent works to negotiate contracts that are in the best interest of the athlete. What we don’t see is…
Hockey Hall of Fame Great: Luc Robitaille
An interview with hockey hall of fame great Luc Robitaille. Gregg Miller met up with Luc, who now is President of Business Operations for the Los Angeles Kings at their facility in El Segundo, CA. Luc talks openly about his transitions in hockey. He played most of his career with The Kings, yet got traded somewhere…
Interview with Coach Steve Lavin
My exclusive interview with Steve Lavin, former UCLA Men’s head basketball coach and ESPN college basketball analyst. He is now the new head coach at St John’s University in NYC. Steve and I have known each other for 14 years. I sat down with Steve at his home in Marina del Ray, California to discuss…
Interview with Tom Kansaro, NFL
Do you ever wonder who is responsible for all the communications between players and coaches on the sideline and in the press box? What about the stadium video board and all of the stadiums sound systems? Tom Kansaro is one of 32 people across the NFL who handles this massive job. Check out his interview…
Interview with Director Ron Shelton
Gregg Marc Miller interviews director Ron Shelton, a legendary film maker of classic sports films such as Bull Durham, White Men Can’t Jump, and Tin Cup. Set in the comfortable surroundings of Santa Monica California, Gregg gets up close and personal with Ron about his time as a minor league baseball player and discuss Tiger…
Leverage Agency Named Sports Business Awards 2010 Finalist
Congratulations to our friends at Leverage Agency for being named finalists in the 2010 Sports Business Awards. They were nominated for a “Best in Best in Property, Consulting, Sales and Client Services,” along with four other companies. The awards show is being hosted by SportsBusiness Journal and SportsBusiness Daily for the third year and will…
Show Me the Money: Business of Football
“Show me the money”, was perhaps the most remembered line from the classic movie Jerry Maguire, delivered by Cuba Gooding Jr., who played a talented, over-zealous football player, waiting for the right contract. Besides the cross-fire of personal character dynamics in the movie, it brought to light the stark reality that football really is a…