If you’re pursuing a job in the sports industry, one of the most frustrating things you will hear from employers—that is, if you’re not prepared—are those two dreaded words: “Experience Required.” I always thought, “How in the world can I get experience, when the only employers hiring are those that require experience?” It never made sense to me. That…
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Washington Capitals Director of Digital Media Talks Social Media (VIDEO)
The Washington Capitals are well known in the sports world as being one of the more “technically” savvy teams in professional sports. There is no doubt that this is due to the fact that their owner, Ted Leonsis has a long history in the tech world as the former President of AOL and now majority…
How I Landed My Dream Sports Internship
A lot of materials, opinions, and publications exist regarding how to get a job in sports. However, most of them are not geared towards law students or lawyers. From my experience, law students are ambitious and often have a passion to work in sports. With legal positions in sports being so limited, it is extremely difficult…
Sportsbiz Weekly Buzz – 12.2.21
The Sportsbiz Weekly Buzz is a collection of articles curated by Sports Networker’s Online Marketing Coordinator – Steve Richards Sports Business How Much Is Linsanity Worth? “Lin is the flavor of the week on Madison Ave., a mover of the stock market and a catalyst for a countless number of business proposal pitches. ‘This has crossed…
Sportsbiz Weekly Buzz – 12.2.14
The Sportsbiz Weekly Buzz is a collection of articles curated by Sports Networker’s Online Marketing Coordinator – Steve Richards Sports Business ACC Expansion Will Pay Off In New TV Deal “ACC expansion will mean at least $1 million to $2 million a year in additional revenue for each of the conference’s existing schools, according to…
How To Get A Job In Sports with Kevin Cote, Asst. Dir Digital Marketing – Golden State Warriors
This interview is part of our Sports Jobs Interview Series where we talk with successful sports business professionals about their role in sports, how they got there, the role social media has played in their success, what a typical day looks like and advice they would give to sports business students looking to land their dream job…
Do You Want To Work In Sports? Learn From The Pros!
The Sports Industry is hugely competitive. If you throw your name in the hat for a highly sought after position, it’s like you will be up against 100’s (if not 1000’s of other applicants). So, how do you make sure that when the time comes, your name comes to mind and you land that dream…
Sportsbiz Weekly Buzz – 12.2.7
The Sportsbiz Weekly Buzz is a collection of articles curated by Sports Networker’s Online Marketing Coordinator – Steve Richards Sports Business Baseball, Not Football, Has the Super Salaries “Welker makes $2.5 million a year. That’s a great haul until you consider what a worker bee like Welker would make in a baseball uniform. There always has…
LIVE WEBINAR – How To Land Your Dream Job In Sports with Lewis Howes
At the beginning of January, we hosted a LIVE webinar on How To Land Your Dream Job In Sports! The response we received from the over 600 LIVE attendees was amazing. Here are some of the comments we received: I just felt like I had a lightbulb moment! – Melissa Best advice I have received…
Sportsbiz Weekly Buzz – 12.1.31
The Sportsbiz Weekly Buzz is a collection of articles curated by Sports Networker’s Online Marketing Coordinator – Steve Richards Sports Business Dodgers Sale: Moneyball Part II “Columbia Pictures’ Moneyball was nominated for a handful of Academy Awards on Jan. 24. At Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, across town from the studio where this box office…
Sportsbiz Weekly Buzz – 12.1.24
The Sportsbiz Weekly Buzz is a collection of articles curated by Sports Networker’s Online Marketing Coordinator – Steve Richards Sports Business IMG Worldwide Squashes Rumors of Being Up For Sale “I immediately contacted Jim Gallagher, Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications at IMG Worldwide. Gallagher quickly put the rumor to bed. ”There aren’t ANY conversations going on…
Sportsbiz Weekly Buzz – 12.1.17
The Sportsbiz Weekly Buzz is a collection of articles curated by Sports Networker’s Online Marketing Coordinator – Steve Richards Sports Business Bankruptcy is ‘Wreckage’ From Years Of Drinking By Steinberg, The Real-life Jerry Maguire “Leigh Steinberg calls them ‘checkout days,’ when he would drink vodka from morning until night, often straight from the bottle. Divorced and…