The Top News In #Sportsbiz is a collection of articles curated by Sports Networker’s Lead Writer – Mark Burns Sports Business NBA Commissioner Stern Estimates NBA Revenue Up To $5 Billion NBA Commissioner David Stern estimates revenue will be a record $5 billion in the current season, an increase of about 20 percent from the league’s last full season in…
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The Top News In #Sportsbiz – 11.05.12 – 11.12.12
The Top News In #Sportsbiz is a collection of articles curated by Sports Networker’s Lead Writer – Mark Burns Sports Business Astros Name 27-Year-Old David Stearns Assistant General Manager The Houston Astros have a new assistant general manager, and it’s David Stearns. This wouldn’t normally be huge news, but Stearns is only 27 years old. “David was highly recommended…
The Top News In #Sportsbiz – 10.29.12 – 11.05.12
The Top News In #Sportsbiz is a collection of articles curated by Sports Networker’s Lead Writer – Mark Burns Sports Business 10 NEXT Class Of 2012 SportsPro and the Ivy Symposium are delighted to announce the ten exceptional young sports executives that make up the 10 NEXT Class of 2012. The 10 NEXT was conceived as an award…
The Top News In #Sportsbiz – 10.22.12 – 10.29.12
The Top News In #Sportsbiz is a collection of articles curated by Sports Networker’s Lead Writer – Mark Burns Sports Business NBA Commissioner David Stern To Step Down Feb 1, 2014 David Stern’s long, storied, occasionally polarizing tenure as NBA commissioner will come to a close on Feb. 1, 2014, exactly 30 years after it began. When the…
The Top News In #Sportsbiz – 10.15.12 – 10.22.12
The Top News In #Sportsbiz is a collection of articles curated by Sports Networker’s Lead Writer – Mark Burns Sports Business New York Yankees: Possibly $100-Million Losers With Rodriguez’s Contract Now that the Yankees have been eliminated from the playoffs in one of the worst crash-and-burns in recent sports history, there is growing speculation that Alex Rodriguez…
The Top News In #Sportsbiz – 10.08.12 – 10.15.12
The Top News In #Sportsbiz is a collection of articles curated by Sports Networker’s Lead Writer – Mark Burns Sports Business Nationals Lose Out On Millions By Failing To Make World Series Early Saturday morning, minutes after his team suffered a devastating, season-ending loss to the St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo stood his…
The Top News In #Sportsbiz – 10.01.12 – 10.08.12
The Top News In #Sportsbiz is a collection of articles curated by Sports Networker’s Lead Writer – Mark Burns Sports Business NHL Agents Feel Pinch Of Labor Stoppage We hear it every time there is a labor dispute in pro sports: Millionaire players against mega-millionaire owners. That’s true again in the current NHL lockout, which is threatening…
3 Tips to Landing a Job in Sports Sales
A job in sales is the best way to break into the sports industry since the majority of jobs in sports have a revenue-generating function. For example, when I worked for the NBA’s Washington Wizards, the PR department consisted of three employees, the game operations department consisted of four people, and the marketing department consisted…
The Top News In #Sportsbiz – 09.24.12 – 10.01.12
The Top News In #Sportsbiz is a collection of articles curated by Sports Networker’s Lead Writer – Mark Burns Sports Business Cardinals Safety, Adrian Wilson, Owns Shoe Business The Cardinals are surprisingly undefeated after three games, and they beat Philly this past Sunday without five-time Pro Bowl safety Adrian Wilson. Impressive, since the 33-year-old was rated last…
The Top News In #Sportsbiz – 09.17.12 – 09.24.12
The Top News In #Sportsbiz is a collection of articles curated by Sports Networker’s Lead Writer – Mark Burns Sports Business $40-Million Loss Predicted For Vancouver If NHL Lockout Lasts A winter without the NHL will not only mean disappointed Canucks fans but millions of dollars in lost revenue for Vancouver’s many sports bars and hotels. “It…
The Top News In #Sportsbiz – 09.03.12 – 09.10.12
The Top News In #Sportsbiz is a collection of articles curated by Sports Networker’s Lead Writer – Mark Burns Sports Business Big 12 Strikes New Deal With ABC/ESPN, Fox The Big 12 Conference announced Friday it has reached an agreement on a 13-year media rights deal with ABC/ESPN and Fox. The deal is worth $2.6 billion, an…
The Top News In #Sportsbiz – 08.27.12 – 09.03.12
The Top News In #Sportsbiz is a collection of articles curated by Sports Networker’s Lead Writer – Mark Burns Sports Business 50 Years Of Fantasy Football: The Story Of Andrew Mousalimas With his grandson on one side and his son-in-law on the other, 87-year-old Andy Mousalimas chose Philadelphia Eagles running back LeSean McCoy with the first pick of…