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The Top News In #Sportsbiz is a collection of articles curated by Sports Networker’s Lead Writer – Mark Burns Sports Business New Era’s Sales Surge In First Year of NFL Contract For 88 years, America’s own cap company, New Era, has been providing headwear to sports fans across the globe. With its history firmly rooted in Major…
Sports writers come from all walks of life. Young and old… new and experienced. Readers often find articles or blogs written by journalists, industry professionals, bloggers, fans and anyone else that may have an interest in a particular sports topic. For an aspiring sports writer who wishes to succeed and become credible as a sports…
When you attend a big sporting event like the NCAA Final Four or the Super Bowl, for example, you might forget that there’s a laundry list of people working behind the scenes to put on the event. Even for regular season games in the NBA or NFL, there’s people working together to make sure the…
In the week leading up to the NFL Draft, teams really start to get a good feel for which players will be available in the first round around the position of their pick. Before trade talks commence indicating interest in trading positions in the Draft to acquire the player(s) most coveted, teams first try to…
The NHL Lockout is finally over and we want to highlight a team who has kept their fans engaged this whole time. When 2013 hit, and half the hockey season had gone by with no games, no one was actually sure if there would be an NHL hockey game played in 2013. NHL teams have…
We recently ran a Facebook Contest asking our audience who they thought was missing from Sports Business Journal’s “50 Most Influential People in Sports Business“. We received some great feedback and the people mentioned varied greatly from Mark Cuban (Owner – Dallas Mavericks) to Bruton Smith (CEO – Nascar). The annual list put together by SBJ includes a…
We asked you to tell us on Facebook who you thought was destined for greatness in the Business of Sports heading into 2013. The responses we received varied from current students to young professionals currently working in sports. And, even though we know that this is not an exhaustive list, these are some of the…
Are you on the fence about going for a graduate degree? This article is for you! We here at Sports Networker thought it would be interesting to debate the idea if receiving a masters degree or higher is essential to acquiring and maintaining a high ranking position in sports. We brought in two of our own authors,…
As Lewis Howes explained in his book, , networking on LinkedIn is very similar to networking in person. It’s based around creating relationships with others that allow them to sincerely feel like they 1) know you, 2) like you, and 3) trust you. Since the MLB Winter Meetings are known to be a prime networking location…
Sports media is certainly a well recognized niche sector within the larger sports industry. There are the larger media outlets like ABC, NBC, CBS Sports, and Fox Sports, with jobs with these particular companies as arguably some of the most sought after jobs in sports media. However, there are so many other additional job opportunities…
The Oklahoma City Thunder and Kia Motors recently announced a sports sponsorship agreement, making Kia the Official Automotive Partner of the Thunder. During the current season, Kia will sponsor the updated Kia Rewards Zone, which offers fans a game-night opportunity to win the final 50 pairs of tickets for every Thunder home game. For the 2013-14 campaign, Kia will…
The digital teams from the Pittsburgh Steelers and Dallas Cowboys have combined forces in a joint social media in sports initiative for Sunday’s game at Cowboys Stadium. The winner of the #socialshowdown will be determined by the team that accumulates the most combined Twitter followers and Facebook ‘Likes’ between now and the end of their…
