Risk is fundamental to the world of sports. Athletes risk injury and, in some cases, death for fame and riches. Coaches expose family members to media scrutiny and fan antagonism. Front office personnel work on short-term contracts, moving like nomads across the country to stay in business. And team owners […]
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Why Sports Agents Matter
I don’t have an agent. You don’t have an agent. Your parents, siblings, and friends don’t have agents. Yet seemingly everyone you read about in the sports industry has one. And it’s not just athletes, right? Executives in the team front offices, coaches, sportscasters, writers, and many others pay someone […]
A Fork in the Road to a Sports Job
Many of us grew up playing high school ball, while a gifted few experienced the thrill of college athletics. But nearly all kids dream of hitting buzzer-beaters in Madison Square Garden, crushing home runs into the Wrigley Field bleachers, and catching touchdown passes in frigid Lambeau Field. Only a select […]
A Perfect Pair: Sports and Social Media
Social media isn’t new—Facebook and Twitter are a decade old, and Instagram and Pinterest are celebrating their five-year anniversaries. The next wave of social media apps, like Vine and Snapchat, are gaining popularity too. Millions of people from all generations share, like, post, pin, and tag multiple times a day. […]
The Business of Mayweather-Pacquiao
Fight fans presumed the chances of a Mayweather-Pacquiao showdown lay somewhere between slim and none on the spectrum of possibility. The two-horned unicorn doesn’t exist. The Bigfoot will never be seen. The Loch Ness Monster was only photographed as a shadow. But it’s happening. On May 2nd at the MGM […]
Philly: A Tough Sports Town
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania doesn’t hold the sex appeal of California, the buzz of New York, or the Lone Star State’s ruggedness. It isn’t part of New England yet doesn’t identify with the Midwest or Southeast. While it lacks a strong identity, The Keystone State—the geographic wedge in the east […]
The Business of Spring Training Baseball
by featured blogger Niral Patel On the east coast, Midwest, and across the Rocky Mountains, snow shoveling has replaced baseball as the new national pastime. Maybe that’s an exaggeration though it feels fair in the midst of another chilly, snowy winter season. But our hearts warm whenever a fellow fan […]
Where our Sports Commissioners Came From
There are thousands of jobs in sports available across the nation. Account executives, writers, video producers, agents, coaches, marketers, scouts (and more!) help run the sports organizations we root for. These professionals are part of an exclusive club. You work (or will work) in the sports industry, an exciting, fast-paced […]
Mile High City Sports
Located a mile above sea level, Denver, Colorado, is a spectacularly rare city. Situated at the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River, Denver is often described as urban sophistication meets outdoor adventure. Check out a few pictures of the cityscape, and you’ll realize that it’s one of […]
Sponsorship Matchmaking in Sports
Fans cheer the walk-off home run, hoot and holler for a game-winning free throw, and go crazy over a playoff hat trick. As true fanatics, these monumental moments in sports ingrain themselves in our memories. But in the background—on television and across the arena—are words and images that help pay […]
