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The Background… A Fitness Club General Manager is responsible for the holistic operations of a fitness center, gym, or athletic club. The position demands both managerial prowess and a passion for fitness. Because if you don’t have the desire to inspire health and wellness, you won’t get the emotional reward […]

The Background… Some sports media analysts believe photojournalism—more specifically, sports photography—is a dying art form. With high-definition video and dozens of 24/7 sports channels readily available to fans, doubters suggest that still, images are quaint, bordering on the verge of extinction. But it’s a false prediction. Photojournalism remains prominent in […]

The Background… The electric atmosphere of a stadium is created through a collaborative effort by the players and home crowd, as well as some nicely-timed audio-visual effects. It’s this advantage that enabled NFL teams to post a nearly 60% winning percentage when playing at home from 2001 – 2011. Home […]

As sports fans, we’re all too familiar with the career arc of an athlete. The rare exception to the norm is an athlete who concludes his career on top, retiring a winner and a legend. In 1999, John Elway announced his retirement after leading the Broncos to a Super Bowl […]

If an athlete wants to stay at the top of his game, he not only has to practice and work out, but he also has to eat a well-balanced, healthy diet, or he can lose his edge. To ensure that this doesn’t happen, many professional teams employ sports nutritionists to […]

The Background… Money flows in all directions within the sports industry – teams collect big dollars for ticket sales and sponsorship deals while writing hefty checks for the stadium lease and travel budgets. The most important checks a team will write, however, are to the employees that make up an […]

The broadcasting industry is something many sports fans yearn to break into. It feels attainable in a way that becoming a point guard, general manager, or head coach does not. Broadcasters in the sports arena provide topical commentary on teams, coaches, players, and front-office personnel. The good, the bad, and, […]

A graduate law degree is not many things. It isn’t simple or cheap, nor is it a stress-free endeavor to earn. And it never leads to 40 hours a week, out the door at 5 o’clock career. A Juris Doctorate does bring with it the opportunity to creatively work within […]

Successful businesses can be high volume, flashy operations, or duly efficient productions.  Wherever it falls on the excitement spectrum, great companies truly define themselves by profitably selling products and services to consumers and business partners. And really, is there a better product to sell than sports? Not likely; sales professionals […]