Not enough sports fans grasp the uniqueness of Houston. Many believe Houstonians wear cowboy boots and hats, drive pickup trucks and eat too much steak and barbeque. And while that may be true, it only scratches the surface of Space City. The city’s visitor website sums it up well: Houston […]
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George Whitfield Jr. Fixing the NFL Crisis One QB at a Time
By Featured Blogger Niral Patel The NFL is in crisis mode. Not because it’s dealing with performance-enhancing drugs, heightened awareness of domestic violence issues, and yet another Patriots scandal, although none of that is helping Roger Goodell sleep at night. The supply of top-tier quarterbacks―heck, serviceable quarterbacks―is drying up at […]
Nike’s Phil Knight Was Born to Run
This is not the story of Phil Knight, as you know him. The billionaire co-founder of Nike, Inc. is known as many things — an entrepreneur, an iconoclast, a marketing genius, a philanthropist, the most powerful person in sports, and a rich, rich man. His tale as the head of the most […]
Next Evolution in Sports Betting
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 […]
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 […]
