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SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated


The Blink of an Eye

Do you know how long a 91 mile per hour fastball takes to travel from the pitcher to the plate? It takes less than one-half second. Imagine that. You have that blink of an eye to react and decide...

Started in SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated • 2 years ago • 0 responses
Tags: sports, baseball, mlb, kansas city royals, adam greenberg
March Madness Day One

One of the great joys of watching the first two days of the tournament is constantly bouncing from one game to the next -especially if the game you're watching turns into a blowout. I sat down today...

Started in SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated • 2 years ago • 0 responses
Tags: sports, cbs, march madness, college basketball, university of louisville
CBS and March Madne$$

CBS announced several weeks ago that it had sold over 95% of its advertising inventory for the entire broadcast of the upcoming NCAA tournament. That means that the tournament is essentially sold...

Started in SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated • 2 years ago • 0 responses
Tags: sports, ncaa, sports television, march madness, college basketball
CBS Update

I complained about CBS leaving me with an analog broadcast of the Louisville-Stanford game yesterday (which was followed by the same with the Kentucky-Villanova game tonight). A reader pointed me to...

Started in SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated • 2 years ago • 0 responses
Tags: cbs, sports television, march madness, hd
This Week's Sign of the Apocalypse

It appears that there is nothing beneath ESPN in its desperate search to fill up the ever expanding universe of programming hours of its multiple channel universe. The latest evidence of that is...

Started in SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated • 2 years ago • 0 responses
Tags: espn, sports television
Potential Hitch in Penguins Arena Funding

The Pittsburgh Penguins new arena funding plan is an intricate web of state, local and private money stitched together with revenue derived from new casinos being built in Pittsburgh and throughout...

Started in SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated • 2 years ago • 0 responses
Tags: hockey, pittsburgh penguins, nhl, stadiums
In Georgia, an Upscale RV Parking Lot for UGa Fans

In SEC country, the RV isn't just a redneck symbol (which I'm linking to despite Warren's lack of a link to me) it's a way of life and real estate developers in Athens, Georgia believe it may just be...

Started in SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated • 2 years ago • 0 responses
Tags: university of georgia, college football, sports marketing
Instant Replay Coming to Soccer - Sort of

It looks like instant replay will be making its debut in professional soccer in the near future. The English Premier League is making plans to introduce electronic goal line technology for use in...

Started in SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated • 2 responses • Last response by bluewings (2397) • 2 years ago
Tags: sports, fifa, premier league, soccer, instant replay
Battle of the Titans: Ma Bell Sues NASCAR

NASCAR stands out among professional sports in this country for its relentless promotion of its sponsors. Its cars are plastered with sponsors' logos over seemingly every square inch of surface...

Started in SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated • 2 years ago • 0 responses
Tags: sports, att, jeff burton, sponsorship, nascar
Trouble for Bengals? NFL To Toughen Conduct Policy

The NFL is about to announce a significant upgrade to its policy on personal conduct, which could be bad news for fans of the Cincinnati Bengals, Tank Johnson and Pacman Jones. Commissioner Roger...

Started in SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated • 2 years ago • 0 responses
Tags: sports, pacman jones, roger goodell, nfl, cincinnati bengals