Welcome to the 2020 SportBusiness Postgraduate Rankings.
Joe Favorito | The importance of storytelling in sports marketing – and education
Joe Favorito has over 35 years of strategic communications, marketing, business development and public relations expertise in sports, and teaches a course on these subjects and more at Columbia University. The third edition of his book, Sports Publicity: A Practical Approach, was published earlier this year.
Jim Kahler, Ohio University | Sports gambling education – the time has come
In July 2020, Jim Kahler stepped down as executive director of the AECOM Center for Sports Administration at Ohio University, after 15 years in the role. Starting in the 2020-21 academic year, Jim will become the school’s first director of sports gambling education, and writes here about the importance of strong education and partnerships as the betting sector continues to open up in the United States.
MLS brings in University of South Carolina as new official education partner
Major League Soccer has announced a multiyear partnership with the University of South Carolina, which has been designated an official education partner of MLS
Entries open for 2021 SportBusiness Postgraduate Course Rankings
Entries are now open for the 2021 edition of the SportBusiness Postgraduate Course Rankings, the world's leading survey of the best degrees in sport management and administration
Round-Up: Wenger suggests World Cup every two years, Tony Fernandes interested in MFL president role, and more
Arsene Wenger, Fifa's chief of global football development, suggested hosting the World Cup and European Championships every two years and compressing qualifiers into a smaller number of windows - Reuters
Round-Up: Fifa opens CWC ticket sales, Indonesian Liga 1 decision today, Chinese tennis warns players against travel, and more
Fifa is offering Visa credit card holders in Qatar access to a special presale of Club World Cup tickets, for the competition that starts on February 4
Veloce looks towards further expansion with latest pre-IPO funding round
Rupert Svendsen-Cook, chief executive of motorsport technology group Veloce, tells SportBusiness about the company's plans to launch an IPO and how the events of 2020 have fast-tracked some of its ambitions.
Mark Abbott on the start of Major League Soccer’s 26th season
In this week's episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Mark Abbott, Major League Soccer president and deputy commissioner. Eric and Chris also discuss National Football League’s recent trio of official sports betting partnerships, the developing effort of former Major League Baseball superstar Alex Rodriguez to buy the National Basketball Association’s Minnesota Timberwolves, TrillerNet’s acquisition of combat sports-focused media company FITE, and rising tension between US media networks and Nielsen Media Research.
Executive Insights | Media-rights acquisition in the USA
The first in a new series of webinars from SportBusiness University, Executive Insights give sports business and sport management students an exclusive and unrivalled look at how leaders across the business …
McConaughey’s star power helps Austin FC make immediate MLS splash
MLS expansion team drawing huge buzz thanks to the excitement of Austin, Texas, finally becoming a major league sports town and the global profile of minority owner and noted actor Matthew McConaughey. Bob Williams reports.