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While most of the country and the world adjusts to the changing policies of a new administration, the fitness industry is hoping to keep things moving along in finding ways to ensure Americans stay active and healthy, especially for a fast growing health, fitness and tech business that continues to boom even with obesity still …
The following was co-authored by Columbia student Maurice Eisenmann… We are now heading towards “March Madness,” and on college campuses, a growing number of schools big and small, another type of madness is breaking out; collegiate eSports madness. Collegiate eSports, that is eSports that will involve competition amongst American colleges, is moving to a …
The following was co-authored by Columbia student Matt Walker When you combine the energy and mindset of sports, technology and start-ups; an accelerator is born. Starting up a new business can be incredibly difficult. After all, it takes more than a great idea and a pocket full of dreams in order to disrupt markets and …
On Monday night ESPN again treated college football fans to the Megacast, the ability for everyone to watch the College Football Championship game from a host of angles and with a variety of both serious and casual commentary, all playing across the various cable and digital channels of “The Worldwide Leader.” As expected, you can …
The following was co-authored by Columbia student Maurice Eisenmann When the news broke that Argentinian National team star and Boca Juniors veteran Carlos Tevez would move to Shanghai and would become the highest paid soccer player in history, many people were surprised. After all, why would a Chinese team be willing to pay this record …
The following was co-authored by Columbia student Maurice Eisenmann. You can also listen to our eSports podcast here. Also there are many links worthwhile, as part of this little eSports education… If the last couple of months have made one thing clear to us, it’s that eSports are here to stay in some growing way …
For this week’s “Teaching Thursdays” we revisit our q and a with Dr. Josg Solonon, Principal of the Business of Sports (BOSS) School in New York… The question of how to motivate young people to be more engaged in education in the United States has been raised for decades. Standardized tests, core curriculum, better use …
The following was largely authored by Columbia student Maurice Eisenmann This week, Wesley Edens, co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, joined many of his colleagues and bought his way into an eSports team for $2.5 million. Over the past couple of months, the trend of traditional sports teams and their owners investing in eSports has reached …
For this edition of “Teaching Thursdays” we ask some of our colleagues at Columbia what they will be keeping their eye on for 2017. The Masters in Sports Management Program at Columbia, now just over 10 years old, is the only program in the Ivy League and is recognized as the number two program globally …
Last week the Sports Business Journal printed their annual directory of sports management programs in the United States alone, and listed a staggering 356 schools that are offering some kind of program. What the quality of the programs, who is teaching at these schools, and how are they helping students get jobs is up for …