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There have been very few niche sports that have been able to crack through the big money and big challenges of the New York market. Beach volleyball, arena football, Olympic sports, indoor soccer, arm wrestling, tae kwon do, non-NFL branded football, MMA (outside of the still-banned UFC), indoor lacrosse, outdoor lacrosse, non-US Open tennis all …
So there it was with my copy of the Sports Business Journal this week, Red Bull’s new lifestyle magazine, Red Bulletin.. Lots of glossy photos (not one page without a Red Bull logo somewhere) and features of Red Bull sponsored events and athletes from around the globe. A great example in one publication of the …
New York’s Times Square has always been known as “The Crossroads of the World.” Millions have gathered there to celebrate the end of wars, New Year’s Eve, election results etc etc…the events that mark the passage of time. Even at its seediest in the 1960’s and 1970’s, Time Square was always a place known the …
This past week the Sports Business Journal had an extensive report of the financial failure of the World Boxing League, which limped home following its first season. The WBL launched last year with city by city team boxing, hoping to pit young stars trained in cities like Los Angeles and Miami against other global cities …
On April 2 it generated 45 percent of all page views on ESPN’s mobile platform, and over a million views in the United States alone. Its final was watched not by millions, but by billions around the world, and its professional league, which started just days after it's international final, saw sellout crowds, waves of …