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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 …
Have gift cards or exchanges left over for the holidays? Looking for something to read over the rest of the break or on the upcoming road trip. Here are a few that we read in 2016 and are worth a look going forward. Back from the Dead By Bill Walton A fun memoir from Bill …
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 compiled by Columbia student Matt Walker… “Working in sport, you learn how to delegate and surround yourself with good people. Sport truly is a team effort”. Former NBA Commissioner David Stern performed a Q&A interview with Sport’s Business Radio’s Brian Berger at The Player’s Tribune office in New York last week.. Students …
The week after Thanksgiving in New York always seems to be one of the last pushes for sports business in the calendar year. One of the key reasons is that Wednesday is always the March of Dimes Sports Luncheon. The brainchild of former CBS Sports President Neal Pilson and some other network heads, it is …
Yes we all know content is king, and live sports are the emperor, and Verizon, through all its sports partnerships, has access to integration in thousands of hours of live content for its subscribers, from the NFL to professional soccer. How do you create added value on top of that for a new platform like …
It used to be a simple act of passage for families every fall. A local farm would carve a simple maze into its now depleted cornfield and charge a few bucks for kids to roam around for a few hours, then have some cider and donuts and go into a field and pick a pumpkin …
This post, compiled by Columbia student Kelly Carroll, is another in a series from the Columbia University Sports Podcast, a 360-degree view of the sports business from the people leading it. Each podcast is approximately 35–45 minutes in length, and features industry insiders from all aspects of the business—from brand executives to startup founders to …
It may have not been the best kept secret, the announcement Monday of the 201 U.S. Men’s Basketball Team for the Rio Games, but the folks at USA Basketball, along with their partners like Nike and the NBA, found a way to officially break the news and give every member of the team literally a …