Business of Sports sources

[LadyStanley]

Some sources (mainly paywalls) for information on the business of sports I've encountered:

Wall Street Journal The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) | Twitter (some paywall)

Forbes (which includes many sports related rankings by leagues)

Bloomberg (some paywall)

The Atheletic sports biz The Athletic (@TheAthleticBIZ) | Twitter (Paywall articles; three free/month through downloading app)

Sports Business Journal/Daily Sports Business Journal (@sbjsbd) | Twitter (Paywall articles)

Many cities/regions have their own business journal (related to above, sometimes paywall)

Darren Rovell Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) | Twitter

Sports & Betting law Law360 (@Law360) | Twitter (Paywall)
Decent source for lawsuit summaries of what's happening around the US

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[LadyStanley]

Major network sports news:

Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games

NBC Sports

Fox Sports

Sports Illustrated

ESPN

 

[LadyStanley]

List of Major League Baseball principal owners - BR Bullpen
MLB ownership (includes date and purchase price)

List of NBA team owners - Wikipedia
Wikipedia NBA owner list

List of NFL franchise owners - Wikipedia
Wikipedia NFL owner list

 

[Ben Grimm]

The (Name of Sport) Reference sites are good sources of contract and salary cap information.

 

[LadyStanley]

What a Canceled Season Costs the NBA, MLB, NHL and Other Leagues

Taking the data from Forbes, etc., for NBA, MLB, NHL, NFL teams, they summarize:

Franchise value
Revenue
Revenue/home game
Gate receipts (annual, per game)
Ticket price (TMR alert)
Merchandise/concession revenue (annual, per game)
Income (annual, per game)
Major sponsors


Nice summary.

 

[LadyStanley]

Baseball:
Major League: Major League Baseball (MLB)
Commissioner: Rob Manfred; deputy commish: Dan Halem

Union: MLBPA (Handles MLB and MiLB players)
Executive director: Tony Clark

Major league Officials: Major League Baseball Umpires Association (MLBUA)

Minor leagues: Minor League Baseball (MiLB) (Triple A, Double A, Class A/Advanced -- 160 teams, 17 leagues)
President/CEO: Pat O'Conner

Minor league officials: Association of Minor League Umpires (AMLU)

Basketball
League: National Basketball Association (NBA)
Commissioner: Adam Silver

Union: National Basketball Players Association (NBPA)
Executive director: Michele Roberts

Women's Major League: Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)

Minor league: NBA G League
Minor league: NBA 2K league

Football (US)
League: National Football League (NFL)
Commissioner: Roger Goodell

Union: NFL Players Association (NFLPA)
Executive Director: DeMaurice Fitzgerald Smith

Officials: NFL Referees Association (NFLRA)

Soccer (US)
League: Major League Soccer (MLS)
Commissioner: Don Garber

Union: MLS Players Association (MLSPA)
Executive Director: Bob Foose

 

[LadyStanley]

Author Mayo talked to MLB scouts about the business. Write a book. This is podcast that he talks about his process and gathering information
Check out this Podcast: Jonathan Mayo Discusses: Smart, Wrong, and Lucky https://player.fm/1BeSAeH

 

[LadyStanley]

Podcasts

Almost every team seems to have one or more team-centric podcasts be it from the team or fan driven.

Major pundits also have their podcasts.

Women's sports

Good Game with Sarah Spain (M-F)

TSN She's Got Game (weekly; I see the pod on Saturday)