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Advertisers Growing Concerns Over U.S. TV Sports Market
“Along with death and taxes, add spiraling sports costs to the certainties of life,” Michael McCarthy opens his Advertising Age commentary, reviewing the U.S. TV sports market and the advertisers...
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Gender Equality Key in Baseball-Softball Regaining Olympic Status
Gender equality, with concurrent men’s and women’s tournaments staged in the same arena, as in tennis, could be a key element in the campaign by Baseball and Softball to return to the Olympic Games in...
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NCAA Should Change Antiquated Transfer Rules and Allow Athletes to Switch...
Let’s come right to the point: It’s time to change NCAA transfer rules. The argument is old and simple: If coaches can come and go, regardless of contracts they signed, then athletes can leave, too. If...
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London Marathon: ‘We won’t be cowered’ by Boston Explosions
Britain’s Sports Minister Hugh Robertson has backed the 2013 Virgin London Marathon to go ahead as planned this Sunday, April 21 to send a message that the city “won’t be cowered” following the two...
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Wrestling Hires Consulting Firm to Restore Olympic Status
International management firm TSE Consulting have been appointed by the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA) to develop a strategic plan, which it hopes will help retain its...
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Software Tycoon Shoots for NBA to Become No. 2 Sport in India
With plans to promote the NBA in India in his mind, Vivek Ranadive, a software tycoon from Silicon Valley, Calif., who is vice chairman of the Golden State Warriors, is a key figure in the bidding war...
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Celebrate ‘Exercise is Medicine’ Month
Exercise is Medicine Month began May 1! Observed in conjunction with National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, communities throughout the United States will hold activities that recognize that...
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Big Sur International Marathon Responds to Events in Boston
The Big Sur International Marathon has always been a celebration of running. But, this year, after the events of April 15 at the Boston Marathon, it also became a celebration of the irrepressible...
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Bach Officially Confirms He Will Run for IOC President
Germany’s Thomas Bach today officially announced that he will be a candidate to replace Jacques Rogge as President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The announcement was made at a press...
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Singapore to Host WTA Championships from 2014 to 2018
The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has announced its end-of-season tour Championships will be staged in Singapore for five consecutive years from 2014 to 2018. The WTA Championships, held in the...
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Ng Ser Miang to Confirm He Will Run for IOC President
Singapore’s Ng Ser Miang will officially announce on Thursday (May 16) that he is to put himself forward as a candidate to replace Jacques Rogge as President of the International Olympic Committee...
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Puerto Rican Richard Carrión Enters Race for IOC President
Richard Carrión today gave official confirmation he is entering the race to succeed Jacques Rogge as International Olympic Committee (IOC) President, bringing to three the number of declared...
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Nuzman Denies Backing Baseball-Softball for 2020 and Reiterates Support for...
Honorary International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Carlos Nuzman has insisted he has not backed the joint baseball-softball bid for inclusion at the 2020 Olympics, despite the World Baseball...
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Why Baseball and Softball Belong in the Olympics
You may or may not know that my father, Fidel Catro, once played baseball and went as far as a tryout with the Baltimore Orioles. While his career took a different path, he did instill in me a love for...
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Horses (and Most People) Don’t Care if the Jockey’s a Woman
The headline “Horses Don’t Care if the Jockey’s a Woman” was seen at the top of a New York Times article written by Melissa Hoppert about the life of a female jockeys Rosie Napravnik, who is fourth in...
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USOC Chief Executive Scott Blackmun on Keys to U.S. Bid for Games
Few International Olympic Committee (IOC) meetings will have more of an impact on the future of the Olympics than the session that is to take place this September in Buenos Aires. In a brief span, the...
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Sportsmanship on Display in NBA Championship
In contemporary America the notion of “competition” often takes on a very negative connotation – visions of ruthless protagonists vying for some kind of conquest, intrigues and deceit being their modus...
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Indian Sports: Initiatives, Obstacles and Requirements
India, a country with a population of more than 1 billion, has achieved limited success in the international arena of sports, especially in the Olympic Games. In 1900, India participated in the Modern...
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Blatter and Rogge and the Culture of Sports and Government Spending
You kind of wonder what Seth Blatter and Jacques Rogge are really thinking about the protests in Brazil, which seemingly are a reaction to the government’s out-of-control public spending on sports...
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Why the Conviction of Aaron Hernandez for the Murder of Odin Lloyd isn’t a...
Revelation after revelation about the shooting death of Odin Lloyd has appeared to tighten the net around former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez. However, defense attorneys with experience in both...
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