Madkour: A spotlight on the CFP
Takeaways from the College Football Playoff Championship weekend:
Madkour: Frustrations pile up for athletic directors
I recently asked a Power Four athletic director if he still enjoyed his job. This longtime leader, from a public institution, paused and looked up, seemingly for divine assistance, and said bluntly, “Not nearly as much as I did or hope to.” When I followed up and asked how he envisioned the next 12 ...
Madkour: Saudi Arabia’s chess moves on soccer
DAZN will land media rights to the 2030 and 2034 World Cup. This is not an outlandish prediction column, so let’s walk through how it happens, as Saudi Arabia has put more pieces of its sports strategy in place.
Madkour: People and data are driving discussion
I’m eagerly awaiting Netflix’s long-anticipated series on Jerry Jones, “America’s Team: The Gambler and his Cowboys.” There has been such sparse information on this project, and a release date still isn’t set, but this has all the makings of a knockout. Meanwhile, I’m lobbying for Jones to get a Bes...
A Look Back, Happy New Year and Thank You From SBJ
Before we welcome in the New Year, here’s a sampling of the compelling stories and people in the pages of SBJ in 2024. We greatly appreciate your support of SBJ, and we wish you a safe and peaceful New Year.
Madkour: Moments that stood out in 2024
FEBRUARY: The highlight was welcoming Josh Barnett as SBJ’s managing director of editorial. He joined us from The Buffalo News, and has spent his entire career in newsrooms. Barnett has been a fantastic teammate in making the SBJ newsroom stronger, smarter and more efficient than ever. … During Supe...
The Most Influential People In Sports Business 2024
Stories by: Rachel Axon, Josh Barnett, Mollie Cahillane, Ben Fischer, Tom Friend, Austin Karp, Terry Lefton, Abe Madkour, Irving Mejia-Hilario, Mike Mazzeo, Ben Portnoy, Alex Silverman, Chris Smith and Adam Stern.
Madkour: More thoughts about SBJ’s Most Influential list
WHO COULD HAVE BEEN MOST INFLUENTIAL: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is more confident and comfortable than ever after 18 years in the top spot at the NFL, and that’s also evident in how the industry views his leadership. Every year the league grows in strength and scale, and Goodell has stature and...
Madkour: Kevin White personifies ‘A Good Sport’
K evin White has spent the past two years writing on his iPhone about his four-decade journey in sports business. Much of the writing was done at airports and on planes, as the 74-year-old Irish kid from New York pieced the threads of his life together. In “A Good Sport: Reflections On A Full Life I...