SBJ's Game Changers event kicks off with star-studded awards ceremony

Nearly 400 attended the first stand-alone awards ceremony for SBJ’s Game Changers on Wednesday at the Marriott Marquis in New York. The class of 2024 received their awards amid a spirited celebration punctuated with walkup music selected by each of the honorees and multiple standing ovations from fa...

Q&A: Community focus distinguishes health care sponsorships in sports

Health care has been an active sector in sports for decades. Names of hospital groups often adorn team training facilities and jerseys, and leagues, teams and players actively support cause marketing around research and screening for breast cancer, prostate cancer, heart health and many other health...

Jessica Berman: NWSL is 'redefining the value and the value proposition of women's sports’

NWSL Commissioner Jessica Berman described the league’s forthcoming media rights deal as “the single most important thing that we've been working on in the backdrop for the last 18 months,” during a one-one-one interview with MIT's Shira Springer on Tuesday at SBJ’s Game Changers conference in N.Y.

In The Office: Bespoke Sports & Entertainment

As befits the company’s name, the new home for Bespoke Sports & Entertainment in Charlotte includes many custom-built features, from benches built from Appalachian walnut and branded with the company’s familiar “B” logo, to the 50-foot hand-painted mural by local artists featuring past Charlotte...

ALL IN: Leaders in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Coinciding with SBJ’s ALL IN conference on April 20 at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles, we recognize the work of individuals across sports in the area of diversity, equity and inclusion. They are leading important discussions and decisions within their organizations and throughout the industry about how ...

Power Players: Women’s Sports

“Investing in female athletes is just good business.”


2022 Sports Business Awards

Learn more about the 96 nominees for Sports Business Awards in 15 categories, in addition to Sports Business Journal’s 2022 recipient of the Celebration of Service Award, America SCORES. The winners will be revealed during an awards presentation on May 18 at the New York Marriott Marquis, representi...