SBJ Awards and Honors
Highlighting the top executives, innovators and emerging talent across sports business through our signature awards, rankings and recognitions.
Fenway Sports founder John Henry to receive SBJ Lifetime Achievement Award
For his vast, often transformational impact, Fenway Sports Group principal owner John Henry will receive Sports Business Journal’s Lifetime Achievement Award for 2026. He will be honored at the Sports Business Awards on May 20 in New York City.
SBA: Tech names 46 nominees leading the industry
SBJ has announced the finalists for the SBA: Tech awards. Winners will be revealed May 18 in New York.
SBJ Champions Class of 2026
Discover this year’s Champions: leaders shaping sports business through innovation and impact, featured throughout the year in Sports Business Journal.
Influence 125
As the first quarter of the century comes to a end, SBJ honors those who exerted the most influence on the industry we love.
Game Changers 2025
Celebrating the trailblazers who have profoundly impacted sports through leadership, mentorship, and innovation.
Forty Under 40: Class of 2025
SBJ's longest-running awards ceremony honoring individuals for achievement and innovation in their careers, all before the age of 40.
New Voices Under 30: Class of 2025
SBJ’s seventh class of New Voices Under 30 represents the next generation of industry leaders from across leagues, teams, media, marketing and more.
Winners of the 2025 Sports Business Awards
Eighteen awards were handed out Wednesday night at the 2025 Sports Business Awards in New York City.
Power Players: Brand Builders
The executives recognized in Power Players: Brand Builders work with leagues, teams, venues, colleges and events to develop deeper relationships with consumers, while growing market share.
Power Players: Sports Streaming
The list includes dealmakers at streaming companies, networks and leagues; producers who lead the streaming sports productions; and experts who create or manage the technology that makes streaming possible.
Power Players: Women’s Sports
In 2022, Sports Business Journal debuted the first women’s sports edition of Power Players. In the two years since, women’s sports exploded more rapidly than most predicted.
Power Players: Mixed-Use Development
This Power Players list shows how sports and real estate entities are adapting their businesses to pursue new opportunities for mixed-use developments.
Best Places to Work in Sports 2025
The honorees represent industry segments covering the spectrum of sports, from major league teams to behind-the-scenes companies, with workforces that range from seven people to 554 employees.
Best Sports Business Cities: Event Hosting
Orlando has been tapped as the best sports business city for hosting events. See the full list.
Best Sports Business Cities
How SBJ ranked the best cities in which to conduct sports business, and why Dallas is so popular
Best Places to Work in Sports 2024
Sports Business Journal is recognizing its second annual class of Best Places to Work in Sports. The honorees represent industry segments covering the spectrum of sports, from major league teams to behind-the-scenes companies, with workforces that range from seven people to 8,000 employees.
Introducing SBJ’s newest 10 Most Innovative Sports Tech Companies
Sports Business Journal introduces its fourth annual list of the 10 Most Innovative Sports Tech Companies.
SBA: Tech names 46 nominees leading the industry
SBJ has announced the finalists for the SBA: Tech awards. Winners will be revealed May 18 in New York.
Fenway Sports founder John Henry to receive SBJ Lifetime Achievement Award
For his vast, often transformational impact, Fenway Sports Group principal owner John Henry will receive Sports Business Journal’s Lifetime Achievement Award for 2026. He will be honored at the Sports Business Awards on May 20 in New York City.
SBJ Champions Class of 2026
Discover this year’s Champions: leaders shaping sports business through innovation and impact, featured throughout the year in Sports Business Journal.
MLS honors Minnesota’s Ballard, Whitecaps’ Schuster with top executive awards
MLS bestowed its Doug Hamilton Executive of the Year honor upon Minnesota United CEO Shari Ballard for the 2025 season.
Influence 125: Michele Kang, Washington Spirit/Kynisca Sports International
Michele Kang, owner of the Washington Spirit and Kynisca Sports International, was honored in SBJ's Influence 125, which named the most influential sports business figures of the past quarter-century.
Influence 125: Simone Biles, Allyson Felix and Michael Phelps
Olympaisn Simone Biles, Allyson Felix and Michael Phelps were honored in SBJ's Influence 125, which named the most influential sports business figures of the past quarter-century.
Influence 125: Jerry Jones, Dallas Cowboys
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was honored in SBJ's Influence 125, which named the most influential sports business figures of the past quarter-century.
Influence 125: Bill Koenig and Mark Tatum, NBA
The NBA's Bill Koenig and Mark Tatum were honored in SBJ's Influence 125, which named the most influential sports business figures of the past quarter-century.
We want to bring all of the power of cinematic experiences -- whether that’s the best video quality you’ve ever seen, the most immersive experience, the atmospheric sound, etc. -- and bring that to live sports, because, frankly, live sports don’t look real good compared to what we can do in a cinema.-- Comcast Technology Fellow Michael Pilquist, on bringing RealTime4K, Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos to NBC's Super Bowl and Olympics broadcasts.
