Opinion

Anyone who has worked on major sporting events such as the Super Bowl, MLS Cup, NBA Finals, Stanley Cup, Olympics or Paralympic Games knows well the pent-up angst that precedes the opening whistle or cauldron lighting. It’s a gnawing, pit-of-the-stomach aching that at any moment something unwanted i...

Here is a glimpse of the deliberations among the judges in some of the most closely contested or high-profile categories for the Sports Business Awards. We have been doing these awards for 19 years, and this year had some of the most intensely debated decisions.

Since 2002, Black student athletes at Division I schools have increased their graduation rate from 56% to 82%. This improvement is supported by higher education reforms, including mandating stronger academic performance to be eligible to participate in college sports and requiring athletes meet benc...

One detail in the Alec Bohm lawsuit made my heart sink.

Online bullying of athletes is a growing problem that receives a lot of attention. But athletes themselves, not to mention team leadership, broadcasters, officials, and cheerleaders, have also been known to post offensive content on social media, putting their reputations and commercial prospects — ...

I would love to see these iconic Donald Ross masterpieces -- along with many other historic, traditional golf courses -- no longer reduced to venues where “strategy from the tee is pretty non-existent” and players simply “bash driver down there and figure it out from there.”

Basketball play-by-play man goes overboard with the "downhill" references.

More than a decade ago in our Charlotte office, our editorial staff met with officials from the NBA, and over the course of our conversation, they argued that the WNBA should be getting more coverage in our publications. A healthy debate ensued, as some from SBJ’s newsroom countered the coverage fit...

The most important thing NIL has produced is not a brand deal, but the raising of a question not seriously considered before in college sports: Who actually owns the value that an athlete creates?

This month, roughly 2 million students will cross a commencement stage, shake a hand, and step into the job market with a diploma and a plan. For the ones who dreamed of working in sports or entertainment media — and there are more of them than you might think — that plan may have been spoiled a lon...