The 50 Most Influential People in Sports Business
The Big Lead —
... Sports Business: It’s lilly white. Bud Selig is six, which is laughable. ESPN’s John Skipper at 26. Don Garber, the MLS commish is 32nd. The first (and only) non-white guy on the list checks in at 44, the NBA’s Billy Hunter. (SB Journal) ...
ESPN president is most powerful man in sports biz
Sports stories from Newsday —
... Once again this year, I didn't make the Sports Business Journal's list of the 50 most influential people in sports business. ...
Kraft ranks highly among most influental in sports
Extra Points —
The Sports Business Journal ranks the Top 50 most influential people in sports business, and Patriots chairman/CEO Robert Kraft is No. 12. The ...
Some Monday Linkage
Fang's Bites —
... We have a lot of links from the Sports Business Journal today. First the SBJ has a special section today on the 50 Most Influential People In Sports Business. ...
Lost Time Is Not Found Again: Dec. 15, 2008
MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog —
... what the MPS blog crew has been reading today.
+ A Q+A with Bethlehem Shoals. {Hugging Harold Reynolds.}
+ Alabama names visitor’s locker room “Fail Room.” Internet memes! {The Sporting Blog.}
+ The Cowboys, back together again while T.O’s takes down Ed Weder. {Awful Announcing.}
+ The 50 most influential people in sports business. {Sports Business Journal.}
+ ...
Kraft, Henry, Jacobs among most powerful…
LEEInks —
... It should come as no surprise to anyone in New England that Patriots owner Robert Kraft is considering among the most powerful and influential people in all of American sport. Now, there’s a poll to prove it, thanks to the folks at the SportsBusiness Journal. Kraft comes in at No. 12, Red Sox owner John Henry is No. 20, Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs comes in at 43, just one spot below baseball’s most famous agent, Scott Boras. ...
Stern 3rd Most Influential Person in Sports
BallerBlogger.com —
The Sports Business Journal released their annual Most Influential list today. The NBA was represented by Commissioner David Stern, Deputy commissioner Adam Silver, Owner Mark Cuban, and Executive director Billy Hunter. Stern was the top ranked league boss as NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and MBL Commissioner Bud Selig were ranked 4th and 6th respectively.
Stern and Silver jumped up from last year’s rankings, while Cuban fell eleven spots from last year.
Silver discusses the economy in a Special Report by Bill ...
Props for Hal Steinbrenner
The LoHud Yankees Blog —
Hal Steinbrenner is the 27th most influential person in sports according to Sports Business Journal.
The only baseball people ahead of him are Bud Selig (No. 6), MLB chief operating officer Bob DuPuy (No. 18), Red Sox owner John Henry (No. 20) and MLB executive VP for business Tim Brosnan (No. 22).
(Two of Selig’s lieutenants rank ahead of the owner of the Yankees? The office Christmas party get started early at Sports Business Journal?)
Hank Steinbrenner was ranked 1,456th. He was just behind the visiting clubbie in Scranton ...
Hal — not Hank — on SBJ’s most influential list
River Avenue Blues —
... The sports industry’s trade publication Sports Business Journal has unveiled their list of the top 50 most influential people in sports business. As is only appropriate, a Steinbrenner occupies a prime spot on that list, but it’s not the one people might expect. ...
One long update: CC & A.J. take physicals, Yanks and Brewers are at a standstill, Yanks & GM end partnership…
Zell's Pinstripe Blog —
... according to the NY Post. A.J. Burnett went ahead of CC Sabathia taking a New York Yankees physical, but Sabathia will reverse the pecking order in the Yankees’ starting rotation. The Post learned Burnett underwent a physical Monday and Sabathia was at Manhattan’s Columbia Presbyterian Hospital today for tests. Hal Steinbrenner has landed on the list of 50 Most Influential people in sports business 2008….. From the Sports Business Journal ...
Hal Steinbrenner Lands on List of the Top 50 Most Influential People in Sports Business
YanksBlog.com —
SportsBusiness Journal has named their Top 50 Most Influential People in Sports Business for 2008. Hal Steinbrenner is in at number 28. Four baseball people rank ahead of the younger Steinbrenner brother. Three of them work for Major League Baseball - Bub Selig at 6, MLB COO Bob DuPuy at 18 and MLB executive VP for business Tim Brosnan at 22. Red Sox owner John Henry is the only baseball owner to rank above him, at 20. Via Peter Abraham .
