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Sports Media Journal Interviews Maury Brown, President Business of Sports Network
Published 4/17/2008 by Maury Brown at The Biz of Hockey :: The Business of Sports Network
For those interested in how the Business of Sports Network was started, and where it is headed, Sports Media Journal has an interview with me on a broad range of topics. SMJ Interview- Maury Brown, Business of Sports Network. Here's a sample... SMJ- What was the impetus, and timeline, in creating the four sports-specific “Biz” sites? M.B.- The Biz of Baseball was launched in September of 2006 based on the idea that you could have a central location where a vast amount of information in the way of documents, stadium renderings, salary data, ...

A's Predict Cisco Field Won't Be Done Till 2012
Published 4/17/2008 by Maury Brown at The Biz of Baseball :: Business of Sports Network
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Could Sam Zell Play "Crazy Eddie" When Selling the Cubs?
Published 4/18/2008 by Maury Brown at The Biz of Baseball :: Business of Sports Network
Poor Sam Zell. You bought the Tribune Co., which includes the Cubs, and now you’re running around trying to get some cash in-hand to make the payments on your new toy. I know you’ve seen that ad. The one where the lady answers the phone from the collection agency asking, “Is everything OK?” Well, welcome to the high-stakes, big money production. Zell’s looking like a man running from pawn shop to pawn shop unloading his wares before the repo man comes along and snatches up his possessions. That’s what happens when you take a huge publishing company, all its holdings, and decide to take it private. Case in ...

Mariners: First Team to Go “Carbon Neutral” on Earth Day
Published 4/19/2008 by Maury Brown at The Biz of Baseball :: Business of Sports Network
The Seattle Mariners announced today that on April 22, Earth Day, they will, as they report it, “stage the first carbon-neutral game in Major League Baseball history.” To achieve "carbon-neutral" status, the Mariners will offset the global warming impact of energy used at Safeco Field during the game between the Mariners and the Baltimore Orioles.  Global warming impacts include: Emissions associated with electricity and natural gas used to operate Safeco Field on April 22; Disposal or recycling of waste generated during the game, Air travel emissions for the Orioles (from Baltimore), ...

Biz of Football's NFL Mock Draft by Nick Kappel
Published 4/19/2008 by Nick Kappel at The Biz of Football :: Part of the Business of Sports Network
    The following is a Mock Draft by Business of Sports Network staff member, Nick Kappel While I expect several trades to complicate the first round on draft day, it is impossible for me to predict them in a mock draft. These picks are based mainly on team need and player rankings. If enough change happens in the next ...

Tell Your MLB Extra Innings TV Blackout Story
Published 4/19/2008 by Maury Brown at The Biz of Baseball :: Business of Sports Network
This weekend, as with every weekend in the baseball season, those that have MLB Extra Innings will find their screens blank. You’ve paid your bill. You purchased the package thinking you’d at least be able to use it every day. Welcome to MLB’s blackout policy. While you can catch a game on FOX, TBS, and ESPN this weekend, those are available to everyone (TBS games means you have to have cable to see). Paying for Extra Innings… well, no such luck during the weekends. There are also the local blackout restrictions to go with weekend blackouts, as well. With that, we’re running this post to allow you to ...

Health Hazard? US Looking At Lead Levels in Artificial-Turf
Published 4/20/2008 by Maury Brown at The Biz of Baseball :: Business of Sports Network
Could artificial-turf pose a health hazard? The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is examining playing fields with artificial-turf across the country to see if lead levels are at hazardous levels. As reported by The AP ...

Yankee's Monument Park: Ruth, Mantel, Pope Benedict XVI?
Published 4/21/2008 by Maury Brown at The Biz of Baseball :: Business of Sports Network
Move over, Joltin’ Joe, Babe Ruth, and Mickey Mantel, you’re about to be joined by someone with a lower batting average on Monument Park. The Knights of Columbus are donating a bronze plaque to commemorate Pope Benedict XVI's April 20 Mass. The pontiff was expected to bless the plaque in a private ceremony before the Mass today. The 105-pound papal plaque, which is 39.5 inches tall and 27 inches wide, will be located in Yankee Stadium's Monument Park, along with plaques memorializing Masses celebrated there by Pope Paul VI (Oct. 4, 1965) and Pope John Paul II (Oct. 2, 1979), also gifts of the Knights of Columbus. The Benedict ...