A Look Back, Happy New Year and Thank You From SBJ
Before we welcome in the New Year, here’s a sampling of the compelling stories and people in the pages of SBJ in 2024. We greatly appreciate your support of SBJ, and we wish you a safe and peaceful New Year.
Madkour: Moments that stood out in 2024
FEBRUARY: The highlight was welcoming Josh Barnett as SBJ’s managing director of editorial. He joined us from The Buffalo News, and has spent his entire career in newsrooms. Barnett has been a fantastic teammate in making the SBJ newsroom stronger, smarter and more efficient than ever. … During Supe...
The Most Influential People In Sports Business 2024
Stories by: Rachel Axon, Josh Barnett, Mollie Cahillane, Ben Fischer, Tom Friend, Austin Karp, Terry Lefton, Abe Madkour, Irving Mejia-Hilario, Mike Mazzeo, Ben Portnoy, Alex Silverman, Chris Smith and Adam Stern.
Madkour: More thoughts about SBJ’s Most Influential list
WHO COULD HAVE BEEN MOST INFLUENTIAL: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is more confident and comfortable than ever after 18 years in the top spot at the NFL, and that’s also evident in how the industry views his leadership. Every year the league grows in strength and scale, and Goodell has stature and...
Madkour: Kevin White personifies ‘A Good Sport’
K evin White has spent the past two years writing on his iPhone about his four-decade journey in sports business. Much of the writing was done at airports and on planes, as the 74-year-old Irish kid from New York pieced the threads of his life together. In “A Good Sport: Reflections On A Full Life I...
Madkour: Everyone cared what Rudy Martzke wrote
R udy Martzke could make or break someone’s day. That’s how much influence and impact USA Today’s sports TV columnist had from his time writing for the paper from 1982 to 2005. Martzke frequently pumped out columns that were a tour de force of news and opinions, and a report card of what was working...
Madkour: Reach is a top priority as teams retool media plans
LET’S START IN SEATTLE: At a lunch in New York the day before Media Innovators, a team owner and CEO continually stressed their mindset of taking big swings in sports. Because of the pressure on moving the needle, the big swings are where they hope to get the big returns. I thought of that when I he...
Madkour: A few things I’m asked about …
In addition to the questions about the who, what and whys of private equity in sports, here’s what I’m being asked about …
Getting to work: Hot jobs, tough jobs and the biggest hire
Four moves in the last month — and a continuing trend — that you should be watching:
Madkour: Where dealmakers see growth and opportunities
I lived in Washington, D.C., for six great years. Young, broke but carefree and inspired, the city was magical for a boy from Vermont who would walk past the Capitol and Supreme Court on the way to work. I loved it, and working for Sen. Pat Leahy and stints with the Washington Bullets and Baltimore ...