Ben Fischer

Ben Fischer covers the NFL and all other professional football news for Sports Business Journal. A journalist with a unique blend of experience in government, sports and business, Fischer wrote about the New York tech startup scene, the health care industry in Washington, D.C., and politics in Ohio before joining Sports Business Journal. BEATS: NFL, NFL clubs, sponsors, broadcasters; XFL, CFL.

Goodell talks future SBs, media rights at presser

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell hits on future Super Bowls, media rights in his State of the League address.

NFL considering pro flag football league

The NFL is exploring options to create pro men’s and women’s flag football leagues and have received a “tremendous amount of interest ... from investors,” Commissioner Roger Goodell said Monday during his annual Super Bowl press conference.

Super Bowl LIX: Hard Questions for the Big Easy

The NFL has always loved the idea of playing the Super Bowl in New Orleans. Too often, however, Mother Nature thought differently. Three of the first nine Super Bowls, starting with Super Bowl IV in 1970, were held at Tulane Stadium, and the latter two still stand as the coldest Super Bowls in histo...

Year-End Awards: Best Sports Audio — ‘New Heights’ podcast

Think of the sports properties that have achieved the ultimate goal of cultural crossover, occupying that highly lucrative space where you’re both part of sports and part of something much bigger.

How executives are preparing for the Super Bowl hospitality experience in New Orleans

T he immutable laws of supply and demand will never be more evident than for those arranging hospitality around Super Bowl LIX.

49ers Foundation gets back to San Francisco

A decade after the 49ers left S.F. for Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, the team’s charitable foundation has announced its first ongoing funding commitment to a S.F.-based nonprofit.

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.

NFL won’t stop diversity efforts, Goodell says

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Wednesday gave an impassioned defense of the “Rooney Rule” and the league’s other diversity efforts amid a retreat from those initiatives in other parts of corporate America.

NFL set to change premium seat revenue-sharing formula

It turns out one of the main factors holding down inflation in the cost of an NFL ticket isn’t supply and demand — it’s the league’s own revenue-sharing policies. Now the league is poised to change that, sources said.

March of Dimes luncheon sets fundraising mark

Wednesday's March of Dimes sports luncheon in N.Y. raised $1.5M for the nonprofit’s mission of improving the health of infants and their mothers, a record in the event’s 41st year.