SBJ Q&A: Tyler Tumminia
The Premier Hockey Federation’s seventh season has been marked by a series of changes, including a new name for the league itself. But there has also been: a commitment from the PHF’s board of directors to invest $25 million over the next three seasons, largely centered around player salary and bene...
Closing Shot: A Case Of Linsanity
It’s been 10 years since Jeremy Lin captivated the NBA universe, and collective sports world, as the undrafted and unknown Harvard graduate went from filling in as a backup point guard on a struggling New York Knicks team to becoming Linsanity.
Berman takes over at critical juncture for NWSL
Jessica Berman’s final calls on March 8 before being announced as the new NWSL commissioner the next day was to one of her most impactful sports industry mentors: Gary Bettman. The longtime NHL commissioner, along with his deputy Bill Daly, have been what Berman called her “guiding light” throughout...
Sports world reacts quickly to punish Russia after its invasion of Ukraine
The fallout following Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine has been swift and significant throughout the international sports world. The military action has prompted the cessation of sports business in Russia, the barring of the nation’s athletes from international competition and will even lead...
NYCFC quick to capitalize on championship
MLS: Next man up
It was January 2007, and Charles Altchek was sitting in the back of an airplane bound for New York City. The four-year Harvard soccer player had just competed in the Adidas MLS player combine in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He wouldn’t officially be told his fate for a few more days, but he knew his prospe...
World Cup, U.S. 2026 bids, NWSL leadership part of big year
MLS isn’t the only soccer entity with a critical year on tap:
Charlotte FC’s voice of the people
On a cloudy February afternoon, Shawn McIntosh slipped away from work long enough to get lunch at Tupelo Honey, a trendy Southern cuisine-style restaurant in uptown Charlotte. As one of the newest members of the front office of Charlotte FC, the MLS expansion team whose Feb. 26 debut was less than t...
SBJ Q&A: MLS Commissioner Don Garber
Don Garber starts his 23rd season as commissioner of MLS, which is entering its 27th season and adding a 28th team in Charlotte FC. In keeping with the league’s rapid growth, two more more soccer-specific stadiums are set to open in the U.S. in Nashville and 2023 expansion city St. Louis; the develo...