Weekly Sports Dollar
The Sports Professor is the Sports Business Editor for BusinessWeek.com . His "Weekly Sports and Entertainment Dollar" is published regularly on the site.
What’s a Sports Fan to Do Without the NBA? - November 3, 2011
Welcome to the Heartland Series - October 21, 2011
Wild Card Season Wilder Than Ever - October 7, 2011
NBA Lockout: Is the 2011 Season No More Than a Hoops Dream? - September 30, 2011
NASCAR Speeds into Chicago - September 16, 2011
NFL Kickoff 2011: Nearly Denied, Whoville’s Ready for Some Football - September 9, 2011
College Football: Kickoff or Kick in the Butt? - September 2, 2011
The U.S. Open and Business: A Love Match - August 26, 2011
State of Footbal: Is Texas a Mess? - August 19, 2011
U.S. Golfers Taking Another Minor Role in the Majors? - August 12, 2011
London 2012 Calling: And Getting Louder by the Minute - August 5, 2011
NFL’s Silent Stakeholders - July 29, 2011
While NFL Fiddles, College Football and Soccer Get Hot - July 21, 2011
British Open 2011: It’s Not About the Americans Anymore - July 14, 2011
All-Star Break Brings the Heat - July 7, 2011
The Girls of Summer - June 30, 2011
Baseball 2011: Too Many Sideshows - June 23, 2011
NBC’s Circle Game - June 9, 2011
The Dirt on the French Open - May 26, 2011
New Towns for NBA and NHL Conference Championships - May 19, 2011
Royal Wedding vs. NFL Draft - April 28, 2011
The NFL vs. The EPL - April 21, 2011
Fast Breaks and Fast Cars - April 14, 2011
Opening Day 2011: Play Ball - March 31, 2011
It’s Golf and Tennis Time—Where are the Americans? - March 10, 2011
Cactus and Citrus: The Ultimate Winter Baseball Cocktail - February 24, 2011
Hot Rods, Hot Bods: The 2011 Daytona 500 and NBA All-Star Game - February 17, 2011
Big Shots Get Ready to Party at Super Bowl XLV - February 3, 2011
Slamming Down Under - January 20, 2011
The NFL-PGA Collision - January 13, 2011
BCS: To the Victor Goes the Money - January 6, 2011
The Biggest Sports Controversies of 2010 - December 30, 2010
Are You Ready for Some (Mediocre) Football - December 16, 2010
NFL: Blackouts Before the Lockout - November 11, 2010
Which NBA Teams Spent the Most this Offseason? - October 28, 2010
College Football’s Golden Bowl Series - October 21, 2010
Pittsburgh Penguins’ Sparkling New Ice - October 14, 2010
The 2010 Ryder Cup: Golf, National Bragging Rights, and Lots of Money - September 30, 2010
LeBron Drops to the Back of the Q - September 23, 2010
Technology: The NFL’s Friend or Foe - September 16, 2010
College Football’s Higher Prices; U.S. Open’s Shorter Skirts - September 2, 2010
The Superdome: Super Once More - August 26, 2010
What Do New Meadowlands Stadium, Nascar, and the USTA Have in Common? - August 19, 2010
PGA Championship: Will Viewers Stay if Tiger Doesn’t? - August 12, 2010
Tiger and Lebron: When Sports Icons Stumble - August 5, 2010
How to Fix Crooked NCAA Players - July 29, 2010
Countdown to NFL Camps - July 22, 2010
The Boss is Dead; Long Live the Boss - July 15, 2010
LeBron: A One-Man Economic Stimulus Plan - July 1, 2010
World Cup: Guerillas on the Pitch - June 24, 2010
Sticker Shock at the U.S. Open - June 17, 2010
What If They Held a World Cup in Africa and No Africans Came? - June 10, 2010
June’s Biggest Matchup: the NHL vs. the NBA - June 3, 2010
NBA Conference Championships: the Buzz and the Biz - May 20, 2010
The World Cup’s $3 Billion Goal - May 13, 2010
Immigration Issues to Arrest Arizona Sports? - May 6, 2010
NFL Draft’s Media Circus - April 22, 2010
The Other NCAA Winner: CBS - April 1, 2010
Tiger’s Return Will Shatter Ratings Records - March 25, 2010
Big Money at the Big Dance - March 18, 2010
Six Degrees of Michael Jordan - March 11, 2010
Larry Ellison’s Other Sporting Passion: Tennis - March 9, 2010
The PGA Makes Do in a Tigerless World - March 4, 2010
We’ll Watch the Next Olympic Games Mostly Online - March 2, 2010
NBC’s Olympic Gold - February 25, 2010
Is the Tiger Woods Era Over? - February 23, 2010
Olympic Athletes Going for Real Gold - February 18, 2010
Dallas Weekend May Be Biggest-Ever Sports Party - February 9, 2010
The Super Bowl is a Money Bowl - February 4, 2010
Pro Bowl… or Pro Bore? - January 26, 2010
Pro Sports Raises Millions for Haiti - January 21, 2010
Nielsen’s Favorite NFL Team - January 14, 2010
BCS: Buckets of Cash Series - January 7, 2010
Ten Sports Stories to Watch in 2010 - December 31, 2009
Tiger Woods’ Other Victims - December 17, 2009
10 Winning Sports Gifts - December 3, 2009
A Checkered Future for NASCAR - November 19, 2009
The NBA’s Most Fan-Friendly Offerings - November 12, 2009
Fall Sports a Windfall for Advertisers - November 5, 2009
The Tip-Off on the NBA’s New Season - October 29, 2009
Comcast + NBC = Sports Juggernaut - October 22, 2009
MLB: A Dream Postseason, Less Than Dreamy Sales - October 15, 2009
Going for Real Gold at the Rio Olympics - October 8, 2009
The NHL’s Icy Start - October 1, 2009
Should NASCAR Expand Overseas - September 24, 2009
Which NFL Tickets Cost the Most? - September 17, 2009
The NFL’s Three Biggest Problems - September 10, 2009
Having a Ball at the U.S. Open - September 3, 2009
Welcome to the NFL’s Biggest Stadium - August 20, 2009
When Tiger Woods Loses, So Does the PGA - August 13, 2009
NFL All A-Twitter - August 6, 2009
NFL: Training Camps on the Cheap - July 30, 2009
WNBA: Not Just a Punch Line Anymore - July 23, 2009
Will Revenues Be Below Par at the British Open? - July 16, 2009
St. Louis’ All-Star Break Pay Day - July 9, 2009
Wimbledon 2009: Great Tennis, Corporate Excess - June 25, 2009
Golf: The U.S. Open Goes Digital - June 18, 2009
The NBA’s Growing Global Appeal - June 11, 2009
GM: NASCAR’s Latest Problem - June 4, 2009
In NBA Finals, Media Partners are Winners - May 28, 2009
The Indy 500 Turns 100, and Gets a Makeover - May 21, 2009
May Sweeps: The NHL vs. the NBA - May 14, 2009
Pro Golf Holes It for Charities - May 7, 2009
NBA Playoffs Are Paying Off - April 23, 2009
At Pricey New Stadiums, Is Baseball Taking a Backseat to Business? - April 16, 2009
The Masters Mints Money - April 9, 2009
NCAA: Strong Ratings, Weak Attendance - April 2, 2009
NCAA ‘09: No Cinderellas but Plenty of Fairy Tales - March 26, 2009