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Stacy McWilliams, the NBA’s senior vice president of team marketing and business operations, tells SportBusiness why the league has significantly expanded its International Team Marketing Program.

In this week’s episode podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Jon Stainer, managing director of Nielsen Sports in North America. Fisher and Russo also discuss significant schedule and ownership developments from the National Football League’s recent Fall Meetings, major moves by TelevisaUnivision and Peacock in US Spanish-language sports media, National Basketball Association superstar Kevin Durant’s entry into Major League Pickleball team ownership, FuboTV’s shuttering of its sportsbook operations, and the planned new stadium for the NFL’s Tennessee Titans.

League initiative to 'source, evaluate, and pilot emerging technologies' expands in its second iteration to incorporate three key areas surrounding fan engagement. US Editor Eric Fisher reports.

Despite falling short of the NWSL playoffs in an injury-riddled debut season, Angel City FC has set a powerful foundation through a series of unique, mission-oriented business practices. Shawn Medow reports.

NHL team's president and CEO Xavier Gutierrez tells SportBusiness how the franchise is preparing for a minimum three-year stretch in the league's smallest venue by a considerable margin.

In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Sohrob Farudi, co-founder and chief executive of Fan Controlled Sports & Entertainment. Fisher and Russo also discuss rising athlete investment activity in emerging entities such as Major League Pickleball and Gym Class VR, renewed calls to expand college basketball’s March Madness, the ongoing sexual abuse scandal in the National Women’s Soccer League, the National Football League’s upcoming Fall Meetings, and Major League Baseball's trailblazing sponsorship deal with consumer cannabidiol (CBD) producer Charlotte’s Web.

In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Sandra Douglass Morgan, the new president of the National Football League’s Las Vegas Raiders. Fisher and Russo also preview the 2022-23 National Basketball Association season, including accelerating media change with the debut of the newly redesigned official NBA mobile app, developments in the forthcoming sale of the Phoenix Suns, and the New York Knicks seeking a new jersey patch partner. They additionally discuss the newly expanded Major League Baseball postseason, and the latest commercial implications surrounding the new American League single-season home run record for New York Yankees superstar Aaron Judge.

Rhode Island USL lead investor Brett Johnson tells SportBusiness why he believes that Pawtucket will prove an ideal market for a soccer club.

In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Arne Rees, co-founder of the newly formed Velocity Capital Management. Fisher and Russo also discuss the $30m (€31.2m) round of funding for Athletes Unlimited, continued change and turbulence in United States college sports, the National Football League’s accelerating push for greater internationalization, collector impacts surrounding the historic home run chase of Major League Baseball superstar Aaron Judge, and heightened legal friction between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf.

SportBusiness has today launched the 11th edition of its Postgraduate Course Rankings, naming University of Massachusetts Amherst’s MBA/MS Sport Management and MS Sport Management as the world’s best pos…

NBA Asia managing director Ramez Sheikh tells SportBusiness why the Wizards and Warriors were the perfect choices for the league's first international event since January 2020.

masterSport's International Master’s in Strategic Management of Sports Organisations, Events and Facilities rises one place in the European rankings to second.

Niccolò Donna, head of FIGC Research & Development and chief of the Italian Football Module (MasterSport - University of Parma & University of San Marino) discusses the profile of Italian Football and the strategic assets to focus on, in order to enhance the growth of Calcio.

After graduating in Economics at the SAA in Turin, Niccolò Donna earned the masterSport International Master of Sport Management.

Simon Hernandez Oramas completed his Master’s Degree in International Sports Management at the European Sport Business School in 2019.