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- 30 Jul 2025
- News
Play with Purpose
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi. This is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Born in Chevy Chase, Maryland, Josh Harris (MBA 1990) attended NFL games at the old RFK Stadium in D.C. as a young child, and recalls being stunned by the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
A Wider Net
Illustration by Neil Webb When the United States men’s National Soccer Team failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup—for the first time in 32 years—the critiques were scathing. Sports Illustrated’s Grant Wahl deemed it “the most... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Well Matched
Her interests leaned more in the direction of strategy—and sports. Rapaport found plenty of outlets in both areas at HBS, where she was president of the Business of Sports Club. She also volunteered for Crossover into Business, an HBS... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Just Extraordinary
TURNER: A World Cup goal. Matt Mendelsohn The world’s most popular sporting event — and the reason global productivity declines for several weeks every four years — soccer’s World Cup kicks off this month in South Africa. Stacie Scott... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Natural Fit
the age of 14. Now an incoming freshman at Dartmouth College, she saw no reason to choose between academics and competing in the sport she loved. At the time, however, few supports were in place to help athletes navigate the dual... View Details
- 20 Jun 2017
- News
Inside the $20 Million Plan to Take Drone Racing Mainstream
- 21 May 2016
- News
Homegrown Heroes
a recent article. Five years later, with events in 11 countries, including Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, and China, Sityodtong oversees a sports media company with 90 percent regional market share and triple-digit percentage... View Details
- 09 Sep 2016
- News
MaiTai Global and Kiteboarding
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Bill Tai (MBA 1987) has built a whole professional community—that notably includes the likes of Richard Branson and Elon Musk—around the sport of kiteboarding. His... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
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Kicking Off a Startup: Jennifer Rottenberg (MBA '96)
Women's sports is one of the hottest growth sectors in the business of sports. A case in point is the National Soccer Alliance (NSA), a new women's professional soccer league currently in the startup phase. With exhibition games, special... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Center Court
annually attended sporting event in the world — can only help Schwartz in his primary aim: getting more Americans to pick up a racket and become players. “I want 30 million by 2010,” Schwartz told the Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel (July 13,... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
The Well-Healed Athlete
Illustration by Robert Neubecker Sports injuries are a business concern for Clara Wu Tsai (MBA 1993). She and her husband, Joe Tsai, are owners of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets; the WNBA’s New York Liberty; and the men’s lacrosse team, the San... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Ken Baumgartner - Sticking with It
played a pivotal role in the negotiations between his hockey peers and the league's owners during a grueling, 104-day lockout. In 1999, he moved seamlessly from player to assistant coach with the Bruins and began to look for ways to transfer the leadership abilities he... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
A Summit Higher Than Everest
feet above sea level—at twilight and raced nightfall back down. The exhilaration of that climb hooked Moore on mountaineering. At the time the sport was an exclusive one of well-heeled explorers, not endurance athletes, and many untouched... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Books: Judo Strategy
by David B. Yoffie and Mary Kwak Harvard Business School Press By mastering the principles of movement, balance, and leverage, practitioners of judo, a centuries-old martial art, learn to overcome more powerful opponents. These principles can also help companies defeat... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Crazy Days of Summer
Foy: Performing a perfect 10 leisure dive. As winter’s icy winds make the walk across the Weeks Footbridge feel like a trek to the Arctic Circle, hot sunny days can seem a distant memory. But summer will return to the Charles River and with it perhaps another manic... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Wisdom and a special cause
Lorne Adrain (MBA '83), who owns an insurance and estate-planning business in Providence, Rhode Island, has just published his second book, The Most Important Thing I Know about the Spirit of Sport. "Inside are handwritten thoughts from more than one hundred View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Agenda: Stacy Sonnenberg (MBA 2003)
SUPERFAN When Sonnenberg attends a game, she often doesn’t watch the court or field. “I’m always intrigued by stuff that the public doesn’t necessarily think about—like the width of concourses and the mix of seating types,” she says. (Photo: Benjamin Norman) “In... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
- 20 Mar 2023
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Taking His Shot
Before Matija Pecotić (MBA 2019) beat Jack Sock—a tennis star once ranked 8th in the world—at a Florida tournament in February, he had to ask his boss for time off to compete. "I had to send an email to the whole team. [My boss] let me off," Pecotić, the director of... View Details