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- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Putting the Game Within Reach
traditional sports—and it is only the beginning.” —Angela Ruggiero Jen Rottenberg (MBA 1996), CMO at Fan Controlled Football League (photo courtesy of Jen Rottenberg) Jen Rottenberg (MBA 1996), CMO at Fan Controlled Football View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Mark Tatum
director of sponsorships and marketing for Major League Baseball. His ultimate goal? "I'd love to own the Yankees," he says with a smile. It may have taken his parents some time to accept his change in... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; photograph by Webb Chappell
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of
mainstream in the early 2000s. Leagues were organized by a central authority, and competitions were televised. Long before the rest of the world discovered the 21st-century sport, South Korean video gamers were held in the same regard as... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Insight: Yenball
by Dan Morrell Perhaps the biggest free agent target in major league baseball this off-season was 25-year-old Masahiro Tanaka, a pitcher in the Japanese professional league... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
focusing on and expecting major growth with younger fans (especially ages 6–13), US Hispanics ("more of whom watched the last Super Bowl than the last World Cup final"), and women ("a strong group and getting stronger"). To reach the... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Giving Live Sports Another Dimension
three hours [when they’re] sitting in their seat.” To that end, new ballparks and arenas have begun to include physical diversions such as pools, kid zones, and beer pavilions. But Mariner, former executive vice president and CFO of Major... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
decade, according to the World Bank, an increase of more than 50 percent. The national unemployment rate has hovered under 5 percent, touching record lows. Income inequality—though still a major issue for the country—is dropping: Between... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Down on the Farm: Frank Burke (MBA '87)
For fans and management alike, with so much of professional sports now indistinguishable from other high-powered enterprises, where can one turn for an affordable and quality sports experience? Ask Frank Burke (MBA '87), owner of the Chattanooga Lookouts Double-A minor... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 19 Jun 2017
- News
How Women's Basketball Conquered Europe
little bit about how American women basketball players began playing professionally in Europe? Levy: Well, it happened like this. There were leagues in Europe-- very amateur except that the players would get paid modest sums. And no one... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Harvard's MBA/AD
management. HBS official Bob Scalise (MBA '89) was named Harvard's new athletic director in July, stepping down from his position as the School's associate dean for administration, senior executive officer. An All-American lacrosse player at Brown who later coached... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
He’s Back
Formerly NBA senior vice president for business and league operations, Dennis Robinson (MBA ’90) is the new president and CEO of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, overseer of the Meadowlands Sports Complex, which Robinson... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Advanced Statistics Are the New Foam Fingers
continues to grow in North America, that performance data will play a major role in how those take shape.” —Angela Ruggiero Chris Marinak (MBA 2008), Executive Vice President for Strategy, Technology, and Innovation at View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
The Next Big Swing
direction for the future at the moment,” says Tippett, pointing to pioneering new initiatives like Major League Baseball’s Statcast (above), which offers statistical insights into every play—from the launch... View Details
- 28 Sep 2015
- News
Rockin’ for a Cause
lamé jacket, and I was wearing a blond wig and singing ‘Born to be Wild.’” Scheel would be the last person to downplay the enjoyment he gets from his Wildcats role, but as a parent, former Little League commissioner, and View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Chances Are
researchers found, that a couple who used condoms as a contraceptive would become pregnant. Shapiro's friend called later that day to report that her daughter had confronted her boyfriend with that stat and another she saw that day: 1 in 144—the odds of a View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Jonathan Mariner
Mariner Photo courtesy Jonathan Mariner “There aren’t many activities that bring a community together so quickly — without respect to age, race, and gender lines — as a winning ball club,” observes Jonathan D. Mariner, the veteran sports executive who has served as... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
How Sports Should Use Its Timeout
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Angela Ruggiero (MBA 2014) is cofounder and CEO of the market research firm the Sports Innovation Lab, and when we spoke in May, it was the week after the... View Details
- 23 Sep 2010
- News
How Did You Spend Your Summer Vacation?
A recent issue of the Harbus offers a quick glimpse of what a few MBAs have been up to over the past three months. Internships based in the United States (at Major League Baseball, MTV Networks, and the U.S.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Mickey Herbert (MBA 1969)
1998, and he decided to live his dream. He cofounded and then bought majority control of an independent minor league baseball team. At Swarthmore, I was captain of the baseball team and wanted nothing more... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Winning Season
value and revenues.” (In addition to his duties as Cardinals’ chairman, DeWitt serves on the Major League Baseball Executive Council and the Ownership Committee, and holds a seat on the board of MLB Advanced... View Details