Topic: College Athletics

The Flutie Effect

20 years ago today, an undersized quarterback named Doug Flutie improbably threw a 48-yard touchdown pass in the waning seconds to beat Miami in what is arguably the best play in college football history. (A BC grad myself, that play ...READ»

Sports Business: College Football Fans Vote With Their Eyes

College football is dead to me. And, apparently, if TV ratings are any type of accurate gauge, more and more sports fans share that sentiment. The average ratings for Fox's four Bowl Championship Series (BCS) games fell 13 percent ...READ»

Star Power: Dr. Andrews' Patient List is a Veritable Who's Who of Sports

Andrews has treated thousands of athletes in his 35-year career. How many of the 88 Hall of Famers, all-stars, and up-and-comers do you recognize?READ»

• The Most Valuable Player in Sports is ... this Doctor
• High Profile Sports Patients of Dr. James Andrews
• Big Game Trophy Hunter

Kay Yow: Successful Coach, Positive Person

Self confidence is one of the keys to success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success.  If you want to become self confident you need to do three things. 1) Become an optimist.  2) Face your fears and act.  3) Surround yourself ...READ»

Sports: Is This New Football Startup Made to Stick?

If you knew who Marcus Katz was, you would probably think he's crazy. Katz is a San Diego entrepreneur who made his money in private school loans. And now he's committed $75 million to start a new professional football ...READ»

The Most Valuable Player in Sports is ... this Doctor

James Andrews has become a hidden force in sports -- rescuing careers, changing the outcome of games, and making billions for stars and teams -- by mending the world's best athletes (like the 62 pros on the previous pages) and driving medical innovation.READ»

• From Under the Knife to the Hall of Fame
• Dr. James Andrews' All-Star Baseball Team
• How Surgery Led 12 Star Quarterbacks to Victory

Leadership: When to Say Good-Bye

Tens of millions of Baby Boomers will be retiring over the next decade. Organizations are working diligently to plan for their replacements as leaders as well as hiring new recruits to fill new positions that open up due to ...READ»

Go Shockers!

I've emerged, bleary-eyed but happy, from last weekend's NCAA men's basketball marathon with a new favorite team. Wichita State. I really, really want the Shockers to go to the Final Four. Really. I'm fired up because Saturday ...READ»

That's Why They Call It March Madness

Here's a stat to mull over as the deadline for NCAA tourney pools fast approaches: $3.8 billion. That may sound like first prize in the office pool at profit-happy Exxon Mobil this year. But it's actually an estimate of the cost in ...READ»

The Evil of Madness

March Madness officially commenced Sunday, with the selection of this year’s 65-team draw for the college basketball championship. Let the insanity begin! This is, of course, not all fun and games. Oh, wait—it is all fun and ...READ»

Are You on the Right Track?

It's exciting to rewrite the rules of business and build high-performance companies in record time. But when do you start to calculate the human toll associated with the pursuit of your personal success?READ»

March Madness, Self Confidence and Success

Self confidence is one of the keys to success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success.  If you want to become self confident you need to do three things.  1) Become an optimist.  2) Face your fears and act.  3) Surround ...READ»

Do You Love Sports? Web Got Game!

Whether you're the commissioner of a fantasy league or a Lakers fan exiled in Seattle, the best sports page is a Web page. Here's a guide to the digital wide world of sports.READ»

The Red Sox Secret Lineup

How a marketing offshoot in Boston is playing the pro-sports business differently. READ»

• Boxscore
• MLB's Digital Dominance
• Take Me Out to the Ballpark

She Leads a Championship Team

Abby Conklin discusses her slow start and fast finish as cocaptain of the Lady Vols -- and what she learned about leading.READ»

From Super Bowl to Super Sales

What a salesperson can learn on a football field.READ»

Letting Sports Information Spread

This is one of the great weeks of the sports year. Monday marked the opening of the Major League Baseball season and the finale of NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Tonight the women will crown their own NCAA basketball champion. ...READ»

March Madness Begins

Last year's NCAA title game ended in OT with Kansas overwhelming Memphis with perseverance ... and free throws. The win scored KU not just bragging rights but also big money. Merchandise tied to the victory earned Kansas more ...READ»

The NCAA is not a Fan of the Blogosphere

Or at least the ones who don't have express written consent to reproduce or retransmit any accounts of the game or descriptions thereof...For those of you who don't know, Brian Bennett, a writer for the Courier-Journal in Louisville, ...READ»

Now: March 2008

What's happening this month: Shiny new airport terminals in London and Beijing take off; why baseball's first pitch is in Tokyo; and Austin's South by Southwest by the numbers.READ»

• Infographic: Numerology: SXSW
• The Journal-ist: In the Lead
• Open House: Just Plane Ambitious

Who Runs This Team, Anyway?

Well, in part, the fans do. And maybe that's why it's winning more! A soccer club in Finland marries grassroots enthusiasm with cell-phone interactivity. The result looks to be quite a kick.READ»

A Pitch for Innovation

Go read today's New York Times article about Pat Venditte. Who is he? He is the only ambidextrous pitcher in NCAA Division 1 college baseball. I also think he is a metaphor for how organizations should hire and train their ...READ»

Protect This House

Kevin Plank's improbable hit -- a sweat-wicking undershirt -- kicked off the fastest-growing category of sportswear. Now Nike and other megabrands are in hot pursuit of Under Armour. Welcome to the disrupter's dilemma.READ»

March Madness

Oral Roberts fans rejoice! Now you, too, will be able to catch all of that exciting NCAA Tournament first-round action. If you weren't convinced that new technology will change the way we watch TV, maybe this will change your mind. ...READ»

Of Brackets and Bailouts

It's March, that time of year when tens of millions of Americans fill out their NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament brackets. They compete against office mates and total strangers on the Internet to pick the eventual champion or earn the ...READ»