Topic: New York Yankees

The Most Valuable Team

In 2005, Malcolm Glazer bought the Manchester United Football Club for $1.5 billion, creating enormous controversy. Glazer designed his takeover of Man U so as to make himself a majority shareholder (now 75%), ending the team's ...READ»

A New Bible for Interactive Designers: 'The Times' Innovation Portfolio

The New York Times interactive group creates an online encyclopedia of all their stunning inventions. But what's the motive?READ»

Infographic of the Day: Yankees vs. Phillies as They (Probably) Face Off in the World Series

If the Yankees win to tonight, they'll bag the American League Pennant, and head to the World Series, where they'll face the Philadelphia Phillies, with game 1 next Wednesday. You can expect a brain-deadening amount of analysis--all ...READ»

Underwhelmed

I was at Opening Day in New York last week, attending the first official game at the new Yankee Stadium last week. Honestly, I was underwhelmed. Considering that the Yankees spend $1.5 billion dollars to build the ballpark, I ...READ»

Sports Business: The New Yankees Boss

Over the past two decades, Yankees principal owner George Steinbrenner has ceded more and more of his role as team spokesman to his PR consigliere Howard Rubenstein. More recently, as speculation on his deteriorating health has ...READ»

Yankee Stadium and Baseball's Business of Nostalgia

An era has ended in the Bronx. Sometime next year, “The House That Ruth Built” will become “The House That P.J. Graziano and Sons Wrecking Crew Meticulously Disassembled For Resale,” and the old Yankee Stadium will be no ...READ»

The Most Innovative Companies in Sports

You have seen our Fast Company 50. But what are the companies within specific categories doing creative and ground-breaking work? Who is leading an industry into the future? Here we present the top ten firms in Sports.READ»

Big League Chew: Phils Out-Spit Yanks

Are the Yankees and Phillies actually playing baseball on Ken Carbone's widescreen TV? To him they're just hocking high-def loogies.READ»

• Ken Carbone's Yes to Less blog

How To Play Beane Ball

The Oakland A's Billy Beane has perfected the new rules for winning at baseball -- on the field and in the books. Some say that he's a genius who has mastered the future of the game. He says that doing more with less just means playing by the numbers.READ»

Sports: Red Sox, Yankees No Match For…the Buffalo Sabres?

There has been some buzz this week about a new study conducted by Turnkey Sports and Entertainment. The 2007 Turnkey Team Brand Index ranks the local brand strength of every team, from 1-122, in the NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL. The ...READ»

HOK Imagines the Ballpark of the Future

A look at the Yankees' and Mets' pricey new homes -- and the stadium of tomorrow.READ»

• The Stadium of the Future
• The Biggest-and Newest-Name in Sports Stadiums: Populous

Birth of a (Free-Agent) Nation

A conversation with baseball's first free agent.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

For-Fee XM Radio and the Enjoyment of For-Free Experiences

I've spent a lot of time this week, at the urging of FC, commenting on various news items that struck my fancy. Do please allow me now to share a somewhat lengthy story of a more personal nature. (I trust the indulgence worth the ...READ»

Speedometer

This month, FC throws some statistical curveballs on the business of baseball: from the numbers behind its class system to the card that boasts a $1.27 million price tag.READ»

Sports: Is A-Rod Worth $1 Billion? It Might Not Be As Crazy As It Sounds

Well, that didn't take long. When the New York Yankees were eliminated from the playoffs Monday night, the baseball season, for all intents and purposes, ended. Forget the battle between Arizona and Colorado, in an NLCS that ...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

Gender differences at work.

The differences between men and women go way beyond the physical to include things like core beliefs and value systems. In fact, the underlying values of men and women largely contribute to the differences in how we communicate, solve problems, and manage stress. These differences often lead to assumptions and judgments by the opposite sex, which ends up leading to friction at work.READ»

The Latest Win, From the New York Yankees of Infographics

The New York Times produces a massive graphic showing how Americans spend every minute of the day.READ»

Leadership: It's All About Respect Says Joe

Joe Torre turned down $5 million to coach the Yankees next year, $2.5 million less than he earned this year. True, there were incentives that could boost Torre’s pay by $3 million but for Torre that was too much. “I’ve been ...READ»

Beane's Magic

Report from the past.READ»

The Biggest-and Newest-Name in Sports Stadiums: Populous

The sports-architecture titan HOK Sport Venue Event rechristens itself.READ»

• Most Innovative Companies in Sports

Baseball & Truth II

The biggest sports news of recent days, at least on the east coast of the U.S., is Alex Rodriguez's signing with the New York Yankees. A lot of baseball pundits have been comparing Rodriguez to Babe Ruth, but when we caught up with ...READ»

Big Game Trophy Hunter

Dr. Andrews has changed sports history by treating, advising, or developing training programs for key players who led their teams to victory.READ»

• The Most Valuable Player in Sports is ... this Doctor
• Star Map
• High Profile Sports Patients of Dr. James Andrews

Damn Yankees

Well, it happened. The rivalry that Michael mentioned has played itself out. The Boston Red Sox, the team with the second-highest payroll ($130 million), beat the New York Yankees, the team with the highest payroll ($180 million). ...READ»