RSS
Password?  |  Sign Up

  • Technology
  • Design
  • Ethonomics
  • Magazine
Leadership Community Jobs

Topic: Sports

  
SPORTS   |  Comment

Baseball's Fantasy World Meets Reality


Relevancy Score: 100
Fri Aug 11, 2006 at 12:52 PM

It turns out that Major League Baseball doesn't have a monopoly on everything. A federal court judge yesterday ruled that companies who run fantasy leagues don't have to pay MLB to use players' names and statistics. Earlier this ...READ»

   |  2 comments

Agents to the All-Stars

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 100
Fri Apr 6, 2007 at 3:42 PM

It's not uncommon to draw parallels between the worlds of professional sports and business. Business leaders, like athletes, work with coaches. Statistics can make or break an organization. And now... athletes are making their way ...READ»

SPORTS   |  1 comment

Sports: A Season to Sling?


Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Sep 6, 2007 at 6:00 PM

The 2007 NFL season kicks off tonight, as Super Bowl MVP Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts take the field against Reggie Bush and the New Orleans Saints. While fans across the country are rightfully eager for their own teams ...READ»

SPORTS   |  6 comments

Sports: Goodell Faces Tough Decision On Patriots


Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Sep 13, 2007 at 1:08 PM

In my last post, I praised the NFL for providing fans with the best possible product. One week later, it seems that I may need to revise that statement. If the New England Patriots really cheated, the fallout might be worse than ...READ»

PERSONAL GROWTH   |  Comment

A Day in the Life of Work: Field of Dreams

BY Chuck Salter
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:52 AM

The secret behind a level playing field at Fenway? Try kitty litter and rubber-tire crumbs.READ»

BUSINESS TRAVEL   |  2 comments

Time (Zone) Travelers

BY Scott Kirsner
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:51 AM

It's becoming the essential competitive edge: the ability to hopscotch the globe, switching countries, cultures, and languages as easily as the rest of us change clothes. Meet some folks who are really living the borderless life.READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION   |  Comment

Bobble Mania: Malcolm Alexander

BY Paul Lukas
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:51 AM

How Malcolm Alexander gets a-"head" in business.READ»

SPORTS   |  Comment

Sports: The Owners Club


Relevancy Score: 100
Fri Sep 21, 2007 at 12:47 PM

An article in The Chicago Tribune earlier this week speculated that local businessman John A. Canning Jr. may be the leading candidate to purchase the Cubs when the season ends, even if he is not the highest bidder. His ...READ»

SPORTS   |  5 comments

Sports: Is This New Football Startup Made to Stick?


Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Sep 27, 2007 at 1:24 PM

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»

medal
VANCOUVER OLYMPICS   |  2 comments

2010 Olympic Medals Are Made From Old Electronics

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 100
Fri Oct 16, 2009 at 2:51 PM

The winning designs for Vancouver's 2010 Olympic medals have been revealed: the gold, silver, and bronze medals will all be made from melted-down electronics. Canadian designer Corrine Hunt's medals are laser-etched, so no two ...READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

Joe Redneck, Meet Eustace Tilly

BY Ryan Underwood
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:44 AM

NASCAR in New York? That's what Donald Trump and the stock-car bunch have in mind.READ»

LEADERSHIP   |  Comment

The Soul of a Sports Machine

BY Don Wallace
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:43 AM

His players are called undersized and undertalented. They also haven't lost a game in 11 straight seasons. Study the leadership secrets of an extraordinary high-school football coach.READ»

LEADERSHIP MENTORING   |  Comment

Beane's Magic

BY Keith H. Hammonds
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:43 AM

Report from the past.READ»

SPORTS   |  2 comments

Footballers' Billionaires


Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Feb 13, 2007 at 2:45 PM

Will soccer--henceforth to be referred to as football in this post--ever be a profitable business in America? A bevy of Colorado billionaires seem to think so. Last Friday, Wal-Mart developer turned sports mogul Stan Kroenke ...READ»

SPORTS   |  13 comments

The New Fight Club


Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Dec 19, 2006 at 12:59 PM

Imagine being at the office with one minute and 15 seconds left in the day. Then imagine shoving one of your coworkers, and punching another in the face. What would your boss say? What would management do? I would probably be ...READ»

TECHNOLOGY + COMPUTERS   |  5 comments

Apple Announcements

BY Lynne d Johnson
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Sep 12, 2006 at 9:53 PM

Apple announced a host of new products today including iPods, iTunes 7, QuickTime 7.1.3, and iTV. iPod The new iPod Shuffle is now about the size of the iPod Radio Remote with an aluminum design and contains one gigabyte of flash ...READ»

HOWARD SCHOOR   |  Comment

Come Experience the “Birthplace of American Fly Fishing” in the Catskills Region

BY Howard Schoor
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed May 27, 2009 at 1:51 PM

BETHEL, NY, MAY 8, 2007 – The teeming rivers and streams of the Catskills region in New York have long been considered the “Birthplace of American Fly Fishing,” with fly fishing roots dating back to the late 19th century. It ...READ»

DESIGN IN BUSINESS   |  Comment

Uniformity

BY Paul Lukas
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:57 AM

Baseball is more than round balls and base runs; it can also involve branding, design, and typography.READ»

LEADERSHIP   |  Comment

Hoop Schemes

BY Chuck Salter
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:54 AM

Mark Cuban is the rare sports-team owner who acts like a fan. Do his on-court antics merit a technical foul or the game ball?READ»

CUSTOMERS FIRST 2006   |  2 comments

Our Home. Our Team. Be a Saint.

BY Jim Gilmore
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Sep 26, 2006 at 10:18 AM

Well, the news did not make the front page of today's Wall Street Journal and New York Times, but it did make the cover of my Cleveland Plain Dealer and I suspect most other local papers: The New Orleans Saints returned to the ...READ»

LEADERSHIP   |  Comment

Bull-sitter

BY Paul Lukas
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:54 AM

The CEO of the rodeo.READ»

y355
HARDWARE   |  3 comments

MIT Uses Smartphone Sensors to Improve Red Sox Players' Performances

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Oct 8, 2009 at 12:40 PM

Can researchers pinpoint what's keeping Josh Beckett from being pitch-perfect or keep Daisuke Matsuzaka from getting re-injured?READ»

CUSTOMERS FIRST 2006   |  7 comments

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

BY Jim Gilmore
Relevancy Score: 100
Fri Sep 29, 2006 at 11:58 AM

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»

SUSTAINABILITY   |  3 comments

Eco-friendly Skateboards

BY Lynne d Johnson
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Oct 3, 2006 at 3:18 PM

Though far from a teenager, lately I've taken up skateboarding as a personal transportation option for traveling around my 'hood. It's a smart alternative to using my car for short trips to the supermarket or to a nearby restaurant ...READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

Be a Publicity Glutton! (Film at 11)

BY David Lidsky
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:48 AM

Two brothers are building bulging bellies into a burgeoning brand.READ»

123456789…next ›last »