athletics

    By Jonathan Berr

    | 7:00AM 3/16/2011
    As the NFL lockout continues, television networks -- which spent billions of dollars to secure broadcasting rights to National Football League games -- are scrambling to fill what could become a gaping hole in their programming schedules.

    By Steven Kent

    | 11:15AM 11/09/2010
    It's not a stretch to say that, for many college students, the best moments of their university years rage by in a blur of tailgaters and giant foam fingers. At most major universities nationwide, college campus culture and athletics exist like conjoined siblings: fused from the moment of...

    By Danny King

    | 5:15PM 9/23/2010
    Nike's fiscal first-quarter profit rose 9% as a surge in emerging-market sales, less inventory and fewer discount sales offset the negative effect of foreign-exchange rate changes. Shares fell in extended trading after the company's sales lagged analyst estimates.

    By Sarah Gilbert

    | 12:10PM 1/05/2010
    With a logo that's extraordinarily reminiscent of the Swoosh, a focus on basketball shoes and huge deals with big-name NBA stars, sneaker maker Li Ning is starting its battle for America's feet in Nike's own backyard: Portland, Oregon.