business of sports

Major League Baseball's worldwide spread is facing slow going in China and Africa. But America's favorite pastime is working hard to find friends in both areas, starting with footholds in Taiwan and South Africa. MLB is clearly keeping its eye on the ball overseas.

The National Football League may not be recession proof, but it has done well during the economic downturn. Nonetheless, as training camps get underway, owners and players are worried about a possible labor stoppage in 2011.

The Super Bowl is not so super to many economists. Experts in the economics of sports say the NFL and its boosters have grossly overestimated the economic benefit of Sunday's championship game in Miami between the New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts.

Sports business reporter Darren Rovell at CNBC reported on September 15 that the New York Yankees are releasing their ticket prices for season ticket holders. The report notes that more than 80 percent of the tickets at Yankee Stadium will remain the same, but those able to afford the most...

A former mainstay of childhood, baseball cards have long since become a meaningless historical footnote, occasionally garnering some small mention in the media when a family finds boxes of rare baseball cards hoarded in a deceased relative's attic. Personally speaking, the last time I purchased...