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When it comes to the profit side of the pro basketball lockout, nobody wins -- except maybe basketball fans' savings accounts. Those fans and the money that the now-shuttered NBA stands to lose will not migrate to another sport.

Comcast's takeover of NBC Universal got the green light from the FCC and the Justice Department on Tuesday. The deal creates an entertainment colossus in television, movies, the Internet and theme parks. Will it also make Comcast a formidable challenger to Walt Disney's ESPN?

There's a reason Olympic athletes mouth the words, "Thanks, Mom" into the cameras as they hold their medals aloft. Mothers spend countless hours waiting, watching, driving and cheering them on and they spend a small fortune on tournament fees, coaching, travel and sports equipment. Being the mom of...

Fresh from helping to rescue the team from irrelevance in the local market, Chicago Blackhawks management now has an almost equally vexing task: preventing the franchise from becoming too popular. Hockey's hottest young team has brought the fans out of hibernation, filling the cavernous United...

The National Hockey League has just started another season -- and just missed a chance to take a bold step to win a new generation of fans. The NHL should put all games online for free, supported by ads. The NHL's TV ratings are the worst among major sports. Ratings in 2008–2009 were down...

In the chain of dominoes that is the American economy, sports teams fall somewhere in the middle, knocked over by the owner, landing on top of the fan. For major league baseball's Texas Rangers and the NHL's Dallas Stars, the dominoes are wobbling as we speak. Both are owned by Hicks Sports Group,...

With the average baseball ticket costing $25.40, NBA ticket at $48.83, an NFL ticket at $72.20, and NHL seats at $48.72, it's no wonder sports fans have a difficult time making it through the turnstiles at stadiums and arenas across the country: Their wallets and purses are being picked. Some teams...