With spring training already in full-swing, baseball season is right around the corner. It was baseball that brought one of the first professional African-American athletes, Jackie Robinson, to the forefront of the sports world. We now live in a society where African-American athletes are among the best in any sport, but it hasn’t always [...] Read More
[Braham Dabscheck is an industrial relations scholar, sports writer and enthusiast, and author of Reading Baseball: Books, Biographies, and the Business of the Game, published April 2011, by FiT. He has written extensively on many aspects of sport, and he continues with that tradition today by offering a review of The Battle That Forged Modern [...] Read More
Those who study and follow the business side of sports are remembering the impact that Marvin Miller had on baseball and professional sports in general upon learning of his death earlier this week. Miller, the father of free agency in Major League Baseball, died on Nov. 27 at the age of 95. As the president [...] Read More
[Braham Dabscheck is an industrial relations scholar, sports writer and enthusiast, and author of Reading Baseball: Books, Biographies, and the Business of the Game, published April 2011, by FiT. He has written extensively on many aspects of sport, and he continues with that tradition today by offering a review of Transpacific Field of Dreams: How [...] Read More
[Braham Dabscheck is an industrial relations scholar, sports writer and enthusiast, and author of Reading Baseball: Books, Biographies, and the Business of the Game, published April 2011, by FiT. He has written extensively on many aspects of sport, and he continues with that tradition today by offering a review of Beyond the Scoreboard: An [...] Read More
It’s not uncommon to see an athlete or coach display an outburst of anger or frustration during or immediately after a competition. But when an athlete injures himself during such a display of raw emotion, it creates headlines. The Associated Press recently wrote an article about how athletes exhibit their anger in dealing with frustration [...] Read More
[Braham Dabscheck is an industrial relations scholar, sports writer and enthusiast, and author of Reading Baseball: Books, Biographies, and the Business of the Game, published April 2011, by FiT. He has written extensively on many aspects of sport, and he continues with that tradition today by offering a review of King of the Court: Bill [...] Read More
Fans attending the London Olympic Games this summer may want to bring an extra set of clothes when heading to event venues. That’s because the London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) is taking a zero-tolerance stance regarding ambush marketing. While companies for decades have attempted to ambush mega-events in particular by attaching their [...] Read More
“You haven’t taught until they have learned.” With this simple phrase and his dedication to constant improvement, John Wooden sparked a revolution in coaching strategies. From a coach in Ohio who turned his basketball team around with Wooden’s personal advice, to coaches in Uganda who devoted themselves to his principles without ever having met him, [...] Read More
Whether the economy is booming or battling a recession, athletic program administrators and coaches face a formidable challenge when planning events, activities, and programs that will generate the most revenue for their organizations. In his latest text, Fundraising for Sport and Athletics, Richard Leonard presents both the theoretical foundation and practical guidance that administrators and [...] Read More