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December 14, 2006
FT Non-Public 150 - the full list
...11 S State owned 138 New York Life United States Insurance 11 P Mutual 139 Major League Baseball United States Entertainment 11 P Association 140 Société...retailers 10 P Co-operative 143 National Basketball Association United States Entertainment...
February 7, 2010
The business of sport
...who played in the National Football League Super Bowl against the New Orleans...one or two exceptions like Manchester United [the UK soccer team], most aren...Grousbeck (Stanford), chief executive of basketball team Boston Celtics, and Larry Baer (Harvard...approach lies in the business school league tables published by magazines and newspapers...consultant for the Dallas Mavericks basketball team.Outside the US, sports... By Ian Wylie
February 8, 2010
Smaller schools learn to play to their strengths
...who played in the National Football League Super Bowl against the New Orleans...one or two exceptions like Manchester United [the UK soccer team], most aren...Grousbeck (Stanford), chief executive of basketball team Boston Celtics, and Larry Baer...approach lies in the business school league tables published by magazines and newspapers...consultant for the Dallas Mavericks basketball team.Outside the US, sports management... By Ian Wylie
October 7, 2006
Hoop dreams come true as basketball moves leagues ahead
...So much for the world. Where does basketball stand in the US? Stern genuflects...Playstation portable." In short, the basketball game playing on their TV set is sometimes...when he took office. Where can the league go next? "In the United States, expansion is not currently on our...to New Orleans," he adds. And basketball tends to succeed too. Probably no... By Simon Kuper
February 6, 2010
Saints vie with Colts but city of New Orleans is the real Super Bowl winner
...long underserved by air, professional sports teams did not live there much, nor enjoy much success. It hosts no big league baseball side, although Louisiana is a breeding ground for players. The Saints, founded in 1967, have never made the Super Bowl before.The current basketball Hornets only migrated to the city from Charlotte eight years ago (without changing their name to capture local flavour... By Jurek Martin in Washington
February 5, 2010
New Orleans is Super Bowl’s real winner
...long underserved by air, professional sports teams did not live there much, nor enjoy much success. It hosts no big league baseball side, although Louisiana is a breeding ground for players. The Saints, founded in 1967, have never made the Super Bowl before.The current basketball Hornets only migrated to the city from Charlotte eight years ago – without changing their name to capture local flavour... By Jurek Martin in Washington
October 6, 2006
Time out with basketball’s globe-trotting ‘president’
...Stern, commissioner of the National Basketball Association, recites his itinerary...empire. His annual “state of the league” briefing recalls the president...the planet. For a start, what is basketball’s biggest foreign market...PlayStation portable.” In short, the basketball game playing on one of their TV sets...office. Where next? “In the United States, expansion is not currently...
January 30, 2010
Ice hockey starts to slip as Canadians also fall for soccer
...prefers soccer.Hockey is a way for Canadians to commune with their landscape, like the Swiss skiing or Americans watching basketball in air-conditioned malls. For generations, the men who pulled on Canada's maple leaf jersey have been national ideals...attendances of 20,344, about 1,000 more than the iconic Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team. Vancouver will acquire a Major League Soccer team next year. Montreal wants one too.Even native-born Canadians are falling for globalisation's favourite... By Simon Kuper
January 30, 2010
Ice hockey slips as Canadians fall for soccer
...prefers soccer. Hockey is a way for Canadians to commune with their landscape, like the Swiss skiing or Americans watching basketball in air-conditioned malls. For generations, the men who pulled on Canada’s maple leaf jersey have been national ideals...attendances of 20,344, about 1,000 more than the iconic Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team. Vancouver will acquire a Major League Soccer team next year. Montreal wants one too. Even native-born Canadians are falling for globalisation’s favourite... By Simon Kuper
August 22, 2008
Basketball prepares for take-off
...It has teamed up with the National Basketball Association, the US professional league, to take over the running of the Olympic basketball venue after the games. And not just...friendlies, linking up with the Chinese Basketball Association and developing a stream of Chinese...hugely popular,” he says. Chinese league sides are expected to take up residency... By Roger Blitz