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Abraham Madkour

Abraham Madkour

Abraham Madkour brings more than 20 years of experience covering the business of sports and serves as Executive Editor of Sports Business Journal, Sports Business Daily/Global. He is responsible for shaping the editorial direction of the publications while managing the entire editorial staff. He also oversees the editorial content for the various conferences produced by the Sports Business Group, including the prestigious World Congress of Sports, Sports Business Awards and Forty Under 40 awards. Madkour writes weekly editorials and pro le features of the management and leadership strategies of leading industry executives. He is a frequent industry speaker and serves as the lead moderator and editorial spokesman at all of the company’s events.

Madkour: Inside the business of two NBA teams

Weekly / Monday, June 26, 2023
Premium products are hot; teams understand their fans better; expect more investment in content creation, but don’t expect a return to the office full time. Those were a few of the takeaways from a conversation my colleague John Ourand and I led with two NBA...

Madkour: Appreciating two pioneers

Weekly / Monday, June 19, 2023
My love of sports and writing started by reading The Boston Globe. Growing up in a small Vermont town, a young sports fan with a voracious appetite to learn about his teams would beg his father to buy the Globe for its outstanding sports coverage. I could...

Madkour: Strong voices from Brand Innovation Summit in Chicago

Weekly / Monday, June 12, 2023
Cleaning out the notebook after a few days in Chicago at SBJ’s Brand Innovation Summit, and few things are better than lovely June weather in such a beautiful city. Ally’s Andrea Brimmer really connects with an audience. She has spoken at two SBJ events...

Madkour: What’s worth watching

Weekly / Monday, June 5, 2023
New premium inventory intrigues me, and you’re seeing some noteworthy offerings in the NBA. The Detroit Pistons became the first NBA team to introduce club spaces behind both baskets at Little Caesars Arena last season, which hold up to 200 fans and brought in close to $2...

Madkour: Takeaways from the Sports Business Awards

Weekly / Monday, May 29, 2023
Some insight and takeaways from the deliberations and voting around the Sports Business Awards . THE PROCESS: We’ve increased the number of judges to add perspective and more voices. We had nearly 50 this year ( see the full list...

Madkour: An eye on expansion, naming rights and people

Weekly / Monday, May 22, 2023
San Diego will be an interesting expansion market as the home to MLS’s 30th franchise. The league’s recent expansion success has been around Austin, Nashville and Charlotte, and we’ll have to see if the same playbook can be replicated in Southern California. San Diego has proved...

Madkour: The Bettman Perspective

Weekly / Monday, May 15, 2023
“I’m not sure the league would have turned out the same way had he not been there, just because his tenacity and work ethic  were second to none...

Madkour: Award debates; an agency eyes sports expansion

Weekly / Monday, May 8, 2023
The sports growth strategy of one of the top talent agencies in Hollywood is a story many of my sources are talking about, but I’ll start with what I will be watching as voting takes place for the Sports Business Awards just before I write this. The...

Madkour: ALL IN insight: ‘Think big, start small, move fast’

Weekly / Monday, May 1, 2023
SBJ’s ALL IN conference took place Thursday, April 20, on the Founders Club level at BMO Stadium on a beautiful sunny day in Los Angeles. Speakers were refreshingly honest about the complicated topics around diversity, equity and inclusion in the sports industry ( click here for...

Madkour: Highlights from CAA World Congress of Sports

Weekly / Monday, April 24, 2023
What stood out from a week in Los Angeles centered around the CAA World Congress of Sports. MOST ENERGETIC SPEAKER: Steve Ballmer . Before speaking to a standing-room audience, the Los Angeles Clippers owner warned he may...
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