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Bill King

Bill King

Senior writer Bill King is the lead contributor to Sports Business Journal’s In-Depth stories, Special Report coverage and profiles, in addition to covering boxing, MMA and the field of sports business education. He has won numerous national and regional writing awards since joining SBJ in 1998. King brings extensive experience to his work, having spent 12 years at daily newspapers in Florida, where he covered Major League Baseball, the NBA, NFL and major college football. BEATS: Special Projects/Profiles: General assignment; Boxing/UFC: (big-picture stories); Educational programs

Forty Under 40: Ari Borod

Weekly / Monday, June 26, 2023
Ari Borod was fresh off helping navigate Action Network up the steep growth curve that led to its $240 million acquisition two summers ago when a mentor from his days at FanDuel, Matt King, phoned to congratulate him. He sensed that the call was more...

Forty Under 40: Daniel Render

Weekly / Monday, June 26, 2023
As a baseball player at Division III Haverford College, alma mater to superagents Ron Shapiro and Arn Tellem and MLB general managers Josh Byrnes and Thad Levine, Daniel Render was exposed to both a network that could help him find a career in baseball...

Forty Under 40: Whalen Rozelle

Weekly / Monday, June 26, 2023
Whalen Rozelle was interviewing for a job making mobile apps for video game developer Riot Games when the conversation spun unexpectedly to the company’s burgeoning esports division, where it also was making a hire. Riot rarely encountered applicants who were avid fans of traditional sports....

BetMGM relocating Cincinnati retail sportsbook

Morning Buzz / Wednesday, June 21, 2023
BetMGM will announce today that it is relocating its retail sportsbook in Cincinnati from a temporary location at Great American Ball Park to a more trafficked spot at “The Banks," a mixed-use development across the street from the home plate entrance. BetMGM and the Reds will pair with locally-owned...

BetMGM first to launch sportsbook in P.R.

Morning Buzz / Wednesday, June 7, 2023
BetMGM becomes the first regulated sportsbook to offer its app in Puerto Rico today when it launches in partnership with La Concha Resort in San Juan, where it opened a retail sportsbook with 12 kiosks and five betting windows in February 2022. Caesars, which opened a retail outlet at...

Toronto-based theScore Bet to host 'Hole Zero' at Canadian Open

Daily / Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Toronto-based theScore Bet will offer patrons at next week’s Canadian Open PGA Tour event the chance to play a 150-yard Par 3 hole constructed near the tournament’s admissions gate, an experience that will include a clubhouse, caddy, swing coach, leaderboard and a daily $1,000 (all figures Canadian) closest-to-the-pin prize....

Gary Bettman in his own words

Weekly / Monday, May 15, 2023
On How He Operates: “We don’t focus on one thing at a time. This is a continuum of things and they all move about. And my role is to keep an eye on all the things and all the people, and make sure that everybody who needs...
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