Ross Nethery

COLORADO SPRINGS -- Youth sports has “come back with a vengeance,” and more than ever needs the backing of industry leaders to make a difference in the lives of young people, said Olympic gold medalist Benita Fitzgerald Mosley at the SBJ Thought Leaders Retreat in Colorado Springs. Mosley reminded...

The WNBA is working hard to make it easier to be a fan after the challenges of the last two years, said league Dir of Strategy Richard Barbier  at this week’s SportTechie Horizon Summit in Santa Clara, Calif. A big part of that push is growth and...

As both President of the 49ers and CEO of Elevate, there’s never really an offseason for Al Guido . But, standing on a terrace at Levi’s Stadium, with construction noise as a backdrop and only a month left before the start of the pre-season, Guido radiated excitement about...

It was a true party atmosphere last night at the Refinery Rooftop in Manhattan , where more than 200 people gathered to celebrate the inaugural class of SBJ’s New Voices Under 30 . All of this year’s honorees were on hand for the...

Executives from Puma and Cloud9 appeared on Day 2 of the ’19 Intersport Brand Engagement and Content Summit to talk about their new deal. After originally signing a short-term deal in January, the two companies just this week agreed to a much broader deal . Puma...

About 400 people crowded into the ballroom of the Renaissance Chicago Downtown this morning for the opening of the '19 Intersport Brand Engagement & Content Summit . Heineken USA CMO Jonnie Cahill opened the conference with a keynote that focused on reaching consumers despite...

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman sat for a wide-ranging one-on-one interview with Proskauer’s Joe Leccese on the opening day of the CAA World Congress of Sports. Here are a few takeaways from the session: * On the RSN market and whether the league might invest...

Fox Sports National Networks President Mark Silverman sat for a one-on-one interview to close out the CAA World Congress of Sports. Here are some of the highlights: * On the importance of sports to Fox, "Our company is a lot smaller than it was...

By Abe Madkour and Ross Nethery If you felt better about the state of college sports after day one of the 2018 Learfield Intercollegiate Athletics Forum – and most of us did – then you were probably...

By Abe Madkour and Ross Nethery College sports is in a good place. Unlike some of the negative narrative last year around an FBI investigation and upcoming trial that threatened to expose the nasty underbelly of college basketball, the vibe during day one of...