Ted Keith

Read more about the the 95 nominees for the 2023 Sports Business Awards in 15 categories. The winners will be revealed during an awards presentation on May 24 at the Marriott Marquis Times Square, in an event that captures the attention of the industry. Gary Bettman, commissioner...

Of all the people in sports business who have gotten to know Gary Bettman during his 30 years as NHL commissioner — an endless list that is only partially covered by his fellow commissioners; NHL team owners and executives; league partners; and his colleagues at the office — none...

In 1993, Gary Bettman walked onto the ice of the Montreal Forum to perform the ultimate hockey assist for the first time: giving the Stanley Cup to the new NHL champions. That year the Cup went back to its most frequent owners, the Montreal Canadiens, who had defeated the...

The last time the NHL held a Stanley Cup Final without Gary Bettman as commissioner came in 1992. That also happened to be the last time the league’s signature event aired in the United States on SportsChannel America, a now-defunct network that at the time reached only...

The world’s favorite season is the spring, wrote American naturalist Edwin Way Teale. That certainly seems true in the world of sports, with its amalgam of events and championships that stretch from the conclusion of March Madness to the NBA Finals bumping up against the summer...

Jackie Robinson played fearlessly there. Sandy Koufax pitched beautifully there. Vin Scully broadcast games lyrically there. And Tommy Lasorda cursed (and cursed and cursed) artfully there. This is the legacy of Dodgertown, a former naval air base in the usually sleepy town of Vero Beach,...

There is a motto making its way around MLS offices lately that goes something like this: If baseball was built on radio, and football was built on television, then soccer will be built on digital. That is certainly the bet MLS is...

New brands have been as culturally influential over the past half-century than Nike, with its unforgettable ads, long roster of superstar endorsers and, lest we forget, popular products. All of which would seem to make creating a commercial that adequately address ed the past while acknowledging the...

The traditional starting line for the New York City Marathon is on the Staten Island side of the Verrazzano Bridge, which opened in 1964, six years before the race itself. It is perhaps most famous for carrying runners into Brooklyn, where they follow the 26.2-mile route into...

Of all the memorable dates in the 62-season history of the Los Angeles/California/Anaheim/Los Angeles Angels, it is hard to find any two more significant than the consecutive nights of Oct. 26 and 27, 2002. It was on those enchanted evenings that the Angels won Games 6 and...