NWSL Lands Delta Air Lines as Official Travel Partner
The National Women’s Soccer League and Delta Air Lines have agreed to a multiyear partnership that brings the global air carrier on board as the league’s first official…
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Olympians Fire Up Burner Phones, TikTok Amid China Security Worries
Among the many geopolitical complexities attached to this year’s Beijing Winter Olympics were widespread cybersecurity concerns. Social media became a specific focal…
Americans Disapprove of Beijing Games and Want Boycott, Poll Finds
If your reaction to hearing that the Beijing Winter Olympics have already begun is, “Wait, didn’t we just have an Olympics?” then you’d be right. While the summer of…
U.S. Olympic Business Gathers in Utah With Beijing Bleachers Empty
As American athletes compete for medals in Beijing, much of the U.S. Olympic business apparatus will be gathering at a ski slope 6,000 miles away. Team USA sponsors…
WTA Stands Alone in Peng Shuai China Standoff as Olympics Near
While the tennis world, and particularly the Women’s Tennis Association, has been loud and clear in airing its concerns over the well-being of China’s Peng Shuai, much…
Olympics Draws $1.8 Billion in Revenue, But Comcast Mum on Profit
The long-delayed Tokyo Olympics paid off handsomely for NBCUniversal, as the company booked $1.76 billion in revenue over the course of the 17-day event. That marked a…
IOC, Fanatics Build First-Ever Global Olympics Online Shop
The International Olympic Committee has tapped Fanatics to build its first-ever global ecommerce platform, a centralized online store to hold merchandise from…
Sporticast: L.A. Olympics Chief Discusses Business Prep, Taxpayers, Traffic
On the latest Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams talk with Kathy Carter, newly-appointed CEO of LA28, about the organizing committee’s…
Sporticast: College Football Kicks Off Amid Change, Uncertainty
On the latest Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams speak with Rick Burton, sports management professor at Syracuse University, about the…
U.S. Olympic Swimming and Track Again Prove Their Worth: Data Viz
The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) gives out millions of dollars of grants to individual sports federations every year, generally with the…
Beijing Winter Games Approach Amid Secrecy and Uncertainty
Now that the delayed Summer Games are officially complete, the global Olympic movement is shifting to an event that might be even more challenging: the 2022 Winter Games…
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Olympics Insurance Costs to Skyrocket After Tokyo Near-Miss
Insurers dodged a multi-billion-dollar loss on the Tokyo Olympics. But the hundreds of millions of dollars they still expect to lose, along with the fact that COVID-19…
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