As the calendar turns to July this week, there continues to be news in the world of sports business amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. This past week saw the United States National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) return with the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup. Big news surrounding the NWSL centered on Google …
Americans are begging for sports to return, and some of our professional leagues aren’t making any promises that they will (looking at you, MLB). Major League Soccer will be returning July 8th, but it’s clear that many people prefer soccer of a higher quality. Luckily, European soccer has had …
It was another week of slowly seeing the sports world creep back to operation. The PGA Tour is concluding its second tournament back to play, with no fans in attendance, but it is back to the TV screens on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Of the major four sports, only Major …
The coronavirus has put baseball in a place nobody knows what to do with, presenting a future that is impossible to predict. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, for the first time in 140 years there were no baseball games being played on Memorial Day. How is baseball going to come …
With leagues around the country struggling to find a path to return to normality, Major League Soccer has taken a different approach. Instead of returning to the league campaign, MLS has decided to host a World Cup-styled tournament in Orlando that will award the winner a place in next season’s …
With the world still combating the Covid-19 virus, another step was taken by the sports world in an effort to get back to normalcy. For the first time in over three months, boxing made its return to North America. The last boxing event in Las Vegas saw Tyson Fury score …
The world has been turned upside down. Nothing is as it was three short months ago. The Covid-19 pandemic has put a halt to the world like history has rarely seen before; and the world of sports is certainly not immune to its effects. The NBA and the NHL both …
Originally scheduled for Las Vegas, the 2020 NFL Draft will instead be conducted virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic. According to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, the league ultimately decided to proceed with a draft in an effort to provide hope to a sports world in need of it. During an …
That is a bold statement in the title of this piece but the USMNT has a historic ineptitude of winning abroad. In fact in the games between the four nations who have safely clinched a spot in the Hex for the next World Cup, the US has an overall win-loss-draw …
Vince McMahon, the infamous CEO of WWE, has decided to continue forward with the company’s biggest event of the year this upcoming weekend. McMahon has already lost what was left of the XFL season, his latest major business endeavor, due to the coronavirus pandemic. He is not prepared to give …
March was poised to be a huge month for the USMNT with the start of Olympic qualifying in Guadalajara and European friendlies in Wales and the Netherlands. These games were supposed to be the start of the new cycle of American talent that has been breaking through, both home and …
I recently sat down with Joe Girardi, the new manager of the Phillies. Joe shared his insights on transitioning from the broadcast booth back to the dugout, the postponement of the MLB season, and how the game has changed since his last managerial job.
