Does your college football roster cost $8M or $50M? Here's our report on 68 teams
The best teams are, on average, the ones paying players the most, but there's a wide disparity between the schools at the top and the bottom of major conferences.
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The Death of Shame Is Tearing Us Apart
Increasingly, people are ignoring social norms in favor of a narrow self-interest. The results are disastrous, Jay Caspian Kang writes.
People think his team got robbed at Michigan. His response was a ‘masterclass’
WMU coach Lance Taylor could have joined the chorus of angry responses to a controversial loss at Michigan, but he chose a different path.
A College Caught in the Middle of America’s Football Obsession
Jesse Dougherty on the football culture at Oberlin College and how it reflects the sport’s fanfare in America.
The upper limits of biology
The limits of breeding for speed
A workout with Notre Dame’s strength coach left me with these 3 lessons (and soreness)
A firsthand look at how the Irish train to endure a 16-game season revealed that there’s more to strength building than the weight on a bar.
The NBA superstar Carmelo Anthony on life after basketball | Psyche Portraits
For 19 years, the NBA superstar Carmelo Anthony mastered the version of himself the world demanded. Retired from basketball, he confronts a harder question: who is he now?
What if college football teams could be sold? Ranking Power 4 teams by their valuation
How much would it take to buy an NCAA football team on the open market? Here's what we think all 68 Power 4 teams would sell for.
Rope-a-Dope
Are the Enhanced Games an existential threat to fairness or a cure for death? Zach Helfand reports.
The next morning, I caught a training session at the pool. It was difficult to discern the outward effects of enhancement on the athletes. The swimmers looked like swimmers—sinewy and long, with huge hands and feet. An exception was James Magnussen, an Australian who’d been the first person to sign…
Why is tiny Norway so good at sports? It’s more than Erling Haaland.
The success of Norway’s athletes might be rooted in the way its youth learn sports – by first focusing on the process, rather than on wins and losses.
America’s Last Bookie Goes Down
Tim Pughsley built a sports-betting website that moved billions, then the I.R.S. got involved. In the age of FanDuel and DraftKings, where is the line between legal and illegal gambling? Keith O’Brien writes.
The Psychology of the Home Run in 1921 - bu Hugh S. Fullerton - Behavioral Scientist
Why was Babe Ruth so good at hitting a baseball? In 1921, a journalist and two psychologists brought the "home run king" into the lab to find out.
How a Curious FIFA Deal Gave Fox a Huge Bargain for World Cup Broadcast Rights
A decision to stave off litigation between Fox and FIFA turned into a bonanza worth hundreds of millions of dollars in discounted World Cup rights to the broadcaster.
The Mystery and Mass Appeal of the N.F.L. Draft
The annual draft is watched by millions, and analyzed by a set of professional and amateur prognosticators. Still, it comes down to a crapshoot. Dan Greene reports on the college players and draftniks at this year’s event in Pittsburgh.
John Clayton | This is SportsCenter
No ESPN analyst is more dedicated to his craft than John Clayton....
Tennis has a merch problem—and it’s bigger than one stolen design
An illustrator’s work appearing on Monte-Carlo Masters merchandise without permission points to a deeper issue: tennis’s fragmented retail system leaves no one clearly in charge.
West Virginia renovation projects emblematic of college sports’ sudden pivot to fan-facing venue investment
West Virginia University's simultaneous Milan Puskar Stadium and Hope Coliseum renovation projects are emblematic of college sports’ sudden pivot to fan-facing venue investment, following decades of student-athlete-focused facility investment.
The Worst Shot Ever Taken - Believer Magazine
I was sixteen when my mother gifted me a painting by Ernie Barnes. I’d seen one Barnes painting at that point on the cover of Marvin Gaye’s 1976 album, I Want You, on the brown carpeted floor of my Auntie Sue’s apartment. Then I saw it five days a week for at least a decade…
CFP bowl ticket prices have collapsed over the past 2 weeks (Cotton -90%, Rose -69%, Orange -78%, Sugar -11%)
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Richard Jefferson: These are the 3 best leaders I played with in the NBA
Richard Jefferson played with more than 100 teammates in his 17-year NBA career. He explains why three leaders stood out above the rest.
The Biggest Failure in a Century of Sneakers Is Now Complete. It’s Almost Unbelievable How We Got Here.
In 103 years, there’s never been a flameout quite like this.
Why Georgia Tech Sold Its Biennial Georgia Home Game for $10M
The 119th edition of the Georgia–Georgia Tech annual rivalry game has turned into a neutral-site matchup, with the Yellow Jackets getting a big payday.
It’s the fifth of a six-game contract Georgia Tech signed with AMBSE to annually play one home contest at the NFL and MLS venue,
the $10 million payment would amount to roughly five times the revenue a normal home game would generate.
High Schools Walk Legal Tightrope Using Trademarked Pro Logos
Hundreds of schools across the country borrow pro and college teams’ marks. Some ask permission. Others take a risk.
College Sports Finances Database
Sportico is maintaining an interactive, real-time database that tracks the official balance sheets of public FBS university athletic departments.
Ads in NFL Games are 23 Times More Effective Than All Other TV Buys
New research indicates the extent to which NFL advertising dominates other forms of TV programming for marketer returns.
College football program valuations: Ranking every Power 4 team by how much they’d sell for
College football programs may not be for sale, but what if they were? Here's our best guess at how much the Power 4 would sell for.
Can UMass sell hope? Why college football’s losingest problem believes it can win
Best known for basketball success under John Calipari 30 years ago, UMass has won 26 football games in 13 years in the FBS. Can it change?
Mike Piazza Is Alive and Well and Living in Italy
The candid Mets legend reflects on his Cinderella career and indelible place in the pop-culture pantheon.
Northwestern's Tiny Football Stadium Is Making Big Money
Despite hosting games in a temporary stadium with 35,000 fewer seats, Northwestern football is bringing in more revenue with premium packages.
Note: https://chatgpt.com/g/g-p-675c9d4cdc788191a39dc496b7e18af1-commish-football/c/67755abc-2994-8008-b26b-541956eeefd1 Northwestern University has constructed a temporary on-campus football stadium, Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium, to host games during the two-year redevelopment of Ryan Field. This venue accommodates approximately 12,000 spectators, with a significant emphasis on…
Charles Huff, Marshall and a glimpse inside the coaching carousel’s most puzzling split
Huff and Marshall had been heading for a divorce for months, but there were few hard feelings as both coach and program turned the page.
NCAA Finances: Revenue & Expenses by School - USA TODAY
Which are the most profitable college athletic programs in the country? See a ranked listed, including total revenue and expenses. Brought to you by USA TODAY.
Inside Florida State’s historic fall from 13-0 to its worst showing in 50 years
Even a storied program like Florida State is susceptible to the volatile landscape of college football and the sport's new-age war chests.
These Women Were Some of Afghanistan’s Best Athletes. Then They Started Getting Death Threats.
They led a cycling revolution in a country where women were forbidden to ride. When the Taliban returned to power, their only hope was a harrowing escape to an uncertain future.
StubHub vs. Ticketmaster vs. SeatGeek: What’s the Difference?
Tickets are almost entirely bought and sold (and resold) online. What is the difference between Ticketmaster, StubHub, SeatGeek and other brokers?
List of U.S. stadiums by capacity
The following is a list of stadiums in the United States. They are ranked by capacity, which is the maximum number of spectators the stadium can normally accommodate. All U.S. stadiums with a current capacity of 10,000 or more are included in the list. The majority of these…
‘I’m good, I promise’: the loneliness of the low-ranking tennis player
The long read: I was once Ireland’s No 1 player, and tried for years to climb the global ranks. But life at the bottom of the top can be brutal
TV Companies Losing Subscribers As Sports Rights Deals Continue to Rise
Four major TV provider companies reported collective losses of roughly 1.35 million customers during their first fiscal quarters.
How Cornhole Went Pro
It might be America’s most-played sport. Now it’s quietly becoming a TV success story.
The Secret Code of Pickup Basketball
The game presents a social problem: How does one find comity among a group of jostling strangers?
Thanks to NIL, local car dealers are out of the shadows and landing star co
Dealers offer car leases for 12 months in exchange for marketing on athletes' social media accounts.
Sports’ Salient Role in Tackling the Loneliness Epidemic
People cannot fix loneliness by themselves, which is where sports and all their beauty come into play.
Sporticast 345: Empty Seats, NFL Sales, Tennis Pay, Other Fun Biz Stats
Sports business trivia abounds in this episode. Lev Akabas join the Sporticast sports podcast to talk Oakland A's, soccer valuations, and NFL sales.
UCLA Might Have to Pay $10M a Year to Subsidize Cal Athletics
The UC Board of Regents is considering a proposal for UCLA to begin annual payments of $10 million to subsidize Cal’s athletic department.
The Haves and Have-Nots: How the Knicks’ Celebrity Row Works
A secretive Madison Square Garden committee makes VIP ticket decisions based on their own inscrutable definition of celebrity level.
Paris F.C. Set Tickets To $0. Should Others Do the Same?
When Paris F.C. made its tickets free, it began an experiment into the connection between fans and teams, and posed a question about the value of big crowds to televised sports.
Dallas high school football coaches on best recruiters, impact of OU, Texas
How has Texas A&M's approach changed under Mike Elko? Will Texas' move to the SEC help the Longhorns with in-state prospects?
Alabama, UConn Share Analytical Mindset—And Even Used Same Firm
More than half of the NCAA Tournament's top teams have used HD Intelligence services, as basketball's data revolution sweeps through the college game.
Being Caitlin Clark: Inside the world of the player who redefined the game
She overcame trust issues and chartered a yacht. Now Caitlin Clark is ready for March.
The Heartbreak of an English Football Team
The Netflix series “Sunderland ’Til I Die” serves as a thesis both for fandom and for the inevitability of its disappointments.
What You Need to Know About U.S. Sports TV Contracts
The NFL's television contracts account for $12.4 billion, about 43% of all sports TV deals in the U.S.