Dan Shanoff

Bethesda

Managing Editor, Sports Business at The Athletic

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This week's sports business case studies

4 days ago | nytimes.com | Dan Shanoff

The Athletic reported out and published more than 60 stories this week covering the universe of sports business, across every sport. Each week, sports business editor Dan Shanoff picks out a few that intrigued him most. Don't miss any of The Athletic 's sports business coverage - if you have the app or are logged into the website, "follow" the sports business category. Or simply bookmark this page to your home screen for easy access. An NFL game on YouTube ... finally?
Why A'ja Wilson's new Nike ad is the best TV commercial of the year: MoneyCall

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Dan Shanoff

Welcome back to MoneyCall, The Athletic's weekly sports business cheat sheet. (Want to get MoneyCall delivered to your email inbox every Wednesday morning? Subscribe here.)Name-dropped today: A'ja Wilson, Malia Obama, Caitlin Clark, Ahmed Fareed, Bill Belichick, Jordon Hudson, David Beckham, John Oliver and more. Let's go:Driving the ConversationThe best sports TV ad of the year Nike has had some great TV ads over the years, especially around basketball.
11 questions (plus one answer) about Bill Belichick's future with UNC, Jordon Hudson

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Dan Shanoff

Welcome back to MoneyCall, The Athletic's weekly sports business cheat sheet. (Don't miss a week: Get MoneyCall delivered to your email inbox every Wednesday morning. It's free. Easy sign-up here.)Name-dropped today: Jordon Hudson, Bill Belichick, the Jackson Five, Journalism (yes, that's a name), Bob Baffert, Ryan Reynolds, Shedeur Sanders, Stan Van Gundy, Jax Ulbrich (boooo!) and more.
Why the business of the NFL Draft is booming: MoneyCall

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Dan Shanoff

Welcome back to MoneyCall, The Athletic's weekly sports business cheat sheet. Was this forwarded to you? Subscribe here (it's free!)Name-dropped today: Dane Brugler, Roger Goodell, Andre Agassi, Anna Leigh Waters, Cooper Flagg, Lee Corso, Max Verstappen, Shedeur Sanders, Nico Harrison, James Gladstone and more.
What does Rory McIlroy's resilience reveal for the rest of us? This week's MoneyCall

4 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Dan Shanoff

Welcome back to MoneyCall, The Athletic's weekly sports business cheat sheet. Name-dropped today: Rory McIlroy, Paige Bueckers, Nico Iamaleva, Elise Devlin, Maxx Crosby, Shedeur Sanders, Caitlin Clark, Jordon Hudson, Ken Griffey Jr., Bill Chisholm and more. Let's go:Driving The ConversationA lot of sports reporting - here at The Athletic and elsewhere - is focused on making sense of the sports world through the quantifiable.
ESPN to broadcast 10 Savannah Bananas games this summer on heels of MLB opt out

4 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Mark Puleo |Dan Shanoff

The Savannah Bananas are officially mainstream. Along with taking their showmanship on a "Banana Ball World Tour" this summer, the exhibition baseball team will have 10 of its games broadcast on ESPN and Disney platforms, the company announced Monday. That slate will include games at Fenway Park, Camden Yards and the Clemson Tigers' Memorial Stadium.
ESPN to broadcast 10 Savannah Bananas games this summer on heels of MLB opt out

4 weeks ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Mark Puleo |Dan Shanoff

The Savannah Bananas are officially mainstream.Along with taking their showmanship on a “Banana Ball World Tour” this summer, the exhibition baseball team will have 10 of its games broadcast on ESPN and Disney platforms, the company announced Monday.
Top 5 phrases TV broadcasters shouldn't say while covering the Masters

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Dan Shanoff

Golf Channel TV analyst Brandel Chamblee was on a Barstool Sports' golf podcast earlier this week, and there is a fascinating clip where Chamblee reviews the words or phrases that TV broadcasters are given guidance on not to utter when covering the Masters. They are replaced with more hifalutin expressions that are more on-brand for the event and its organizers at Augusta National.
Can the Masters calm a disrupted golf industry? Plus: LeBron's Barbie crossover

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Dan Shanoff

Welcome back to MoneyCall, The Athletic's weekly sports business cheat sheet. Name-dropped today: Jim Nantz, Scottie Scheffler, Judge Claudia Wilken, Stewart Mandel, Azzi Fudd, Alex Ovechkin, Billie Jean King, David Letterman, Ludvig Aberg and more. Let's go:Driving the Conversation Golf is changing dramatically, but the Masters remains the Masters. Dulcet tones of Jim Nantz. No cell phones allowed! Scottie Scheffler the odds-on favorite to win. Azaleas. Cheap eats. The green jacket. (And ...
March Madness Sweet 16 edition

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Dan Shanoff

Every week, The Athletic staff recommends "can't-miss" games to watch over the weekend. Once again, things start with the exciting men's and women's college basketball tournaments:FridayThe Gamecocks got pushed by No. 9 Indiana, which led by a point at halftime. IU was effective at keeping the Gamecocks off the offensive glass as South Carolina had just five second-chance points, down from 14.4 on the season. If Maryland can replicate that approach, it should keep the game competitive.