Evan Weiner: 9 books

Cover of The Business & Politics of Sports: A Selection of Columns by Evan Weiner Second Edition
by Evan Weiner
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013

The Business & Politics of Sports, Second Edition by Evan Weiner. Everybody in America is paying in some way for sports, whether it is through taxes, cable TV bills, tax breaks or incentives. In a selection of his columns spanning from 1998 to the present, award winning journalist Evan Weiner...
Cover of The Business and Politics of Sports
by Evan Weiner
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2013

The Business & Politics of Sports contains over 100 of Evan Weiner’s columns written between 1998 and 2005 that describe the power plays, players, media and political (federal, state and local) connections, which rule the 19 billion dollar a year business of sports. At the heart of Evan Weiner’s...
Cover of America's Passion: How a Coal Miner's Game Became the NFL in the 20th Century
by Evan Weiner
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2012

The NFL started in 1920, teams came and went. That history would repeat itself in the 1930s and the 1940s. Stability finally occurred in the 1950s with the arrival of television. Television transformed North American sports. In 1950, Baseball, Boxing and Horse Racing were among the most popular sporting...
Cover of From Peach Baskets to Dance Halls and the Not-so-Stern NBA
by Evan Weiner
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2013

In 2013, Basketball may or may not be the world's second most popular sport behind football (soccer) but the game's growth has exploded since the 1984 Olympics. Dr. James Naismith created the game in 1891 and while it was a popular game, the professional version of the sport did not do well. Leagues...
Cover of 2014 Edition: The Business & Politics of Sports
by Evan Weiner
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014

For many sports is a form of entertainment. People root for their team, although what they really are cheering is dirty laundry to use the words of the comedian Jerry Seinfeld. But sports is much more than that. Sports is powered by governments that make laws which regulate the business of sports....
Cover of The Stern Years: 1984-2014
by Evan Weiner
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2015

David Stern began his association with the National Basketball Association in 1966. The NBA of 1966 will never be confused with the NBA of February 1, 2014 when Stern retired after a 30 year reign as National Basketball Association commissioner. The NBA of 1966 still featured games played in non NBA...
Cover of I Am Not Paul Bunyan And Other Tall Tales
by Evan Weiner
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2018

Hockey players have stories. All you have to do is ask a question about something that happened and step back and allow them to talk. The stories seem to be neither exaggerated tall tales except the stories are neither exaggerated nor tall tales. The events happened. Gordie Howe did pick up someone...
Cover of The Politics Of Sports Business 2017
by Evan Weiner
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2018

The long time commissioner of the National Basketball Association David Stern, who ran the NBA between 1984 and 2014, once noted that there are three basic needs for a team owner and a league to be successful. Government support. A large local TV contract. Corporate support. The large TV contract...
Cover of The Politics of Sports Business 2018: Politicians, Business Leaders, Decision Makers, And Policy
by Evan Weiner
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2019

Sports is a big business. It features international products and depends on the public to operate. In the United States, sports owners and organizers need three things. Government, TV money and corporate support. Federal, state and local governments provide owners with tax breaks, tax incentives and...
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