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SBD/3/The Back Of The Book
THE SPORTING NEWS' "100 MOST POWERFUL"
Published January 3, 1995
| RANK | NAME | POSITION/ORGANIZATION | '93 RANK |
| 1 | Rupert Murdoch | Chair & CEO/News Corp. | 59 |
| 2 | Paul Tagliabue | Commissioner/NFL | 6 |
| 3 | David Stern | Commissioner/NBA | 2 |
| 4 | Ted Turner | Pres/Turner Broadcasting | 1 |
| 5 | Bud Selig | Acting Commis./MLB | 12 |
| 6 | Dick Ebersol | President/NBC Sports | 4 |
| 7 | John Malone | President & CEO/TCI | 5 |
| 8 | Mark McCormack | Chair & CEO/IMG | 7 |
| 9 | Philip Knight | Chair & CEO/Nike | 9 |
| 10 | Juan Antonio Samaranch | President/IOC | 13 |
| 11 | Charles Dolan | Chair & CEO/Cablevision | 48 |
| 12 | Donald Fehr | Exec Dir/MLBPA | 3 |
| 13 | Jerry Reinsdorf | Chair/White Sox & Bulls | 8 |
| 14 | Philip Guarascio | VP/General Motors | 15 |
| 15 | H. Wayne Huizenga | Marlins/Panthers/Dolphins | 24 |
| 16 | Steve Bornstein | President & CEO/ESPN | 27 |
| 17 | Richard Pound | VP/IOC | 30 |
| 18 | Gary Bettman | Commissioner/NHL | 22 |
| 19 | Leigh Steinberg | Attorney/Agent | 19 |
| 20 | Jerry Colangelo | President & CEO/Suns | 40 |
| 21 | Charles Fruit | VP/Coca-Cola | 25 |
| 22 | Russ Granik | Dep. Commissioner/NBA | 26 |
| 23 | Billy Payne | President/ACOG | 38 |
| 24 | Charles Brumback | Chair/Tribune Co. | 10 |
| 25 | Charles Grantham | Exec Dir/NBPA | 21 |
| 26 | Jerry Jones | Owner/Cowboys | 65 |
| 27 | Tony Ponturo | VP/Anheuser-Busch | 33 |
| 28 | Robert Wright | President & CEO/NBC | 16 |
| 29 | John Krimsky | Interim Exec Dir/USOC | 67 |
| 30 | Neil Austrian | President/NFL | 32 |
| 31 | Paul Fireman | Chair & CEO/Reebok | 50 |
| 32 | David Falk | Chair & CEO/F.A.M.E. | 23 |
| 33 | John Harrington | CEO/Red Sox | — |
| 34 | Chase Carey | Chair & CEO/Fox TV | |
| 35 | Cedric Dempsey | Exec Dir/NCAA | 41 |
| 36 | Pat Bowlen | Owner/Broncos | 35 |
| 37 | Harold Henderson | Exec VP/NFL | 60 |
| 38 | Marc Holder | VP/IOC | — |
| 39 | Rick Welts | President/NBA Properties | 66 |
| 40 | W.J. Usery | Baseball mediator | — |
| 41 | Anita DeFrantz | Member/IOC Exec Board | 44 |
| 42 | Gene Upshaw | Exec Dir/NFLPA | 14 |
| 43 | Donna Lopiano | Dir/Women's Sports Foundation | 62 |
| 44 | Dennis Gilbert | Agent | 55 |
| 45 | Scott Boras | Agent | 68 |
| 46 | Dr. LeRoy Walker | President/USOC | 61 |
| 47 | Paul Schrage | Senior Exec VP/McDonald's | — |
| 48 | David Hill | President/Fox Sports | — |
| 49 | Bob Goodenow | Exec Dir/NHLPA | 42 |
| 50 | Dick Moss | Agent/UBL Founder | — |
| 51 | Richard Strup | Senior VP Int'l/Miller | 80 |
| 52 | Dan Rooney | President/Steelers | 37 |
| 53 | Nolan Richardson | Coach/Arkansas | — |
| 54 | Sara Levinson | President/NFL Properties | — |
| 55 | Carmen Policy | President/49ers | — |
| 56 | Bill Schmidt | VP/Gatorade | — |
| 57 | Ralph Cindrich | Agent | 49 |
| 58 | Judith Albino | Chair/NCAA Pres Commission | 58a |
| 59 | Michael Barnett | President/IMG Hockey | — |
| 60 | Jerry McMorris | Owner/Rockies | — |
| 61 | Robert Iger | Pres & COO/Cap Cities-ABC | — |
| 62 | Shaquille O'Neal | Center/Magic | 90 |
| 63 | Don Shula | Coach/Dolphins | 84 |
| 64 | Rudy Washington | Exec Dir/Black Coaches Assn | 53 |
| 65 | David Berst | Dir for Enforcement/NCAA | 81 |
| 66 | James Dowdle | Exec VP/Tribune Media | — |
| 67 | Dr. Harvey Schiller | President/Turner Sports | 18 |
| 68 | Donald Dell | Chair & CEO/ProServ | 63 |
| 69 | John Thompson | Coach/Georgetown | — |
| 70 | James Easton | Member/IOC | — |
| 71 | Michael Jordan | Outfielder | 73 |
| 72 | Bill Strickland | President/IMG Basketball | 71 |
| 73 | Richard Lapchick | Dir/Study of Sport in Society | 77 |
| 74 | Dennis Swanson | President/ABC Sports | 76 |
| 75 | Greg Norman | Golfer/World Tour Organizer | — |
| 76 | Laurence Tisch | Chair/CBS | 70 |
| 77 | Primo Nebiolo | Member/IOC; Pres/IAAF | 69 |
| 78 | Tony LaRussa | Coach/Athletics | — |
| 79 | Terence McGuirk | Exec VP/Turner Broadcasting | — |
| 80 | Terdema Ussery | Pres/Nike Sports Mgmt | — |
| 81 | Dave Ogrean | Exec Dir/USA Hockey | 97 |
| 82 | Frank Craighill | Dir/Advantage Int'l | — |
| 83 | Brian Burke | Senior VP/NHL | — |
| 84 | Jimmy Johnson | Analyst/Fox & HBO | — |
| 85 | Stan Kasten | Pres/Barves & Hawks | — |
| 86 | Larry Smith | Commissioner/CFL | — |
| 87 | Rick Dudley | Sr VP & CEO/NHL Enterprises | — |
| 88 | Charles Neinas | Exec Dir/CFA | 78 |
| 89 | Ina Broeman | Dir Event Mktng/Philip Morris | 83 |
| 90 | Chris Berman | Sportscaster/ESPN | 92 |
| 91 | Mike Keenan | Coach & GM/Blues | — |
| 92 | Rod Thorn | VP Operations/NBA | — |
| 93 | Roger Noll | Econ Professor/Stanford | — |
| 94 | Bob Costas | Sportscaster/NBC | — |
| 95 | John Madden | Analyst/Fox Sports | — |
| 96 | Ma Junren | Women's Track Coach/China | — |
| 97 | Bill Gates | Chair/Microsoft | — |
| 98 | Mark Mulvoy | Managing Editor/SI | 95 |
| 99 | Jeff Moorad | Agent | — |
| 100 | Bart Simpson | Animated TV star/Fox | — |
