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December 19, 2007
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Brian Roberts Named Most Influential Person In Sports Business

Comcast Chair & CEO BRIAN ROBERTS has been named the most influential person in sports business by SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL, which notes Roberts is "the most influential -- not to mention the most feared -- executive in the business." Roberts replaces ESPN/ABC President GEORGE BODENHEIMER at the top of the list; Bodenheimer ranked No. 1 the last two years. Roberts "helps contain the high cost of sports rights through Comcast, the largest cable operator" in the U.S., while also "[bidding] up the cost of sports rights through Comcast's two national sports networks, Versus and Golf Channel, and the company's batch" of RSNs (SBJ, 12/17 issue).

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PERSON
1 Comcast Chair & CEO Brian Roberts
2 NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell
3 Fox Sports Chair David Hill
4 ESPN/ABC President George Bodenheimer
5 NBA Commissioner David Stern
6 MLB Commissioner Bud Selig
7 NBC Universal Sports & Olympics Chair Dick Ebersol
8 AEG President & CEO Tim Leiweke
9 CBS News & Sports President Sean McManus
10 NASCAR Chair & CEO Brian France
11 The Kraft Group Founder, Chair & CEO Robert Kraft
12 Anheuser-Busch VP/Global Media & Sports Marketing Tony Ponturo
13 Nike Brand President Charlie Denson
14 NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman
15 Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones
16 PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem
17 adidas Chair & CEO Herbert Hainer
18 Turner Sports President David Levy
19 Wasserman Media Group Chair & CEO Casey Wasserman
20 MLB President & COO Bob DuPuy
21 NFLPA Exec Dir Gene Upshaw
22 NCAA President Myles Brand
23 New England Sports Ventures Owner John Henry
24 Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban
25 NFL Exec VP/Media and NFL Network President & CEO Steve Bornstein
26 DirecTV President & CEO Chase Carey
27 MLS Commissioner Don Garber
28 Yankees Senior VP Hank Steinbrenner
29 MLBAM President & CEO Bob Bowman
30 IMG Sports & Entertainment President George Pyne
31 NBA Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver
32 Fox Sports President Ed Goren
33 MLB Exec VP/Business Tim Brosnan
34 EA Sports President Peter Moore
35 USOC Chair Peter Ueberroth
36 ESPN Exec VP/Content John Skipper
37 Comcast Programming Group President Jeff Shell
38 MLBPA Exec Dir Don Fehr
39 Gatorade Senior VP/Sports Marketing Jeff Urban
40 Hendrick Motorsports Chair, CEO & Owner Rick Hendrick
41 USTA Chief Exec of Professional Tennis Arlen Kantarian
42 Under Armour CEO & Founder Kevin Plank
43 OMD USA Dir of Sports Marketing Tom McGovern
44 NBPA Exec Dir Billy Hunter
45 The Scott Boras Group CEO Scott Boras
46 Panthers Owner Jerry Richardson
47 CAA Sports co-Head Michael Levine
48 Octagon President & CEO Rick Dudley
49 Fox Sports Regional Networks President Randy Freer
50 FedEx Corp. Chair, President & CEO Fred Smith
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