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Abraham Madkour

Abraham Madkour

Abraham Madkour brings more than 20 years of experience covering the business of sports and serves as Executive Editor of Sports Business Journal, Sports Business Daily/Global. He is responsible for shaping the editorial direction of the publications while managing the entire editorial staff. He also oversees the editorial content for the various conferences produced by the Sports Business Group, including the prestigious World Congress of Sports, Sports Business Awards and Forty Under 40 awards. Madkour writes weekly editorials and pro le features of the management and leadership strategies of leading industry executives. He is a frequent industry speaker and serves as the lead moderator and editorial spokesman at all of the company’s events.

2018 Intercollegiate Athletics Forum: Good Vibrations

By Abe Madkour and Ross Nethery College sports is in a good place. Unlike some of the negative narrative last year around an FBI investigation and upcoming trial that threatened to expose the nasty underbelly of college basketball, the vibe during day one of...

Dealmakers In Sports: A Good Time To Be In The Game

By Abe Madkour and Ross Nethery At a Dealmakers in Sports conference, you’d expect a lot of talk about investments, equity, return and capital. And there was plenty of that this week at SBJ’s one-day conference at the JW Marriott Essex...

Forum: The Star is ultimate Cowboys brand extension

Journal - 11/05/2018
A  30-minute drive north from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport will take you to Frisco, Texas. The suburb looks and feels like a new development — gleaming business buildings mixed with cranes and job sites. Driving down Cowboys Way, you come to The Star, the Dallas Cowboys’...

2018 SMS in NY: Back to basics

By  Abe Madkour  and  Ross Nethery There were some clear takeaways from the 2018 Octagon Sports Marketing Symposium this week. Be authentic. Be real. Be transparent. Be direct. Think about your consumer. Those seem like basic blocking and tackling, but as Coca-Cola’s  Geoff Cottrill  told the audience:...

2018 SMS in NY: Authenticity is the key

By Abe Madkour and Ross Nethery One word resonated throughout the first day of the 2018 Octagon Sports Marketing Symposium: authentic. It was used consistently by panelists to describe the most effective characteristic of a successful sports sponsorship....
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