Christopher Botta

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As Major League Soccer prepares to open its 19th season in early March — a season that includes a two-week summer break for the FIFA World Cup in Brazil, SportsBusiness Journal conducted a roundtable discussion with five representatives of club ownership....

Editor’s note: This story is revised from the print edition. San Jose Earthquakes ...

In the owner’s suite at Comerica Park in Detroit hangs a photo of a baseball player. The black-and-white shot shows a young man full of confidence, searing with intensity, convinced he’s going to make his mark. The photo is of Michael Ilitch, taken in the 1950s when he...

In his chambers in Detroit, Judge Damon Keith holds a copy of a check in his hand and has a story to tell. It’s about the time Mike Ilitch came to the aid of Rosa Parks, whose legendary defiance of segregation in 1955 led to the black civil rights...

Many of MLS' top players will be in the N.Y. area today and tomorrow conducting media interviews and participating in promo campaigns ahead of the '14 season. Players include Landon Donovan , Thierry Henry , Michael Bradley and Tim Cahill . Media hits during...

L.A.-based event travel company Beck & Score has been selected as an authorized sub-agent of SportsMark for hospitality programs at the '14 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. SportsMark is the exclusive sales agent of Match Hospitality in the U.S. of World Cup hospitality programs. Beck & Score will offer...

David Andrews is celebrating his 20th season as president and chief executive officer of the American Hockey League. In two years, he hopes to celebrate something else: his retirement. “After this season, I’ll be here for two more, and then someone else will have the job,” said Andrews...

In agreeing to send its players to the 2014 Winter Olympics, the NHL and NHL Players’ Association were able to obtain unprecedented access in Sochi for their own media platforms — NHL Network, NHL.com and NHLPA.com — along with an agreement to coordinate key public relations efforts. The...

Dan Hunt has been named President of FC Dallas. Hunt will direct the MLS club's business operations and will be part of the club's leadership team – along with Technical Dir  Fernando Clavijo and new head coach Oscar Pareja – that reports to FC...