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Daniel Kaplan

Daniel Kaplan

Our lead reporter on the NFL, Daniel Kaplan also provides broad coverage of tennis and finance in the world of sports. An award-winning writer, Kaplan, before working for Sports Business Journal, was the banking and brokerage reporter for Bridge News (formally Knight Ridder Financial), as well as the mergers and acquisitions reporter for American Banker. BEATS: Football: NFL/AFL/CFL; Tennis: ATP/WTA/majors; Finance: Lending, credit facility, rating, league relationships and PE/VC

Ireland joins Players Inc. board

Journal - 02/18/2019
Sports fans most likely remember Kathy Ireland for her appearances in Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue, or perhaps even for her turn as a placekicker in the 1991 college football comedy “Necessary Roughness.” Now 55, Ireland has been a successful entrepreneur with her own company for more than a quarter...

Zebra close to extending NFL data deal

Journal - 02/11/2019
Player tracking firm Zebra Technologies and the NFL are close to extending their deal, which is due to expire early next month. Zebra is the data supplier behind Next Generation Stats, which measures players’ speeds and closing distances, for example. “The 2018 regular season was the last...

CAA drops tennis, citing lack of opportunity

Journal - 02/04/2019
CAA Sports exited the tennis business last month, letting go all of its player clients, including Genie Bouchard, Marin Cilic, Taylor Fritz and Coco Vandeweghe. CAA, a powerhouse in representing team sports athletes, entered the tennis business in 2008 with the purchase of an agency owned...

Startup TopSpin Technologies Wins NFL's Annual Tech Prize

Weekend Rap - 02/03/2019
TopSpin Technologies won the NFL’s fourth annual First & Future competition for making a helmet with a small bar at the top that the wearer spins by turning their neck. TopSpin CTO  Theo Versteegh said it is designed to strengthen neck muscles and help prevent concussions, adding, “Admittedly it looks absurd.” The Eagles...

SBJ All-Access from the Super Bowl: Hang Time

Heading into the weekend in Atlanta, a couple of themes are emerging. The hospitality among local volunteers rivals Minneapolis last year. Everywhere we have gone, volunteers are seeking to assist and help, or just asking how the day is going. The positive attitudes have helped the experience. Meanwhile, as...

SBJ All-Access at the Super Bowl: Southern Hospitality

It’s just over 72 hours until kickoff for Super Bowl LIII at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, and so far, things have been running smoothly in Atlanta. The compact downtown area with the stadium, Georgia World Congress Center, State Farm Arena, hotels, bars and other venues has been good for logistics. After...

Tightening insurance market AAF’s first big hurdle

Journal - 01/28/2019
The Alliance of American Football, the new startup league launching in less than two weeks, obtained liability insurance without head trauma coverage, and it is buying workers’ compensation through “last-resort” state pools that often are far pricier than policies obtained through a private carrier, insurance and other sources said....
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