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Michael Smith

The leading reporter covering the dynamic business of college sports, Michael Smith joined Sports Business Journal in 2006 after having spent 18 years with daily newspapers, most recently covering the University of Kentucky basketball program for the Louisville Courier-Journal. His résumé also includes stints covering the University of South Carolina and the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets. BEATS: college sports, high school sports

Presidential seal

Journal - 01/09/2012
More than a decade removed from office, Bill Clinton still commands a room. At 6-foot-2, with a lean build and distinguished head of thick gray hair, he stays in charge and is constantly on the move, circling the globe to make speeches and further his philanthropic efforts. That’s...

Bob Hope’s name gone, but not forgotten

Journal - 01/09/2012
Great angst went into naming the Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation. For the first time since 1965, Bob Hope’s name will not grace the title of the tournament, which began in 1960 as the Palm Springs Desert Classic and added Hope’s name five years later. ...

Pulling agencies together no small feat

Journal - 01/09/2012
A New York City traffic cop would have a hard time directing the conference calls that have led to the Humana Challenge. Many of the weekly planning calls since April have included more than a dozen people representing Humana, the Clinton Foundation, the PGA Tour and all of...

New rules: Rolex now full sponsor at USGA

Journal - 01/09/2012
Rolex, which signed Tiger Woods to be one of its ambassadors in October, has deepened its presence in golf with a new eight-year sponsorship of the U.S. Golf Association. Rolex has had an association with the USGA since the 1980s when it began sponsoring the print publications, such...

Attendance plateau changes colleges’ view

Journal - 01/02/2012
Bernie Mullin, whose firm assists universities with ticket sales and marketing, says you don’t build a church for Easter. The sports equivalent is that you don’t build a stadium for your largest crowd. But after years of an unabated arms race in college football that has seen stadiums...

Sooners stake their claim on two Fox RSNs

Journal - 01/02/2012
Editor's note : This story is revised from the print edition. Cable customers in Austin, Texas, don’t have access to their hometown University of Texas’ Longhorn Network. But starting next fall, those Texas subscribers will be able to see plenty of the Longhorns’ bitter...
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