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

Arizona State Hires The Aspire Group For Ticketing Sales, Marketing

Closing Bell - 12/21/2011

Arizona State Univ. has hired Atlanta-based The Aspire Group to manage its ticketing sales and marketing. Aspire will embed a 30-person staff within the Sun Devils’ athletic department to work on ticket renewals, new sales, premium seating sales and group tickets. The size of the staff will make it...

Fox Sports finishes deal to acquire USC multimedia rights

Journal - 12/19/2011

After nearly a year of wrangling, the University of Southern California has completed a deal to outsource its multimedia rights to Fox Sports, industry sources said. The Trojans were one of the few remaining major colleges that had not outsourced a bundled marketing and media rights package, instead...

Aaron's Signs On To Sponsor 30 Colleges, Including Auburn, Georgia And Michigan

Daily - 12/14/2011

Aaron’s, the Atlanta-based retailer for furniture sales and rentals, has signed a deal to sponsor 30 colleges, including Arizona, Arizona State, Auburn, BYU, Duke, Florida, Georgia and Michigan. The deal was negotiated by IMG College, the multimedia rights holder for these schools, and represents one of the largest sponsorship...

Kurt Warner Agrees To Endorse Amway's Nutrilite Supplement Brand

Closing Bell - 12/09/2011

Amway has brought on former NFLer Kurt Warner to endorse its vitamin and nutritional supplement brand, Nutrilite, through a promotion called the “Ultimate Football Experience” on Facebook. Four sweepstakes winners will travel to Phoenix to meet Warner, now an analyst for NFL Network, and play in a...

Shamrock buys majority stake in Learfield

Journal - 12/05/2011

Too often in the last three years, Learfield Sports encountered new business opportunities that required resources it didn’t have. Learfield, a pioneer in the collegiate marketing industry, wanted to fund a new Big 12 channel, expand into ticketing sales and create more digital content, but instead the company...

IMG College’s bank of studios buzzes with game-day activity

Journal - 12/05/2011

The tranquil streets of Winston-Salem, N.C.’s downtown arts district are nearly barren on a fall Saturday in November. But behind the doors at IMG College is a beehive of broadcasting activity that will feed the nation much of its college football and basketball on this day. The occasional...

Help with high-stakes hires

Journal - 12/05/2011

Dan Parker is one of the most powerful figures in college athletics, but he doesn’t want you to know who he is. He doesn’t like to do media interviews in person, he doesn’t want his picture in the paper and he doesn’t attend news conferences. Parker prefers working...

Shelton works to repair Fiesta Bowl’s image

Journal - 12/05/2011

As the president at the University of Arizona, Robert Shelton raised hundreds of millions of dollars for grants and created new scholarship programs, but he’s fully aware that his five years there will be remembered for the hiring of his athletic director and basketball coach. Despite spending a...

LPGA adds TV deal, launches websites in Asia

Journal - 12/05/2011

The LPGA aggressively is going after larger audiences in Asia with the launch of new websites in Korea and China and a new TV deal in Japan. “We’re looking to grow every place that makes sense,” said Brian Carroll, the LPGA’s vice president of television and emerging media....

The seekers

Journal - 12/05/2011

■ Bob Beaudine Eastman & Beaudine, Plano, Texas Beaudine’s father was a pioneer in the search business and Bob has followed in his footsteps, conducting searches for the NBA, MLB, Texas Rangers and MSG Sports. Beaudine began moving into college athletics 17 years ago and...

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