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Cities without a Big Five Team: No. 2 Greensboro, N.C.

Résumé: College sports, specifically the Atlantic Coast Conference, provided the bread and butter of Greensboro’s sports tourism business for decades, but that’s changing with the ACC headquarters’ move from Greensboro to Charlotte. While college sports are still a big focus for the city’s...

Best Sports Business Cities, Event Hosting: No. 4 Atlanta

Résumé: Annual events include college football’s Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl (since 1968) and Cricket Celebration Bowl (2015); SEC football championship game (1994-2031); PGA Tour The Tour Championship (2004); ATP Truist Atlanta Open (2010); and NASCAR Ambetter Health 400 (1960) and Quaker State 400 presented by Walmart...

SBJ ALL IN: Pro Sports Assembly

Teams, leagues, venues and unions have found a safe place to unite: Pro Sports Assembly. No other place in the athletic ecosystem has the NFL, NBA, MLB and NWSL, among others, assisting each other in body, mind and purpose. When there were shootings at the...

SBJ ALL IN: The McLendon Foundation

The McLendon Foundation was founded in 1999 by Mike Cleary shortly after the death of John McLendon, the Basketball Hall of Fame coach who became the first African American head coach in pro sports. Cleary was the general manager of the Cleveland Pipers of the...