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A sport is not a business. You can make a business out of a sport, in the same way you can make a business out of sex or alpaca hair or tomatoes,1 but you'll be selling something that's tangential to the sport itself. The NFL doesn't sell "football"; it sells access to the best football players. Fans buy that access in the form of game tickets. NBC buys it in the form of broadcast rights, then airs the game to attract a TV audience whose sports-captivated attention it can sell to a sports-advertising firm hired by Gatorade, which is selling a drink people might choose to consume while playing a...
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This was an error-riddled, controversial and utterly compelling game. Newcastle United led three times but Manchester United kept fighting, kept clawing their way back into contention and winning with a 90th-minute goal from... more »
Every four years, soccer fans around the world revel in what has been called the biggest sporting event on the planet — the World Cup. The 32-team, 2014 tournament in Brazil is less than two years away. Russia is next in 2018.... more »
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