Also available online to patrons onsite through several subscription databases including
Gale (General Onefile), ProQuest, and Wilson Social Sciences Fulltext.
Danielson, Michael N. Home team : professional sports and the American metropolis. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1997. 397 p.
LC Call Number: GV706.35 .D36 1997
LC Catalog Record: 96035200
Table of Contents
Publisher's Description
Looks at the relationship between sports teams in baseball, basketball, football, and hockey and the cities they call home.
Facility manager. [Chicago, Ill. : Published for the International Association of Auditorium Managers by P.M. Haeger & Associates, bimonthly. 1997 - present.
LC Call Number: WMLC 93/1274 (Note: Stored offsite. Requests generally must be made 24 hours in advance).
LC Catalog Record: sf 93092137
Fizel, John, ed. Handbook of sports economics research . Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2006. 280 p.
LC Call Number: GV716 .H36 2006
LC Catalog Record: 2005018045
Table of Contents
Includes chapters on a variety of professional sports in the United States. Also includes chapters on women's athletics and European football (soccer).
Foster, George, and others. The business of sports : text and cases on strategy and management. Mason, OH : Thomson/South-Western, c2006. 492 p.
LC Call Number: GV713 .F62 2006
LC Catalog Record: 2005922356
Table of Contents
Looks at various aspects of sports business, using case studies focusing on specific teams, athletes, sports arenas, and media.
Inside the Ownership of Pro Sports. Chicago, IL. : Team Marketing Report. Annual. 1995 - present.
Not available in the collections of the Library of Congress.
The 2008 edition is available for purchase in disk format from the publisher.
A source of extensive sports business data and analysis, including details on every MLB (Major League Baseball), MLS (Major League Soccer), NBA (National Basketball Association), NFL (National Football League), and NHL (National Hockey League) franchise, broadcast deals, leave arrangements, sporsorships, and more
Jozsa, Frank P. Sports capitalism : the foreign business of American professional leagues. Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2004. 316 p.
Library of Congress Call Number: GV716 .J68 2004
Library of Congress Catalog Record: 2004015070
Table of Contents
Covers the international aspects of baseball, football, hockey, and soccer. Includes an extensive bibliography listing articles, books, Internet resources, and dissertations.
Leeds, Michael and Peter von Allmen. The Economics of Sports. Boston : Pearson/ Addison Wesley, c2005.
LC Call Number: GV716 .L44 2005
LC Catalog Record: 2004046602
Table of Contents: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy045/2004046602.html
A textbook look at the economic aspects of the sports business.
Topic include labor, public finance, and amateur sports.
Platt, Victoria A., "Tackling the Hard To Find Industries: Professional Sports Franchises Are Our Playground," Presentation at the Special Library Association Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD. June 2006.
Available online from the Internet Archive, February 21, 2007. [PDF Format: 1.6 MB / 64 p.]
General discussion of hard-to-find industry information using sports as an example.
Rich, Wilbur C., ed. The economics and politics of sports facilities. Westport, Conn. : Quorum Books, 2000. 237 p.
Library of Congress Call Number: GV429 . E36 2000
Library of Congress Catalog Record: 99056365
Table of Contents
Essays to illustrate the political problems and issues confronting sports teams, franchises, and host cities.
Schaaf, Phil. Sports, Inc. : 100 Years of Sports Business. Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2004.
LC Call Number: GV716 .S315 2004
LC Catalog Record: 2003010191
Discusses the evolution of the modern sports industry including information
on sponsorship, franchise relocation, radio and television, stadium issues,
endorsements, etc.
Sports Market Place Directory. Millerton, N.Y.: Grey House Publishing, 2004-
LC Call Number: HD9992.U5 S667
LC Catalog Record: 00233153
This publication has been recently taken over from Franklin Covey.
It includes information on over 2,000 single sports or single sports teams,
over 2,500 meetings, trade shows, and events, over 1,500 college teams, over
1,500 facilities, as well as information on professional services, agencies,
media, sponsors, and leagues and state associations.
Stadium Financing and Franchise Relocation Act of 1999: hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, first session, on S. 952, a bill to expand an antitrust exemption applicable to professional sports leagues and to require, as a condition of such an exemption, participation by professional football and major league baseball sports leagues in the financing ... Washington, DC; Washington, DC; Philadelphia, PA, June 15, June 22, and September 13, 1999.
Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, 2000.
151 p.
LC Call Number: KF26 .J8 1999t
LC Catalog Record: 00328909
Text of Bill [PDF format: 125 KB / 9 p.}
Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal. Charlotte, NC : Street & Smith Sports Business Journal, 1998 - present.
LC Call Number: GV716 .S77
LC Catalog Record: 98643691
Publisher's web site: http://www.streetandsmiths.com/index.cfm
Journal web site: http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/
This journal is published 49 times a year and is targeted to sports executives and others interested in the business aspects of sports and sports related industries. The publisher also produces the e-mail daily - Sports Business Daily and other publications such as Street & Smith's Sports Gear.
Westerbeek, Hans and Aaron Smith. Sport Business in the Global Marketplace. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
LC Call Number: GV716 .W46 2003
LC Catalog Record: 2002075498
This book takes a global look at the business of sport focusing upon the structure of the sport industry, commercialization of sport, sport marketing, franchising, television, and other rights, and the rise of the global super athletes and teams.
Zimbalist, Andrew S. ed. The Economics of Sport. Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar Pub., c2001.
LC Call Number: GV716 .E36 2001
LC Catalog Record: 2001040120
A two volume set that includes essays by selected authors from various
publications on aspects of sports as a business. Overall sections - The Theory
of Sports Leagues and Antitrust Analysis and Sports Leagues and Labor Markets:
General.
Deckard, Linda, "Arena execs voice opinions on 'name game' business branding," in Amusement Business. volume 113, number 30. July 30, 2001. p. 10
LC Call Number: GV1851.A3 A55
LC Catalog Record: 63057670
Also available electronically to patrons onsite at the Library and to other subscribers through several subscription databases including ProQuest ABI Inform Global and Gale General One File.
Johnson, Ben, " Out with the old stadiums, in with the new," in National Real Estate Investor, volume 49,
issue 10, October 2007. p. 144.
LC Call Number: HD251 .N36
LC Catalog Record: 65003802
Also available electronically to patrons onsite at the Library and to other subscribers through several subscription databases including ProQuest ABI Inform Global and Gale General One File, and WilsonWeb (Business Full Text).
Lico, Nick, "Naming-rights deals only getting hotter," in Advertising Age. Volume 78, Number 5, January 29, 2007. p. S4.
LC Call Number: HF5801 .A276
LC Catalog Record: 42047059
Also available electronically to patrons onsite at the Library and to other subscribers through several subscription databases including Ebsco Academic Search Primier and Gale General One File.
Rozin, Skip, "Commentary: Welcome to U.S. Widget Stadium," in Business Week. September 11, 2000. p.124.
LC Call Number: HF5001 .B89
LC Catalog Record: 31006225
Also available electronically to patrons onsite at the Library and to other subscribers through several subscription databases including Ebsco Academic Search Primier and Gale General One File.
Zaslow, Jeffrey, "Moving On -- It's Root, Root, Root for the Old Stadium: Saying Goodbye to Childhood Haunts," in Wall Street Journal. March 25, 2004. p. D1.
LC Call Number: Newspaper Microfilm 3066; N&CPRR Microfilm Self-service Coll
LC Catalog Record: sn 79004569
Also available electronically to patrons onsite at the Library and to other subscribers through several subscription databases including ProQuest ABI Inform Global.
This section of the guide offers a collection of online finding aids on the
economic and business aspects of sports in general. Electronic
resources focusing on the individual sports of baseball, basketball, golf, tennis, football,
and soccer are listed in the sections
of this guide covering those specific sports.
ESPN Sports Business Stadium Naming Rights
http://espn.go.com/sportsbusiness/s/stadiumnames.html or http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/sportsbusiness/news/story?page=stadiumnames
A fairly current list of stadium names, team names, and naming right expiration dates.
JournalistExpress.com : Sports
http://www.journalistexpress.com/asp/join_ind6.asp
Free access to sports news and portals with registration. Intended audience is sports journalists.
Rodney Fort's Sports Business Data Pages
http://www.rodneyfort.com/SportsData/BizFrame.htm
Formerly a Professor of Economics at Washington State University, Fort became Professor of Sports Management at the University of Michigan in 2007. His web site includes a Sports Business Data section containing data on baseball, basketball, football, and hockey.
Sports Business Research Network
http://www.sbrnet.com/
A subscription database which covers 1993 to present. Contains statistical
market research data for 63 sports and 85 product categories. Offers full-text
articles and reports in more than 10 leading trade publications covering U.S.
and international sports marketing, sporting goods, and export and import statistics.
Other topics covered are sports equipment, participation in sports, sports
broadcasting, and newsletters dealing with finance, licensing, and sponsorship.
Available onsite in the Business Reading Room, Adams Building 5th floor
Librarian's Index to the Internet: Sports Category
http://lii.org/search/file/sports
Reviews of freely available Web sites on sports from the Librarians' Index to the Internet
Sport Information Resource Centre
http://www.sirc.ca/
SIRC is a sports documentation and information center in Canada.
SIRC offers subscription databases. The Sport database contains more than 400,000
citations covering 1975 to present with approximately 1,200 new citations added
monthly. It includes some information on sports management which is of value
for the sports business community. The SportDiscus bibliographic database
includes topics such as corporate wellness, team building, physical health
of employees, and work-related activities.
International Association for Sports Information
http://www.iasi.org/guides/index.html
Archive of freely available information from this association. Lists sports databases from numerous countries. Includes some information on sports management and business.
International Association of Assembly Managers
http://www.iaam.org/
Much of the data such as "Find a Facility" and "Find a Manager" is for members only. The web site does include Facility Managemer Mangazine from 2005 and the current issue of IAAM Newsletter. There is also a Center for Venue Management Studies which focuses on the development and distribution of resource materials and practice aids for the industry, best practices, and other information relating to safety/security, and crowd management, etc. Also includes archives (library) listing citations for various resources.
Sporting Goods Manufacturing Association International (SGMA International)
http://www.sgma.com/index.html
The association is the global business trade association for manufacturers
and marketers of sports apparel, athletic footwear, licensed products, fitness,
sporting goods equipment and related business/professional organizations.
Amateur Athletic Foundation. Digital Library Archives.
http://www.aafla.org/search/search.htm
The AAF Sports Library houses one of the world's most comprehensive collections of sports information. The AAF provides traditional library services and has built an extensive digital collection of sports publications which is available for free in full-text.
World Directory of Sports Information Centers and Experts
http://www.directory-iasi.org/recherche.htm?x=68&y=23
Searchable by region, country, name of the sports information center,
and the subject expertise of the information centers on topics such as sports
management and the economic aspects of sports.
Aussport.com.
http://www.aussport.com.au/
Searchable directory of the Australian sports and fitness industries.
A B-to-B (Business to Business) Web site sponsored by the Australian Sport
Businesses Association (ASBA) which was founded in 2001.
Sports Equipment Worldwide Database
http://www.conglomerate.net/csearch.html?exploreCat=sports
Searchable directory of sports equipment industry. A B-to-B Web site
dealing with import and export of sporting goods.
AllSportsDirectory.net
http://www.allsportsdirectory.net
Sports directory with over 4,000 sports industry addresses and contacts including sports marketing companies.
Sports Business Marketplace
http://www.sportsmarketguide.com/
Subscription database useful to investors, business planners, researchers, librarians, marketing/advertising/public relations executives, coaches, athletic administrators, journalists, manufacturers and retailers of sports equipment and sports apparel, and Internet/ecommerce companies. Includes listings of the following: 1,700 sporting goods equipment, apparel and footwear vendors, 200 marketing agencies, 900 sports trade associations/sanctioning/governing bodies, over 200 major sporting goods retailers and e-retailers, and 300 consumer information sites.
Network 54
http://www.network54.com
A large collection of publicly accessible forums and bulletin boards
devoted to entertainment, sports, gaming, etc. Nearly every page of every forum
can be received in RSS format. Simply browse to the forum you want to monitor
and add ;xml=rss to the end of the URL after you have downloaded an RSS reader.
For those new to RSS and Web logs: What is RSS?
Professional Sports Business
http://www3.babson.edu/Library/research/sports.cfm
Prepared by Babson College Library, this guide points to many standard sources about the business of professional sports that may be available and of interest to researchers beyond the Babson campus.
The Power 100: The most influential people in the world of sports
http://www.businessweek.com/table/07/0926_power100.htm
Additional works on the sports business in the Library of Congress may be identified by searching the Online Catalog under appropriate Library of Congress subject headings. Choose the topics you wish to search from the following list of Library of Congress subject headings to link directly to the Catalog and automatically execute a search for the subject selected. Please be aware that during periods of heavy use you may encounter delays in accessing the catalog. Please see the individual sports business sections of this guide for catalog searches relating to them. For assistance in locating the many other subject headings which relate to the sports business, please consult a reference librarian.
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