Word: soccers
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...lucrative example both the NFL and NBA hope to emulate is the English Premier League, the world's most profitable soccer division. Like the NFL and NBA, the Premiership enjoys tremendous domestic support - league-wide attendance averaged 92% in 2006-2007. But it's the Premier League's global expansion model that has rivals drooling. "It wouldn't surprise me if one of the things that may have caught the eye of the U.S. sports is the massive increase in value of overseas rights deals," says Alex Byars, a senior manager in the sports business group at Deloitte, the business...
...director of the Birkbeck Sport Business Centre at the University of London. That won't deter them from trying. The NBA, which in 2006 plucked its top draft pick from Italy and featured 2007 regular-season and Finals MVPs from Germany and France, can "absolutely" grow to rival soccer's popularity in Europe, says Heidi Ueberroth, president of global marketing partnerships and international business operations. The league derives 10% of its revenue from foreign markets, and basketball is already the third most-played team sport in Britain, and the second for under-18s. "I've been around long enough...
Some were preparing to head over to Harvard Stadium and watch the football team continue its quest for an Ivy League title. Others planned their day around a trip to Ohiri Field, where the men’s soccer team would see its own Ivy hopes dashed, but the women would continue their winning ways behind yet another Lauren Mann shutout...
...defending Ivy League champion and the highest nationally ranked team in the Ancient Eight at the start of the season, the Harvard men’s soccer team (9-3-2, 2-2-0 Ivy) has been playing with a target on its back from the beginning. On Saturday at Ohiri Field, Dartmouth (9-3-2, 3-0-1 Ivy) forward Craig Henderson hit that target, scoring the game’s only goal and handing the Crimson its second Ivy loss of the year. Thirty minutes into the first half, Henderson, who was standing about six yards away from...
Thanks to the score, the No. 12 Harvard men’s soccer team (9-2-2, 2-1-0 Ivy) defeated Princeton (3-8-2, 1-2-0), 3-2, with a determined second-half performance on Saturday afternoon at Ohiri Field...