On Sports
Andy Holloway is features editor at Canadian Business. He joined the magazine in 2001 as a senior writer, becoming an editor in April 2007. He is also editor of Pursuit, CB's lifestyle mini-magazine. His blog complements his regular magazine column, On Sports, providing further insights into the business of sports around the world.
Ed note: On Sports welcomes a guest blogger today, CB senior writer Sharda Prashad, who has interviewed the new boss of the WTA several times in the past.
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The July 1 start of the NHL free agency period is usually marked by an extravaganza of excessive contracts and questionable moves and this year should be no difference despite a declining economy that will put the brakes on team salary increases. The league’s salary cap was boosted by just ...
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Imagine the poorest-performing company in an industry getting first dibs on promising business talent, or being able to trade that right away for some cold hard cash or some other tangible asset. Sounds ridiculous, doesn’t it? But that’s the way professional sports cartels try to ensure that the weakest link ...
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Ever wake up with the belief that you could be the best at your job, sport or hobby if only you applied yourself a little bit more? You’d be right. Or so reports a new book called Training Camp: What the Best Do Better Than Everyone Else by Jon Gordon ...
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Jim Balsillie wanted to move up the auction date for the Phoenix Coyotes, but he’s probably not too happy after the bankruptcy court did just that and essentially excluded the RIM exec from bidding in the first round.
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Jim Balsillie’s bid to move the Phoenix Coyotes to Hamilton has stalled, albeit temporarily say his minions. What’s next? An application to buy the team and relocate it through official NHL channels. The front door, if you will, seeing as Judge Redfield T. Baum slammed the side door closed.
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The side door that Jim Balsillie was trying to use to buy the Phoenix Coyotes and move them to Hamilton has now been closed. The NHL will, no doubt, see Judge T. Redfield Baum’s decision to prevent Balsillie’s purchase as a victory. But perhaps it should see it as a ...
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The Olympic torch made its way into the locked-down confines of Canadian Business the other day, courtesy of Dave Moran, the communications director at Coca-Cola Ltd. First things first: yes, the torch looks like a large silver doobie (hey, it’s Vancouver, what did you expect?), but the folks at Coke ...
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United States bankruptcy court judge Redfield T. Baum will likely make a decision sometime in the next 48 hours that will determine whether the Phoenix Coyotes have any chance of moving to southern Ontario under Jim Balsillie’s ownership or whether they’re staying put in a town that could care less ...
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Jim Balsillie’s team has added some muscle in the bid to move the Phoenix Coyotes to Hamilton: former Canadian Football League commissioner Tom Wright. It didn’t take long for the new hire to make his presence felt.
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