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The scandal involving referee Tim Donaghy underscores how pervasive gambling on sports has become in the U.S.
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Cable is finding niche sports draw hard-to-reach twentysomethingsÑand rich sponsors
The likes of Toyota, Dell, and Hewlett-Packard are signing up to sponsor novel athletic endeavors, as audiences expand fast
Does a B-school study documenting umpires' racial favoritism translate to office performance reviews? Plus: eye spies, the Fraud Score, and more
As Americans embrace running, marathons are becoming more complexÑand more profitable. And that's spawning a new breed of startup
Why marathons have evolved from relatively solitary, spartan affairs into celebratory social events
It's not all about TDs and homers, or even owning the team. These sports power players make their mark in the clothing store, on the drafting table—even in the operating room
Plus: Shadow People
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There's no suspense in determining the winner of this bracket: If you sneeze, your sport gets pneumonia
Winning is a given, but to rise above you need the equivalent of lifetime tenure and moral authority
To advance in this bracket, you need to answer to as few people as possible
The NFL boss expects scandals. What keeps him up at night is maintaining momentum in a shifting media landscape
Plus Video: Goodell on his first year
On his watch, the Big Ten Conference "has become a major corporation"
How the ex-billboard king turned around the LA Angels of Anaheim
A clean image has won the football player outsize endorsements
The NBA marketing executive is behind a big global expansion
Ten lowlights that rank among the most scandalous and embarrassing moments in sports history
Scores of sports greats have incorporated their interests -- ranging from juice to interior design -- into the wide world of business
Steven Reed has 75 clients with a combined worth of $500 million to $750 million. He helps them plan for their futures and talks them out of Bentleys
Owner Mike Ilitch made risky moves—and threw good money after bad—to turn around this struggling city's big league team
Inside Commish Carolyn Bivens' hard-nosed drive to remake the LPGA
Dale Earnhart Jr.'s power struggle with his stepmother, Teresa, ends up with Step-Mom taking back the keys to the car
Meet the men and women, powerful sports figures in their own right, who helped choose and rank the BusinessWeek Power 100
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