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The numbers are staggering: China spent $40 billion to host the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing and Russia spent $50 billion for the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. This book traces the path of the Olympic Games and the World Cup from noble sporting events to exhibits of excess.

A look at the future of the business of sports in America

A collection of more than 100 essays written between 1998 and 2006 on the sports industry. They delve into some of the important sports business issues, including the financing of new stadiums, the financial value of professional teams, revenue sharing programs, the flaws in "competitive balance" plans, walkouts and lockouts, and more.

The Sabermetric Revolution examines the increasingly widespread use of sabermetrics to evaluate baseball player performance. Along the way, the book corrects common misconceptions about "moneyball" and evaluates the success of analytics in baseball front offices.

The business of baseball stands in sharp contrast to the game's wholesome image as America's favorite pastime. Major league baseball is a deeply troubled industry, facing chronic problems that threaten its future: persistent labor tensions, competitive dominance by high-revenue teams, migration of game telecasts to cable, and escalating ticket prices.

This is the story of two great sports. One is ""America's game,"" while the other is ""the world's game."" Baseball and soccer are both beloved cultural institutions.

A play-by-play account of how No Boston Olympics rallied Massachusetts residents to reject an Olympic bid

Challenges everything you thought you knew about baseball, the Major Leagues, the players, the owners, and, most of all, the man at the helm

This text examines the policies and practices of the major arms-supplying nations.

"A savvy analysis of the game's financial problems" (Los Angeles Times), now updated throughout and featuring a new chapter on recent controversies and upheavals in the game. Selected as one of the best books of the year by Business Week.