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Sport$trategies Eps. 2

35m · Sportstrategies · 22 Sep 20:52

In this episode we look at the technological innovations and the sustainability of the World Cup of Hockey with Globe & Mail hockey writer James Mirtle. Plus, Daniel Kaplan of Sports Business Journal takes a closer look at new stadium naming rights deals for the NFL's Buffalo Bills & the Miami Dolphins. Also, two Milan-based Italian soccer league clubs were both recently sold to Chinese investors. Giancarlo Rinaldi, a Serie A contributor to Football Italia, analyzes the two transactions. And SportTechie.com senior writer Mark J. Burns elaborates on Twitter's newest offering, "The Rally", a nightly live sports highlights program. All that plus the latest sports business news headlines on this edition of the "Sport$trategies" podcast 

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