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Morning in the Paris Olympic Village
In August, I had the very fun opportunity to explore the Paris 2024 Athletes' Village through the IOC Olympic Studies Centre. Highlights...
How to subsidize a sports arena in a bankrupt city
In 2014, Detroit was still grasped by the largest municipal bankruptcy in US history. Yet contemporaneously, almost $400 million in...
Deception and delusion strike Toronto's World Cup dreams
Toronto's BMO Field, which will be expanded to over 45,000 for the World Cup. $380 million? That princely sum will apparently now be the...
NYT Interview on Mark Cuban's gambling-driven new arena plans
I was recently interviewed in The New York Times for an article on Mark Cuban's sale of a controlling interest in the Mavericks, and...
The Professional Women’s Hockey League should look to the model of Europe’s soccer clubs
First published in The Globe and Mail, September 19, 2023 Link to original article: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-p...
Financial Doping? The CAS, PSG, and Man City
While the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Champions League has become the most sought after trophy for the world’s best...
10 nights in a labour camp: I mostly enjoyed the World Cup and Qatar didn’t pay me
Robert Sroka After press ranging from horrible to Infantino, I wasn’t sure what to expect when landing in Doha. The starchitect curves of...
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