Brown is a sports business analyst and the founder of the Business of Sports Network, a series of websites dedicated to the business of sports, including The Biz of Baseball, The Biz of Football , The Biz of Basketball and shortly, The Biz of Hockey.
He was the creator of the original Business of Baseball.com, and is the former co-chair of SABR's Business of Baseball committee. His first notable work in sports business was assisting in the Submission to Major League Baseball by the MLB to Portland effort during the Expos relocation derby. His main contribution involved the proposed Charter Seat License program.
He is a contributor to Baseball Prospectus and Basketball Prospectus, was formerly on the staff of The Hardball Times, and writes general commentary on sports via, Maury Brown's Biz of Sports.
His analysis and commentary has been published in the NY Times, Time Magazine, USA Today, Boston Globe, Chicago Sun-Times, Washington Times, CNN/Money, MarketWatch, Crain's Business NY, Crain's Detroit Business, the Rocky Mountain News, Fox News, New York Daily News, Sports Illustrated.com, the NY Sun, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Tampa Tribune, Toronto Globe and Mail, Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Sports Review, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, San Jose Mercury News, the Oregonian, the Portland Business Journal, Sports Fantasy Monthly magazine, and USA Today Sports Weekly.
His television appearances include ESPN2's First Take, CNBC's On The Money, Canada's Business News Network and the CBS Evening News .
His radio appearances include being featured regularly on XM Radio's Home Plate, XM 175 and Sports Business Radio.
His book contributions include the 2007 Baseball Prospectus, the 2007 Football Prospectus, as well as an essay on the Collusion Rulings of the late ’80s and early ’90s within Rob Neyer’s Big Book of Baseball Blunders : A Complete Guide to the Worst Decisions and Stupidest Moments in Baseball History.
David Friedman is a freelance writer specializing in professional basketball. His work has been published in several magazines, including Hoop, Lindy's Pro Basketball, Basketball Times and Basketball Digest. Friedman has also contributed to NBCSports.com, HoopsHype.com and ProBasketballNews.com and his articles are frequently reprinted at Legends of Basketball, the official website of the National Basketball Retired Players Association (NBRPA). He wrote the chapter about the NBA in the 1970s for the anthology Basketball in America (Haworth Press, 2005). He can be reached at
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Bill Jordan is a student within Sports Management Worldwide's Baseball General Manager class. He has been an intern with the Akron Aeros, and is the sports editor of The Advance at Hiram College. He has recently been hired by the Cleveland Browns to work game days.
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or by phone at (330) 697-2038.
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