March 1, 2024When the Stands Speak, the Premier League Should ListenThe referee’s decision was, by the standards of these things, pretty straightforward. Soccer in general and the Premier League in particular have a gift for spinning […]
February 29, 2024Nikolai I. Ryzhkov, Soviet Premier Who Presided Over Economic Chaos, Dies at 94Nikolai I. Ryzhkov, a premier of the Soviet Union who in 1990 took the brunt of the blame for economic chaos that engulfed the last years […]
December 10, 2023Premier League TV Rights Deal Steps Back From StreamingThe technical term might be “vertical integration.” Or, on reflection, perhaps that is not quite right, and it would — in the jargon — be known […]
October 11, 2023Everton, 777 and the Business of Premier League SoccerThe acquisitions came so quickly that it was hard to keep up. An agreement to buy the oldest soccer team in Italy. An investment in one […]