From your textbook:

• Hockey Flight in Canada :  Wonderful CBC chronology of NHL teams leaving Canada.  Third row of this archive; Click on item 2 for the saga of the Oilers, covered in your textbook.
• History of the African-American baseball leagues :  Check it out at NegroLeagueBaseball.com.

Sports Market Outcomes, Current Topics:

• NHL Franchise Location Statement, 2009 (PDF):  Commissioner Bettman on why it is essential to the existence of the NHL that it control team location.  Affadavit during the Phoenix Coyote bankruptcy hearings.
• Are Sports Leagues Single-Entities? (PDF).  An Amicus Curiae Brief to the U.S. Supreme Court by notable economists (including your textbook author).
• NHL Constitution, By-Laws, Part 1, By-Laws, Part 2 (PDFs):  Leaked during the Phoenix Coyotes bankruptcy proceedings in 2009, jealously guarded by the NHL for years.
• MLB Commissioner Warns about the Economy:  A chance to see the functions of leagues in a new situation; this isn't the Great Depression, but it's more than a minor downturn!
• An NFL Rival in the Making?  The new United Football League.  Note that the UFL plans on LA and NY, plus a few fillers; it only takes a couple of mega-markets (historically, anyway). Or Maybe Not: CBSSports.com.
• How Did the Orioles Get the Value of the Nationals' TV Contract?:  A truly amazing story of how team relocation deals get worked out; from the Washington Post.
• Worst Expansion Team Ever?:  Webpage dedicated to the single-season wonders, the Seattle Pilots (1969). Surely they played in the worst MLB Ballpark, Seattle's Sick's Stadium (after Emil Sick, founder of Rainier Beer). Youtube video.
• Enduring Memories of the Seattle Pilots:  from Larry Stone at the Seattle Times.
• Packers Shareholders:  Check out what goes on for shareholders of the Green Bay Packers, the oldest publicly owned (and only publicly owned at this point in time) pro sports team.
• Remember the AFL:  My favorite rival league (my first pro sports experience was with the AFL's San Diego Chargers).  By Angelo Coniglio.
• The Greatest Deal Ever Made: How the owners of Teh Spirits of St. Louis, a former ABA team, made millions on a seemingly (at the time) small deal with the NBA. Monte Burke at Forbes.

Don't forget about all of rival league standings and attendance information at the Sports Business Data Pages!