NHL Lobbying Expenditure, 1998-2010: From OpenSecrets.org, a group monitoring all lobbying in the U.S. (You can type other sports, too; I found MLB without much trouble).
Is Investing in Sports a Good Bet? Panel Discussion Video: Your textbook author and notables from the Seattle area discussing
(mostly) subsidizing the SuperSonics at the CityClub of Seattle..
8th Wonder Remains a Tax Albatross: They'll be paying for another generation on the Astrodome debt, after 22 years of payments and now nearly no tennants. Chris Moran at the Houston Chronicle.