National Football League


Cities and Oil Prices: The Winners and The Losers

By Joel Kotkin and Michael Shires |  Aug 6, 2008

For most places, it’s hard to tell what the long-term effect of the high cost of energy might be. But there are some fairly safe bets.  Read story

Carrying The Ball In Business

Jun 1, 1983

Could Billy Joe DuPree be the same type of hands-on manager if he played pro basketball or baseball instead of pro football? Probably not. As rare as he i...  Read story

The Biggest Little Businessman In Texas

By Joseph P. Kahn |  Jun 1, 1983

Tight end Billy Joe DuPree, unlike many athlete-entrepreneurs, doesn't fall back on team connections. Instead, he projects the same total dependability and f...  Read story

Out of the Doghouse

By Bruce G. Posner |  Jan 1, 1990

Makers of pre-fab domed roofs for houses are convinced that they can sell miniaturized models as dog houses.  Read story

America's Owner

By David Whitford |  Dec 1, 1993

How the owner of the Dallas Cowboys has turned around this financially crumbling team.  Read story

Wrong Move

By Frederick Reichheld |  Mar 1, 1996

Why packing the Cleveland Browns off to Baltimore wasn't good business, no matter how you look at it.  Read story

Zero Defect Hiring

By Dr. Pierre Mornell |  Mar 1, 1998

In an excerpt from his new book, "Hiring Smart!", Mornell describes how to predict the future performance of a job candidate. Includes preinterview strategie...  Read story

Tackling Start-up Goals with the NFL

By Jason Del Rey |  Jan 23, 2008

A weekly look at the latest products and services designed to help you run a better business.  Read story

Inc. 500 Company Files Countersuit Against Patriots

Dec 22, 2006

Dec. 22, 2006 -- StubHub, a San Francisco-based ticket reseller and a current Inc. 500 company, filed a lawsuit against the New England P...  Read story

Game Plan

By Emily Esterson |  Dec 1, 1998

Bruce Lemmerman, director of college scouting for the New Orleans Saints, uses a database to record both statistical and subjective information about prospec...  Read story

Turf Wars

By Edward O. Welles |  Feb 1, 2000

Tiny upstart FieldTurf plans to beat leviathan AstroTurf at its own game.  Read story

Roger Staubach on Turning Salespeople into Team Players

By Roger Staubach |  Aug 1, 2006

The former Dallas Cowboy, now CEO of the Staubach Co., on fostering teamwork.  Read story

Are You Ready for Some Football Clichés?

By Patrick J. Sauer |  Oct 1, 2003

Sure, too many coaches write books that try to apply the lessons of football to the world of business. But there really are some management lessons that can ...  Read story

Mail: February 2002

By Various Inc Staff |  Feb 1, 2002

Readers react to articles from the Inc 500 and November 2001 issues of Inc , Plus: Update on two trash-talking CEOs.  Read story

Paradise the Hard Way

By Leigh Buchanan |  May 1, 2008

What does it really take to build an island resort, a dream come true in the tropics, a place where work and fun and family all blend seamlessly? HintRead story

Drives: It's Diesel. It's an SUV. And It's Clean

By Patrick J. Sauer |  Dec 1, 2008

Mercedes-Benz ML320 BlueTec  Read story

Responding To The Forces Of The Flea Market

By John F. Persinos |  Jun 1, 1984

Eli More has found a way to take the used-car salesman out of the used-car lot by opening an automotive flea market in Houston. He rents 12 acres of...  Read story

Confessions of a Wine Evangelist

By Ana Patricia Ferrey |  Aug 22, 2008

Gary Vaynerchuk, the irreverent host of Wine Library TV, opens up about what it takes to build a proper palate, chasing his entrepreneurial dream, and the on...  Read story

Pete Carroll: At a Glance

By Patrick J. Sauer |  Sep 20, 2007

Bio Born: September 15, 1951, San Francisco Education Degree in business administration from Pacific University; ...  Read story

NFL Players Learn the Art of the Deal

By Ryan J. McCarthy |  Apr 7, 2006

Inc.com tagged along with stars of the gridiron as they headed to classes at Wharton.  Read story

Under Armour Inks Deal with NFL

By Angus Loten |  Aug 8, 2006

The former Inc. 500 sportswear company will become an authorized footwear supplier.  Read story

Run, Ricky, Run!

By Patrick J. Sauer |  Aug 1, 2004

August 16, 2004 -- Ricky Williams, one of the NFL's best running backs who scooted to 3,225 yards over the last two seasons with the Miam...  Read story

NFL Players Head Back to School

By Ryan J. McCarthy |  Feb 27, 2006

Some of the game’s big names are sharpening their business acumen at Harvard and Wharton this off-season.  Read story

How I Did It: Jeff Goodby

By Jeff Goodby |  Jul 1, 2004

To save his ad agency, Jeff Goodby sold to a holding company. Fortunately, he also managed not to sell out.  Read story

What Game Are You Playing?

By ROBERT KEIDEL |  Nov 1, 1985

If you think that business and sports have a lot in common, think again, and again. Are you playing baseball, or football, or basketball? The answer, says Ro...  Read story

Private Lives;

By Nelson W. Aldrich Jr. |  Dec 1, 1985

As a quarterback, Roger Staubach was a scrambler. As a CEO, he had to learn a whole new style.  Read story

Don Shula: My Biggest Mistake

By Mike Hofman |  Nov 1, 1999

In 1989 my partner, David Younts, and I opened our first Shula's Steak House, in Miami Lakes, Fla. It should have been the beginning of a big chain, but I...  Read story

Choose Your Weapon

By Jess Blumberg and Stephanie Clifford |  Aug 1, 2006

Remember that not all employee evaluation tests are suitable for hiring. (Myers-Briggs, we're talking to you.) Here are 10 extensively validated, highly resp...  Read story

Get Physical

By Greg Wittstock |  Sep 1, 2005

In my last column I talked in general about the relationship between your company's c...  Read story

Get Physical

By Greg Wittstock |  Sep 1, 2005

In my last column I talked in general about the relationship between your company's c...  Read story

Get Physical

By Greg Wittstock

What's the one indispensable factor to creating a company culture that rocks? Making physical fitness a top priority.  Read story

A Borrower Be

By Martin Mayer |  Jan 1, 2003

Tough economies and easy credit usually don't mix. So why are banks falling all over themselves to lend small businesses money?  Read story

Soul Proprietor: Jon Bon Jovi

By Adam Hanft |  Jul 1, 2004

What's a rock star doing running a football team? Being entrepreneurial, for starters. Business owner Jon Bon Jovi talks with Inc. magazine.  Read story

How I Did It: Steve Sabol, President, NFL Films

Feb 1, 2006

With his very first documentary, in 1965, Steve Sabol of NFL Films became the designated mythmaker of pro football. Now the company is a $50 million family o...  Read story

The Isosceles Of Texas Is Upon Us

By Joseph P. Kahn |  Oct 1, 1983

The country's hottest new growth belt is called the Texas Triangle, and Austin is the smart little city at its center.  Read story

'goalpost' Brown's Amazing Flying Camera

By John Grossmann |  Jan 1, 1985

In which a talented inventor perseveres against long odds and countless mishaps, first with financial disaster, and pushes himself and his troupe of dungaree...  Read story

How To Hire Wisely

By Patrick J. Sauer |  Oct 1, 2004

Forget the gimmicky tests and interview books. Here are some tips you really can use to make a great hire.  Read story

"What I Learned from Pete Carroll"

By Patrick J. Sauer |  Sep 20, 2007

Carson Palmer Quarterback, Cincinnati Bengals "Coach Carroll is an easy guy to be around. He's got that likeability, and bec...  Read story

Super Bowl Fumble?

By Drew Armstrong |  Jan 27, 2006

How does $302 million sound? That’s what the City of Detroit expects Super Bowl XL will bring to town, through hotel and restaurant spending, increa...  Read story

Kicking Perrier In The Derriere

By John Sharkey |  Sep 1, 1981

A genius for free publicity got Rick Scoville's Artesia Waters off and running without spending a nickel for advertising.  Read story