Profiles in Sport Leadership

Roger Goodell, elected NFL commissioner in 2006, embodies the sports league equivalent of working one’s way up from the mailroom. [MORE]

David Stern became the fourth commissioner of the NBA in 1984, a golden age for the league with its “Showtime” Lakers, led by Magic Johnson; archrivals Larry Bird and the Boston Celtics; and star rookies Charles Barkley, John Stockton, Hakeem Olajuwon, and Michael Jordan. [MORE]