The national COVID-19 pandemic severely diminishes the sports industry, with BSP members impacted with layoffs and furloughs. The mandate to remain indoors creates an opportunity for past leaders to start hosting weekly, virtual happy hours for what becomes increasingly larger groups of members and contacts.
The momentum from the national leadership retreat fuels growth in the chapter development process as BSP has 10+ cities that are active or in development.
In 2005, after a Turnkey Sports leadership event in Cleveland moderated by Dr. Kenneth Shropshire with local pro sports senior leadership, team members from the Cavaliers
In 2006 on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 15 Black sports professionals from the Cleveland Browns, Cavaliers, and Guardians—who all didn’t know each other—met at
CLEVELAND | COLUMBUS (JANUARY 19, 2026) – The National Society of Black Sports Professionals (BSP) Inc., a leading sports business professional development resource and TeamWork
National Mentoring Program Designed to Drive Readiness of Future Senior Leadership Hosted Retreat in Phoenix at State Farm Stadium The National Society of Black Sports Professionals (BSP),
BSP and RISE recently announced the mentor and mentee participants in the inaugural cohort of the Sports Business Executive Accelerator. During NBA All-Star Weekend in Indianapolis in February,
National Mentoring Program Designed to Drive Readiness of Future Senior Leadership The National Society of Black Sports Professionals (BSP), a leading sports business professional development
National Mentoring Program Designed to Drive Readiness of Future Senior Leadership to Begin at NCAA Headquarters During NBA All-Star Weekend in Indianapolis The National Society
