Fox Magnate Is Saluted

Rupert Murdoch, whose Fox network has become a leading player in sports television, heads the 100 most powerful people in sports as chosen by The Sporting News.

Murdoch, 64, also topped last year’s list, becoming the first person to do so in consecutive years.

“It is clear that Rupert Murdoch is transforming the way sports are seen around the globe,” said John Rawlings, editor of The Sporting News. “In the space of just two years, Murdoch has built a Fox Sports programming arsenal that includes the National Football League and Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League, boxing and the perennially high-ratings sport of figure skating.”