Sports Business Internship Opportunities
Internships are one of the best ways to break into the sports business industry, offering hands-on experience across areas like team and league operations, marketing, media, sponsorship, and analytics.
These opportunities give students a firsthand look at how the business side of sports works, while building the skills and connections needed to launch a career in the field. Explore a range of internship opportunities below!
The Lead Sports Media LLC
Sports Writer (Remote)
If you love sports and writing, The Lead provides a unique platform to engage with other diehard fans and promote your content across a network of 400K+ followers! It has the best publishing platform, a robust brand, excellent training, and a fantastic team with an exploding branch system (see @LakersLead on Twitter, for example).
The Lead is rapidly growing to rival The Athletic, The Ringer, and other “household name” sports media outlets. Many contributors at these outlets have started with The Lead. Others have used their experience with The Lead to give themselves additional professional opportunities in journalism, marketing, social media, sports information, and more. If you're looking to start a media-focused career or are just a passionate sports fan looking to advance the conversation, there isn't a better place to start than with The Lead.
Sports Sponsorship & Event Consulting
2027 Remote Spring Internship (Mid-January - Mid-May) Sponsorship Sales & Marketing (Unpaid/For Credit)
SSEC Agency is located in Cranbury, NJ, maintains a sales-driven culture centered around innovation, creativity, positive reinforcement, and teaching. SSEC specializes in representing, building, and selling sponsorships for a diverse clientele, including National Governing Bodies, Sports Events, Sports Leagues, and other events.
North American Hockey League
2026-27 NAHL Writing Intern
The North American Hockey League (NAHL) is seeking writing/editorial content interns for the 2026-27 season. Collaborating with the NAHL media team, this is a writing-intensive position as the candidates will publish written material on the NAHL, NA3HL and NAPHL websites and published materials at league events. Candidates must be organized, responsible, professional, and punctual.
Western Golf Association
Intern, Amateur Competitions & Merchandise
The Western Golf Association, headquartered in Glenview, Illinois, was founded in 1899 by 11 Chicago-area golf clubs. The WGA conducts two professional championships, the Evans Scholars Invitational (Korn Ferry Tour) and BMW Championship (PGA TOUR), each benefitting the Evans Scholars Foundation. The WGA also conducts four amateur golf championships, each with a longstanding history.
Fox News
Spring 2027 Fox News Media Internship Program – Chicago
FOX is proud to support a culture of creativity, entrepreneurial spirit and community that attracts the industry’s brightest talent. The FOX Internship Program offers an exciting opportunity for you to gain practical experience while interning for one of the biggest sports, media, and entertainment companies in the world. You will have the opportunity to participate in real-world projects, which provides valuable work experience and leadership skills.
Oakridge Interactive
Sports Content & Community Growth Intern (Remote)
Oakridge Interactive LLC dba Eazy6 is a NJ-based, founder-led, bootstrapped sports-tech startup preparing to launch a new skill-based daily fantasy sports platform across multiple U.S. states. We're building something from the ground up and looking for sports-obsessed students who want real responsibility, direct access to founders, and the opportunity to help launch a consumer sports product before it reaches the market. Unlike large companies where interns may work on a small piece of a project, you'll have the chance to contribute ideas, help shape our marketing efforts, and make a meaningful impact on a growing startup.
Sports Philanthropy Network
Research Internship
Sports Philanthropy Network builds stronger, healthier and more inclusive communities through sports. We provide professional development programs including conferences, webinars, podcasts, media coverage and other services coverage to support sports nonprofits, athlete foundations and sports organizations. Candidate will handle many aspects of research to further the mission and goals of the Sports Philanthropy Foundation.