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One of the biggest challenges and opportunities new MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred has talked about is how to keep millennials engaged and involved in the game of baseball. While it is no secret that the folks at MLB Advanced media continue to use the digital space to enhance the experience of all, there is still …
In the myriad of big time sports on the intercollegiate level in the state of Florida, Florida Tech is still finding its way despite their successful history in some sports. Right now a Division II school with a growing interest in football, the Panthers sit back and watch in March as Florida Gulf Coast, and …
In November the college hoops scene in New Jersey was brimming with optimism. Seton Hall was rolling, FDU was coming off of an upset of St. Joe’s and was ready to rock, Rutgers was rebuilding, Monmouth and Rider were ready to challenge in the MAAC, St. Peter’s was improving, Princeton could battle in the Ivy …
Last year at the IMG World Congress of Sport, Funny or Die co-founder (and former ESPN exec) Dick Glover talked openly about how the platform had grown and how, on occasion, sports would find its way into a skit or two. The important thing, he added, was the scenes had to be authentic to be …
Earlier this week, The Daily Payoff, the first U.S.-based platform to cover all business aspects of the gaming and gambling businesses had its official launch. The site will look to have the most comprehensive national and international news in verticals that will include the casino business, fantasy sports, horse racing, e-gaming, games of skill, the …
If there was ever a personality meant for talk radio it is Nestor Aparicio. No matter where he has worked in and around Baltimore, “Nasty” as he is sometimes known, has never been a shrinking violet, and is never ever without an opinion or something to say. Sometimes he has ticked people off, sometimes he …
The NCAA Women’s Final Four in Tampa this year will have all the usual buzz, hype, sold out crowds and pageantry that would be expected from an elite celebration of elite teams. There will be the FanFests, the memorabilia, the sponsor events and a host of community projects designed to give back to the area, …
This time of year has become conference time for some reason; Leaders In Sport, MIT Sloan, SEME, SINC, Sportel, World Congress of Sports, IEG, SxSW, SMWW at the NFL Draft Combine, the Kellogg School, SABR, Hashtag Sports…there is hardly a day, let alone a week from mid-February through mid-April where someone, somewhere in the US …
The following ran on New Jersey Newsroom on Friday as well… It hasn’t been the easiest of winters for the owners of the New Jersey Devils and the Philadelphia 76ers, at least on the court and the ice. The Sixers have spent the season dumping salaries, name players and expectations in exchange for a run …
With the big dollars pouring into college athletics and the brands investing the dollars looking for more ROI, Universities are on the constant look for new integration platforms that are both effective and fall within the constraints of engagement with student-athletes, especially in sports away from football and basketball. One smart and simple added value …