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Last month I read an amazing piece in the New York Times by Jessica Shattuck, about of all things, playing catch, and how this simplest f acts connected her with her son in times when there was sometimes a void between them, She was not a helicopter parent or a sports fanatic, she didn’t know …
Stephen A. Smith, Billie Jean King, Clay Travis, Evan Roberts, Mike Greenberg, Charles Barkley, LaMelo Ball and on and on it goes. What do they all have in common? Engaged in narratives about the WNBA, its players and so forth. Some of it is the same old debate we have heard around entitled stars, villainous …
Sometimes the nontraditional thought sparks a “Why Not” idea. Case in point orth revisiting as we get more intimate back on the field… A few years ago, colleague Jim DeLorenzo had actor Thomas Ian Nicholas, star of the cult film Rookie of the Year and The American Pie Movies, coming into Philadelphia for an event. The Phillies were ready …
“That’s all I want in life. Is more,” he told me three years ago. “More time. More life. More music. More games. More reading. More love. More everything. I’m the luckiest guy in the world.” There has been so much written and watched about the passing of Bill Walton this week I cannot do it …
Red Nose Day, May 26, is now 10 years in for the US, and this year found its way to everything from an edible, life-sized cookie of the contest winner and a car-crushing monster truck ride Comic Relief US’s fundraising initiative for underserved American children goal this year was to draw donations by encouraging the …
It’s that time of year where the requests for help with jobs, internships, college choices come from parents and recent grads in droves. Thousands who have walked the aisle are now out in the workforce, trying to figure out what’s next and they join another group I am always more concerned about…those who have been …
This business has a tendency to make us very cynical. There is a legendary story from back in the day, when a long-time communications director at an NBA team, after a long day of dealing with the media, was handed a basketball to get signed by a rising star. It was for a young fan …
Dr. Phil Rides the Bull: Merit Street Media Makes a Big Bet on PBR For a professional sport to truly be considered Top Tier, its televised events need to be live. Sports as all the numbers have shown, is the only appointment viewing opportunity left in broadcast media, this side of a reality show final or …
One of the questions that always comes up in class is how can you make a “viral moment” happen? Well, you kinda can’t, but what you can do is be always listening and learning and being able to be nimble enough and have the trust of leadership to act smartly so that the match is …
Where else can you find talk about broadcast storytelling, debates on the best moments in the history of New York sports, the business of sports in Africa, and yes even the proliferation of AI in media all in one place. That’s what we have in the latest episodes of our podcast. Some good Memorial Day …
