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November 8 was STEM Awareness Day, and it served as a great reminder to how closely linked all areas of science, especially analytics, are tied to all levels of sport. Years ago when I was with the Knicks, star forward Kurt Thomas came to the community relations team with an idea; he had been screwed …
An overnight success decades in the making in the U.S. is Formula One. After so many fits and starts, and becuase of the infusion of focus into the social space (let alone a runaway hit series on Netflix that has engaged a younger audince for the first time, F1’s presence, and its impact, is really …
This week, from just before Halloween into the run up to Thanksgiving, always seems to be quite the tumultuous one. We usually have some Election drama, have had a massive snowstorm, Super Storm Sandy, the tragic plane crash in Jamaica, Queens in 2001, and sometimes, sometimes, even things like the 2015 World Series to keep …
It’s November, which in the fundraising world again means “Movember.” For those who don’t know… Originally launched in Australia 15 years ago, the theme for “Movember” was to get primarily men (although women helped out with a fake one) to grow a mustache or not shave for the 30 days of the month of November, and then …
There are many times when activists around PETA (People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals) go too far…splashing people wearing fur coats with animal blood and the like. However, one thing that the organization is great at is finding its way into a narrative to drive conversations that they would not normally be involved in. …
Everybody has a bad day and a cringable moment, especially if you have been around the high-octane world of celebrity, and athletes at any point. It is brutal having to be always on, and for many of those in the spotlight, making sure one has a trusted core team handling details, planning and avoiding distractions …
There was a time not too long ago when many thought that audio as a medium was almost dead. We live in a video world, we need to see things, no one has time to sit by a radio… Then along came Siri and Alexa, podcasting, and Itunes and digital audio and Sirius/XM and I …
There have been scores of stories, texts and social media discord in the past few weeks on issues big and small, the latest being the controversy surround Enes Kanter’s “Free Tibet” shoes, which came on the two year anniversary of current Sixers GM Darryl Morrey’s comments on human rights violations in China. He texted and …
“No one remembers who comes in second.” I was reminded of that line from the late professional golfer Walter Hagen this past weekend when I read the large New York Times story on new Milwaukee Bucks play-by-play announcer Lisa Byington, the first fulltime female play-by-play announcer for an NBA team. First. There it was again, …
Quite the week of listening and learning on screen, and yes, in person (twice) this past week. Thursday night in New York we had a chance to be up close (literally front table) to listen to a POV and best practices from several key dealmakers we don’t often here speak so candidly, including Redbird’s Gerry …