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With week zero now here largely for college football, it is another sport that if I were a Mid-Major school I would be paying more attention and committing more dollars to, along with Flag Football. For those who haven’t noticed, and its less who haven’t than ever, women’s volleyball is more than just a “thing” …
I love learning from coaches and one of the biggest areas most talk about…but most in business hate to…is learning from loss. No matter who you are in the zero sum game of sport, you will lose probably more than you win, and while we dwell on the big moments…everyone’s fans are the best, our …
In 1997, the USTA unveiled the massive expansion of the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, which included Arthur Ashe Stadium, the largest tennis facility in the world, one that would eventually bring a massive amount of yearly visitors and revenue to the US Open. Having been in and around The Open (then with the WTA, a …
Today’s guest post is by John Owen, one of our sports management students who recently spent time travelling…and learning with the Columbia Women’s Basketball team on their summer trip to Japan. I asked John to provide his thoughts after watching the great Apple TV documentary on the UConn wmen’s team, and how one of their …
There is the old saying that things come in threes, although i really believe that occurrs only when you don’t put together similar instances after you have seen one. This week there were not three…but four instances where we lost someone, and all of them in various ways remindied me of the song by the …
I enjoy learning from the deeper dive sports shows we get to see on platforms like Netflix and HBO. Having always been a fan of “Hard Knocks” I was interested to see what this season would bring us, chronicling the defending champion Seattle Seahawks, while also watching Netflix’s new season of “Quarterback.” Both have delivered. …
There I was sitting on a Delta flight to Sicily when a young man sat next to me and out his guitar in the overhead bin. It took a while before we got to talking and he told me his name was Christian Sparacio and too was heading to the Island with his family for …
For the second straight fall it looks like I will have not one, but two classes at Columbia, so I have started the pre-course “Get to Know You” calls and emails with students. It is earlier than usual, but never loses its joy for me. This summer has brought us to amazing places where we …
For cities looking to attract major sporting events, the competition is no longer simply about who has the biggest stadium, the newest arena or the most convenient airport. It is about who can offer the most compelling reason for fans, athletes, media, sponsors and rights partners to show up together. Glendale, Arizona made a pretty …
Hard to believe that SBJ’s Thought Leaders retreat was over a week ago already, but some of the themes my friend and colleague Abe Madkour pointed out in his weekly column from the event continue to expand and be amplified in meetings, conversations and observations in the week and a half since the event in …
