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It used to be back in the day that Saturday mornings were where kids got their fix of weekend cartoons. Bugs Bunny, Scooby Do and on and on they went, filling network TV for hours. Now kids shows are on demand, and Saturday mornings especially are being filled more and more with another kind of …
A year ago today the sports world learned that former Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca passed away at the age of 90. Thought it was worthwhile revisiting this piece.While Branca was known more for his infamous pitch to the New York Giants Bobby Thomson that game NY the National League pennant in 1951 , the …
There was a time not too long ago when the hot property was Daily Fantasy. The two leaders in the space, Fan Duel and Draft Kings, were spending money as fast as they could raise their millions in what looked like an arms race to see who could be the more disruptive. For one glorious …
Ten years ago my colleague Mike Dillon came to me with an opportunity; he created a LinkedIn Group called Sports Marketing and PR Pros but wasn’t sure what could be done with it. Back then, LinkedIn was less forward leaning than today, and even today it is still a relatively passive platform although their push …
It is the promoters dream to be able to utter the words “Standing Room Only,” even if, in recent years, “SRO” is more a phrase to indicate a big audience than an actual sales opportunity. Lack of standing space, fire codes, handicapped laws for open areas and poor visibility everywhere from theaters to stadia have …
You cannot go anywhere in the sports, media or entertainment business today without hearing a whisper of esports. The buzz and the dollars being spent against gaming, especially professional gaming, is growing exponentially every day as businesses in the traditional sports space look to learn and grow into a new genre with its own culture, …
The “Salute To Service” initiative the NFL will stage this week, along with all the efforts that MLB put on in and around the World Series and the PBR NASCAR and others have done is beyond praise for the men and women who not only do so much to keep us safe, but who are …
It’s November, which in the fundraising world again means “Movember.” Originally launched in Australia, the theme for “Movember” is to get primarily men (although women can help out with a fake one) to grow a mustache or not shave for the 30 days of the month of November, and then gain dollars through pledges for …
Almost to a fault, every entrepreneur will talk about “following one’s passion.” Well sometimes passion can be misguided or simply not something that can be made into a return on all the time you take to build. However we aren’t much without that passion in whatever we do, and sometimes that passion can lead us …
“The NFL has hurt Papa John’s shareholders.” Whether that is really true (and several other chains have had fun building off of the narrative) its rough stuff for a league to hear from a top sponsor, this one from the pizza chain’s CEO Jon Schnatter. As we draw closer to Thanksgiving and the expected chatter …