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It is no secret that colleges of all sizes, especially those mid majors not in the top five power football conferences, have to continue to scramble for revenue to be self-sustaining. To do that, they have to continue to look for partners big and small who can effectively integrate into media opportunities and get the …
Here is the latest stop-by done by Columbia alum Tanner Simkins. This one os with a fellow program alum, Jim McCloud at MLB Advanced Media. Tanner take a few minutes with Jim to talk about the biz of BAM. Jim McCloud serves as the Vice President of Sponsorship Sales MLB Advanced Media. We sat down …
It’s kind of an interesting juxtaposition for team sports. As the four biggest American leagues all look to be more global, Major League Soccer looks to continue to better establish a global game in the United States, and their leverage continues to increase daily as not just the U.S. Men’s National Team continues its good …
We wrote about this simple idea last fall, and it appears to be catching on; as we live in a heads down texting and tweeting world, the use of sidewalks for quick viral campaigns, especially in high traffic areas where milennials gather, appears to be growing. Latest case in point was around New York’s Central …
With Wimbledon here we dip into the tennis q and a archives with Tanner Simkins and his “Full Court Press” profiles. this one is with Skip Gilbert of the USTA talking tennis as the US hardcourt season approaches after the grasscourt season ends with the Hall of Fame event in Newport, Rhode Island after Wimbledon …
It was a well-placed, well timed stunt that only an Independent League franchise could pull off. There was Pete Rose back in baseball for a day at least. The Atlantic League’s Bridgeport Bluefish “hired” Rose last week to be their manager for a day, ceding power for a few innings from former MLB’ers Willie Upshaw …
There is little doubt that soccer, from the grassroots through the World Cup, continues to have a growing presence in the mindset of the casual sports fan in the United States. While still not as embedded on the professional side as it is in the rest of the world, the sport is more buzzworthy and …
As part of our ongoing series with Columbia University ad the Full Court Press blog; grad student Tanner Simkins spent some time with various marketers and newsmakers in and around sports business. With school ending and the camp season getting started, Tanner talked with Leigh Klein, steward of the legendary Five Star brand. For over …
A couple of years ago on a Sunday morning I was going to get bagels I heard New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan on “Ed Randall’s Talking Baseball” show on WFAN in New York talking about how the simplest of actions with his father, playing catch after work, were some of his brightest memories. Often times …
This coming week will mark a five year milestone for the New York Yankees and their tent pole in-season awareness program, Hope Week. While all teams have a responsibility to give back to their fans year-round and the Yankees themselves have expansive foundations run by Mariano Rivera, Derek Jeter, Joe Girardi and many others, the …
