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This past week at article appeared in The Record Newspaper talking about the challenges and opportunities three Division I basketball programs in the state…Fairleigh Dickinson, Rutgers and Seton Hall…face in selling tickets and building brand. However with so many other programs competing across all divisions in New Jersey, we found one that is using technology …
One of the great growth opportunities that appears to be occurring in conjunction with the rise of hockey interest in North America this winter is the expansion of interest in the college game. Whether its the effort of NBC Sports to expand its weekly coverage, the halo effect that the NHL’s added buzz from the …
Save for this past week’s Hall of Fame announcement and the on-going Alex Rodriguez drama, baseball’s Hot Stove is on a low simmer for the next few weeks (except for the New York opening of “Bronx Bombers” on Broadway, of course). However in Australia it is mid-summer, and one of the world’s other global stick …
A little over a month ago we noticed the huge amount of exposure new legalized online gambling sites were getting in New Jersey. You could not go a few miles on a major highway without seeing something for Betfair or any of a number of other sites, and given the fact that sports teams in …
Some critics will say it was a reaction to Turner’s announcement of multiple programs live for the coming Final Four, but for a world that constantly buzzes second screen, ESPN offered a very unique litmus test for what fans die hard and casual would want in a major event, not just a sporting event, going …
Small markets, holiday spending issues, surprise home games, viewing enhancements, fan apathy, weather, elite opponents. All factored into the firestorm the NFL came under for three of its four wild card home games this weekend as teams rallied to hit sellout modes and avoid being blacked out. Only better prepared, large market Philadelphia avoided the …
The Bridgestone Winter Classic on New Year’s Day is being touted as the best ever and impossible to top. True? Depends on your perspective, but for “brand hockey” this year’s New Year’s Day Game is even more potentially impactful than all the games held before as it becomes the launch point for the sport as …
Maybe its because there is such great longform writing being done online this year, but it seemed like the book business was more about facts and figures this year than it was about good storytelling. There were some great book reads this year we came across, and these were from the books we read, not …
It was a night that maybe in other years would have sent the UFC leadership scurrying for new spin. There was their vaunted former champion, Anderson Silva, screaming with a horrific broken leg; night over, maybe career over. It comes just a few weeks after another of the promotion’s biggest stars, Georges St. Pierre, announced …
It came pretty quietly a few weeks ago, Thomas Tull, Chairman of legendary Pictures, was selected to the Board of Directors for The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. While many may look at the move and go on to the next tidbit of information, it really is an interesting progressive signal of things …
