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This weekend the New York area will be without a boxing match, an MMA card, the NFL, the NHL, arena football and indoor soccer. There is a smattering of college hoops and a little NBA, but what can someone with a hankering for some action check out. Well the PBR is back for its annual …
Still with no NHL to talk of, we turn to the minor leagues of hockey for a few best practices to open the year… An Outdoor game, Outdoors: While the Winter Classic did go by the boards this week, the Federal Hockey League continued its work to keep hockey going outdoors by staging their January …
When your regular season ends in the United States and for the first time in your history all five of the top television markets in the country are not involved in the post-season, there may be cause for concern. Not if you are the National Football League. While other team-based properties will never say publicly …
There is a battle going on in the State of New Jersey that, if played out in favor of the state, will open up and endless trough of marketing and spending dollars for professional sports going forward, one that could help keep costs down for tickets, ease burden on stadium improvements and in many ways …
While the various and sundry college football Bowls play themselves out this week from Idaho to New Mexico and Yankee Stadium to Las Vegas, college football fans are readying themselves for the stronger marquee matchups that will really start New Year’s Day and go through the Championship matchup between Notre Dame and Alabama on January …
Two of the most enjoyable reads this past fall were Mark Beech’s book on the last undefeated team at West Point and Joe Drape’s work on some of the recent squads. Both pointed to the personalities, the hard work, the dedication and the sacrifice that goes into being a student-athlete at West Point and the …
A few days ago I heard a reporter say, “What would Francis Church have said to Virginia O’Hanlon in today’s Twitter Facebook world. The answer is the same…believe. For those who never read it or have not in a while, below is the story from the New York Sun. It is a great reminder. THE …
Usually the New York athlete story ends ugly. Successful star comes to Gotham and ends his career in tatters, or leaves to find glory elsewhere. Rarely do you find someone like the New York Rangers Mark Messier, who came to Gotham to fulfill the dream of fans that had been harbored for over 50 years, …
As we fast approach the holidays it’s amazing the difference…or rather…the indifference is in the sport and business world with brand NHL. At this time last year the sport was buzzing with hot franchises in key markets like New York, Philly, Boston, and Los Angeles. The league and its partners were gearing up for a …
The horrific incident in Newtown, Connecticut Friday night has had an effect on people that comes close to, if not surpasses, the feelings around the incidents of 9/11. Then the feeling was more toward revenge and nationalism as well as healing. This tragedy, because of its randomness and its targets being innocent children, seems to …
