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With its seemingly endless season, its three plus hour games and its sometimes strange rules and never ending parade of stats, baseball has long been a punching bag for the fast and loose generation. While other sports like cricket and even football have sought to find ways to speed up the game, basebal.s traditions take …

As some may know we do this newsletter every Sunday and highlight some folk who do good work largely on their own. They are not loud or obnoxious for the most part. They serve a niche and do so passionately. While there are many in the space who do this fulltime and do it amazingly …

The phenomenon of sports radio is largely a North American one. At last count there were over 300 stations, from college through the massive networks of ESPN, FoxSports, Sports Byline, Westwood One and others, who covered local issues, broadcast national outlets and filled the airwaves with opinion, guests and talk. That doesn’t count the ever …

The death knell sounded quietly last week. On. of New Yor.s broadcast stations, WPIX Channel 11, announced that it had eliminated their sports reporting staff for their nightly 10 .clock news. While some reacted with shock, surprise and disappointment, the announcement came and went with little protest from the fan. There was no out crying …

Despite the immense success of MLB.com, most of the Major League teams have been slow to fully embrace the potential of social media engagement in the way that other sports entities, especially the NHL, have. Partially because of the length of the season and the cost of implementing extensive programs, as well as the fact …

It didn’t come at the optimum time for an announcement, but Saturday morning Newman/Haas Racing announced a partnership deal with driver Oriol Servia and the Telemundo Station Group for 2011, just as the IZOD Indy Car league was getting rolling in St. Petersburg, Florida. The announcement really capped a great week for the League, which …

We all love the March Madness underdog. Butler, VCU, Richmond, even Marquette, the Bracket Busters that turn office pools upside down and show that there is still hope for the.little gu. in the big time world of college athletics. While that moment in the sunshine may be fleeting for some, there are ways to capitalize …

They are not the traditional activation partners around the NCAA Tournament, since they involve product lines which are well, not traditionally involved officially with college sports…alcoho. and a traditional women's activation brand. However both Guinness and Unilever's Dove brand found very smart and effective multilevel campaigns to cut through the clutter and speak to the …

The level of interest in lifestyle sports amongst Americans has probably not been as high as it is right now since the tennis boom of the mid 197.s. Spurred by the economy, the.Le.s Mov. initiative being pushed by First Lady Michelle Obama, and a rising consciousness by corporations and educators of the damage a sedentary …

DISCLAIMER: I WORK WITH SEVERAL COMPANIES IN THE DIGITAL SPACE, HOWEVER THE OPINION ON MY BLOG IS AGNOSTIC AND IN NO WAY INFLUENCED BY THOSE I MAY WORK WITH… There is such a rush to be hip, cool, attract followers and grow a social media presence that sometimes there is a danger in people being …