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For anyone who thinks that NASCAR’s announcement to ban the Confederate Flag was a knee jerk reaction to all the recent protesting, think again. It was the latest, and boldest, step by the circuit over a series of years to address and promote inclusivity not just in the sport, but to a wider audience that …
Late last week I read about the death of Charles Lippincott, the man who both George Lucas and Mark Hamill called one of the most valuable, if not the most valuable, members of the launch of the Star Wars series. Actor? Producer? Sponsor? Nope. He was the communications guy. I did not know much about …
I remember exactly where I was when I met M. Quentin Williams for the first time. It was in the bowels of what was then called the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida, and I’m going to guess that it was the fall of 1998. I was getting a tour of the facility from my longtime …
They have always been the iconic role models that have shaped thousands of lives, from little league to the highest level of competition. They are dedicated and driven, mercurial and emotional, volunteers and mercenaries, teachers and mentors. They are coaches. Yet for all the time, effort and value they put in, these men and women …
Growing up my first real adult, or semi-adult, “bar home” was Runyons on 52nd street just off of Second Avenue. At Fordham we were lucky enough to be the last class where the drinking age was 18, and somehow we found our way over the years into the storied saloon to listen to everyone from …
For most of its recent history World TeamTennis was a fun and innovative idea caught with a home too small. The tennis schedule is simply too packed to find ways to give it it’s proper due. Other than places like Washington, where serial entrepreneur Mark Ein has built the Kastles into a year-round staple of …
I have been to hundreds of conferences and heard the biggest and best of speakers try to lead and inspire. Still it surprises me that the one topic we need to hear more about, and one that the biggest minds and those with the biggest visions have, is the ability to rebound from loss. Anyone …
While it is great the sports, especially team sports, is making the slow turn back to relevance in the Pandemic stricken world, it is still important to note and realize that the world that emerges in sports business on the other side of this for some time will be different. “We are going to be …
Online SportsBook BetOnline tried their hand at producing original content this past week, something that a gambling site doesn’t usually do when dollars are not on the line, when they released “The Final Dance” featuring former Chicago Bulls Horace Grant, Ron Harper, Bill Cartwright, and Craig Hodges. But how to drive some buzz and cut through …
NASCAR came back this weekend with a live race as we took the next careful step closer to a return of normalcy in professional sports. They followed the UFC, the PBR, the Bundesliga, golf and even Cornhole in a welcomed next step in what will be a measured attempt to return to what will be …