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SPORTS PUBLICITY, MARKETING & BRAND BUILDING IN A NEW AGE: WITH JOE FAVORITO
A little pause on July 4. Happy is as happy does Grab a six -tring, find a rope swing Hang a palm tree in your truck Drink a beer just because Steal a slow dance in a rain storm And a kiss from who you love Laugh and live with a half-full cup Yeah, happy …
This past week I was watching CBS Sunday when a story on the band Toto came on. Here is another of those iconic rock bands of decades ago still singing those songs for an audience that loves their sound. However it was not the idea of the vintage rockers that caught me, it was their …
There is no doubt that the Cannabis/CBD business is slowly, steadily finding its way into the mainstream, and that of course includes the billion dollar business of sports. The latest and loudest salvo was fired early last week, when Major League Baseball and its teams opened up the door to do business with CBD brands, …
Sports books written by league executives can be interesting and illuminating but also risk being safe, watered down, and predictable. The exec who oversees PR for PBR (Professional Bull Riders) from an Endeavor office in New York, Andrew Giangola, has just released a new book that bucks the inherent challenges of sanitized prose, offering a …
We are lucky to have a student from Elon University, Noah Zaret, working with us this summer. We have asked Noah to go back and break down some of the best episodes of the CUSP Show, the Columbia University Sports Podcast. Starting off with the 50th anniversary of Title IX this week, are ones we …
It was a few weeks ago, the story about Republican operatives giving branded gas cards to those in line waiting for fuel. Some cried foul, as an unethical, and possibly illegal incentive to sway votes with fuel. While it was somewhat ambiguous what the outcome would be, it got us thinking, what about team promos …
Right after Donald Trump was elected to the presidency I asked a friend of mine, a deep Washington insider who had worked on numerous campaigns and had spent a good amount of time around the Kushner family (even though he was a hard line Democrat, that’s business) if all the things the newly elected POTUS …
Saving lives through awareness and prevention one test at a time has been the dogged push for over twenty years for veteran MLB personality Ed Randall. A prostate cancer survivor, his “Fans 4 The Cure” Foundation has worked independently from an official designation for Major League Baseball for years raising funds and awareness for prostate cancer …
Sometimes the nontraditional thought sparks a “Why Not” idea. Case in point orth revisiting as we get more intimate back on the field… A few years ago, colleague Jim DeLorenzo had actor Thomas Ian Nicholas, star of the cult film Rookie of the Year and The American Pie Movies, coming into Philadelphia for an event. The Phillies were ready …
So we hit Memorial Day weekend and myself, and many others in this great business, have never been more excited about what lies ahead. However with that, maybe its becuase I’m a little grayer and certainly am more often than not one of the older people in the room, that I get asked more and …