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Three items to note from the week… Wheaties Tries A Reboot Wheaties is turning 100, and it’s celebrating by bringing back the most iconic athlete in its history. Michael Jordan will grace the box once again, appearing for the 19th time on the packaging. Continuing its long history of positioning itself as a healthy breakfast …
Tossing Teddy’s are back across North America, and that’s a good thing. From The Maritimes to California, a hockey holiday rite of charity has returned in full force the past few weekends…The Teddy Bear Toss. (Great summary of all the sites and the numbers tossed to date here). Now it used to be only in …
It started as a simple way for players to tell their story three seasons ago, one which drew the ire of the NFL as a uniform violation, but one which has grown to be much more of a platform as players continue to find more of a social voice and express themselves in a positive …
“You’re the guy, but you got to give a lot. You can’t go in there pounding your fist. You’ll never make it.” This line from Michael Rosenberg’s recent SI.com story about Penny Hardaway coaching at his alma mater, The University of Memphis gave some great insight into adaptive leadership, and how much brand value coaches …
As we had toward 2022 the issues and opportunities with regard to engagement in social continues to ebb and flow. While TikTok and its pushes more engagement amongst a growing using audience than ever before, all based around a complicated algorithm of shares and engagement. This speaks to the ongoing issue with social media and …
There it was again this Thanksgiving, in tis cherished end zone spot in the home of the Cowboys, the familiar red kettles of The Salvation Army. It is a partnership that dates back decades, but remains one of the most unique in the NFL. Why? Try finding another singular cause, or even a team-specific brand, …
Penned this for the North American Society For Sports Management (NASSM) in 2018, all holds true three years later… Much is made about how to navigate the complicated and very fluid professional waters we are in today. As someone who has been at this for over 35 years and has spent the last 13 years …
We are a forgiving lot with short memories and if you come clean we tend to move on. That’s what we will see as the Aaron Rodgers “crisis” takes its next, and last turn in what was a tumultuous 10 days of rants, mistruths, positioning, outcry, opinion and crisis management. On Sunday Rodgers will return …
This week our class served as a good reminder for what communicative storytelling for a team was all about, and how it has evolved over the years. The team PR person serves many masters, all of whom want control of two key areas… Access and Information Balancing access with information so that the message reaches …
November 8 was STEM Awareness Day, and it served as a great reminder to how closely linked all areas of science, especially analytics, are tied to all levels of sport. Years ago when I was with the Knicks, star forward Kurt Thomas came to the community relations team with an idea; he had been screwed …
