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When you are in a rebuilding year at a team, you are always looking to find the window to storytell away from the wins and losses, especially when the national spotlight can be somewhat fleeting. Being able to have that ability to not just recognize opportunity, but to also change gears and proactively create windows …
“I’d like to think I’m going to be the best version of myself on the last day of my life. I will never stop being busy.” That quote from comedian Martin Short, as part of a great piece with friend and fellow funnyman Steve Martin on CBS Sunday this past weekend was a great way …
Time and patience. Those two ultra-important skills came up this past week in both discussions, and in of all places HBO’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony for the class of 2018, which is now running on the network pretty regularly. The appreciation and value of time came from Jon Bon Jovi, the …
I was listening to Alec Baldwin’s great “Here’s the Thing” podcast this past week and his guest was the legendary musician/songwriter/activist David Crosby. Crosby, who has lived many a life, talked about what keeps him going more than the money. His answer was pretty simple, and it wasn’t contrived at all. The joy of seeing …
The following originally ran on Portada The acquisition of impact the new-look Miami Marlins (@Marlins) might not only be coming through the trades of All-Stars like Marcell Osuna and Giancarlo Stanton, it may be coming through of all places, the World Champion… Golden State Warriors (@warriors)? That might sound strange to baseball fans and the Marlins …
For those who sometime wonder how sport can find ways to impact the greater good, look no further than Monday’s Boston Marathon. While there will literally be thousands of feel good stories during the race, including millions raised for charity, one company is literally seeing the way to new technology that will have an impact …
Fake news travels fastest and furthest. That was the conclusion of a major study from MIT, concluding that people prefer falsehoods over the truth. This shouldn’t be earthshaking news to anyone who has spent a modicum of time in a junior high school cafeteria. However, MIT’s 10-year study revealed that falsehoods trump the truth across …
When the initial talk of VR and sports first arose a few years ago, the real buzz was what could be done around games for fans thousands of miles away who could never get to a game. Putting fans in China or India courtside to see LeBron James, or ringside for a Triple G fight, …
By now the praise not just the University of Maryland Baltimore County men’s hoops team but their social media work has been well documented, and has certainly cemented the Retrievers as one of the feel good stories of March Madness both on and off the court. Some great takeaways from how UMBC engaged should be …
The following originally ran on Portada Last weekend’s Society of American Baseball Research (@sabr) conference in Phoenix was largely about baseball by every way, shape, and form of numbers, but it also touched on a key point of growing the Latino fan base and the brand value of athletes in a way that had less …