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For as long as there has been college sports, the group that does all the communications, in many cases still mislabeled as Sports Information Directors, have been undervalued at a majority of intercollegiate institutions big and small. However as the role of storytelling has changed in a more digital and tech friendly era where Universities …
We are certainly in a time when the voice of the athlete, and the ability for an athlete to use his or her platform as a medium to invoke change, has never been louder. With that in mind, can athletes, teams and leagues look to the quieter month of January, and one holiday, to …
Of all the mediums available today, live television remains the biggest crapshoot. Mic’s left on, poor lighting, wardrobe malfunctions, human frailty, all exposed to millions in a second and captured and shared forever. There is no editing or reclaiming when live is live. The latest and best example occurred Sunday night when talk show …
There are few more memorable moments in sports and entertainment than when a record is set. No matter how big or small, shattering a milestone is the perfect measurement tool for success, and there remains no yardstick bigger for records than to make or break The Guinness Book of World Records. The validation is well, …
There are many passionate individuals describe in sports as “lifers,” people who dedicate their life to one sport or endeavor, such as coaching. One of basketball’s lifers is Gordon Chiesa (@gchiesaohmy) . Chiesa’s career began as the athletic director and head basketball coach at his alma mater of St. Thomas Aquinas in Sparkill, N.Y. …
In a world where we are constantly besieged by information, how can you keep a secret, especially a serious one from a select person or group when literally the whole world knows? That situation has come up not once, but twice, in recent weeks involving elite athletes and some tragic news going on around them, …
Make no mistake that the UFC is still a dominant and evolving global brand in sport, especially in key younger male demos that crave action and engagement. The biggest crowd ever to see the promotion, over 54,000, filled Etihad Stadium in Melbourne Saturday night to see the sport’s biggest crossover star Ronda Rousey, meet American …
As the calendar turns from the mega-awareness month for Breast Cancer and the amazing viral phenomenon of the Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS in the past, we can applaud the work the ever-growing (no pun intended) groups for Movember are doing specially tied to Prostate and Testicular Cancer Awareness. Since 2003, the Movember Foundation has …
We first met Justine Siegal when we were working on trying to get baseball back in the Olympics following the Seoul games. One of the issues with the sport and the Olympic movement was that there were not enough opportunities for women, and softball was not interested in a combined bid. Neither was Justine. She …
College Football has kicked off not just on the field but in the social space; some great early best practices courtesy of our friends at IMG College… We Will Rise: Auburn Auburn took to social media to rally their community and declare, “We Will Rise” in wake of Saturday’s defeat. Response from fans was overwhelmingly …