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This coming week will mark a five year milestone for the New York Yankees and their tent pole in-season awareness program, Hope Week. While all teams have a responsibility to give back to their fans year-round and the Yankees themselves have expansive foundations run by Mariano Rivera, Derek Jeter, Joe Girardi and many others, the …
The best of organizations are the ones that are proactive even on their brightest of days with storytelling and finding niche’s to get exposure. The communications heads don’t get caught up in the moment, they manage up and make sure that even the small outlets get the due they deserve. Sometimes packed press boxes don’t …
We are taking the time a day here and there to look at some of the lessons learned we featured in the book. Over the weekend I saw it was Joyce Aschenbrenner ‘s birthday, so we decided to highlight her story…see below. One of the trailblazers for women in the industry, Joyce Aschenbrenner made her …
The speed and price of the Los Angeles Clippers potential sale this week pointed two key facts; there are more billionaires in the world than there are sports franchises for sale, and the most important part of any transaction is not a valuation or a sticker, tis what someone in the market will pay for …
As part of our ongoing best practices series as part of the Columbia University Graduate Program in Sports Management we will be doing occasional pieces with leaders in sports business. Our first is with Robin Harris, Executive Director of the Ivy League Robin Harris serves the The Council of Ivy League Presidents’ Executive Director. Colleague …
This past week was de facto sports conference week in New York. From the IESE event on Monday to the Sports Business Awards Wednesday to Leaders in Performance and Sports Ticketing, you could have filled almost every hour from 8 am Monday through 7:00 Thursday networking with sports biz folks big and small. On Thursday, …
As Memorial Day is upon us here in the States, it is interesting to take a quick look at a group that is passionate, young, loyal, appreciative, athletic, budget conscious and enthusiastic, yet is among one of the most underserved groups for brands looking to reach the male demo and grow a fan base…the men …
A year ago this coming week the New York soccer world was all abuzz with the announcement of the latest entry into Major League Soccer, and arguably the last startup sports team New York will ever see in New York City Football Club. Manchester City, Major League Soccer and the New York Yankees announced a …
It’s not the most compelling TV for those looking for fast action, and some media folks have criticized it for being too over the top with hype, but as a platform it is hard to argue that the NFL Draft as it stands today does not deliver for brand partners, fans, buzz and media content. …
We have seen time and again how sport, especially on a global stage; can have an impact for social change. Whether it is caused-based programs like wearing pink for breast cancer awareness or blue for prostate cancer initiatives, or larger scale calls to action like anti-bullying, athletes, the brands they work with, and their massive …
