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“No one is dumb who is curious. The people who don’t ask questions remain clueless throughout their lives.” Neil deGrasse Tyson It’s that time of year where the requests for help with jobs, internships, college choices come from parents and recent grads in droves. With uncertainty in the job market still a concern for many, …
A few weeks ago Sports Business Journal did a story where reporter David Broughton made a trip to Indianapolis for a weekend filled with hoops, NBA and WNBA, racing and lots of other things along the way. The type of trips I love. Why sit in a hotel room or hang at the same old …
As our friends at the PBR reach a championship weekend, a good reminder to look at how things have evolved this winter and spring. “This is the greatest weekend in Western sports.” So declared Stephen Jones, Chief Operating Officer of the Dallas Cowboys, at the opening press conference to PBR’s championship weekend (May 17-18) to …
Ever since a court awarded the original USFL $1 in damages in their Donald Trump-led challenges to the NFL, which brought the upstart league to its ultimate demise as it tried to move seasons, the specter of spring football has existed. There is an insatiable need for football, the player pool is crazy deep, the …
I have really been enjoying Doug Glanville’s posts on Substack. You can follow them here if you choose. This weekend he had one on the passing of some players he knew or knew of, and in the midst of that reflection was this… “But in baseball, to live up to that destiny, you have to …
There are so many new leagues popping up I am beginning to lose count. Soccer and lacrosse, rugby and volleyball and volleyball and volleyball. Table tennis and women’s baseball. Yet another crack at Indoor football. Another women’s basketball league. Winter sports. Golf. Track and Field. The beat goes on, and personally I hope they all …
A story in this week’s Wall Street Journal by Demetria Gallegos asked readers a provocative question…” What Memento Do You Want To Be Remembered By?” Their responses from readers ranged from classic books to images that framed the users in a more youthful time to family heirlooms…most, almost all were physical items rather than virtual …
I rarely don’t take the call. Sometimes people say to my why? What could a startup with little money, an innercity tackle football program, an aspiring elder Olympic hopeful, the idea of a building a media hub for soccer leading into World Cup, a referral for a high school friend, a germ of an idea …
The opportunity to honor the legacy of Roberto Clemente in baseball seems to always be ongoing. His stature amongst the ever-growing number of Latinos in baseball on and off the field remains legendary, but for those not on the long side of history there are sometimes questions into what made Clemente special. One of the …
Every year when we venture to Boston for the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference there is a wonder if it is worth the time and the trip. Could we spend time elsewhere, there are already way too many conferences…here is the random stat I came up with by the way… Because I had nothing better to …
