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Forget the fact that Saturday is the Kentucky Derby, and the NBA and Stanley Cup playoffs are moving along. What’s more important for crossover in sports business? It is Free Comic Book day, followed Monday by Star Wars Day . Star Wars promotions in sports have become a staple in and around the 4th of May…but Free …
On Thursday the New York Jets, with the second pick in the NFL Draft, selected edge rusher David Bailey. Well spoken, thoughtful and tremendously talented, fans of Gang Green are hoping he is the next piece in a puzzle to finally get New York to break their playoff drought. What interested me more though, were …
One of the great joys of showing up remains the randomness of not just meeting new people and hearing their experiences, but in reconnecting with older ones. Case in point, at the MIT Sloan Sports Conference Columbia hosted our annual cocktail event for students, alums and friends in the industry. Across the bar I saw …
Guest post by colleague Dave Siroty, who loves college sports but can’t understand why sometimes actions on storytelling are counter to what could work. And he is right. Read all his insights here. Joe Favorito just wrote a blog explaining why we are addicted to sports and why the TV ratings continue to rise. Sports are …
We have a lot of issues on this big blue marble we call home, whether they are global or personal in scope. However as we turn to spring today we have gotten constant reminders of the joy sports and live, communal shared experiences can bring and why, in challenging times thy are more important than …
This time of year as we move quickly closer to March Madness I like to look around the celebrations on TV or in person and notice those young people around the bench getting to experience the thrill of victory or the agony of defat for the first time. While the larger schools, and usually the …
In an attention starved, get it done yesterday world it’s sometimes nice to find consistency. Your friends you have known, the right slice of pizza or cup of coffee, a musical artist who knows just the right notes to play, Opening Day in Baseball etc. etc. Things can adjust, but the core thoughts…the core sounds, …
I have always felt that the wandering the halls and listening to topics away from the main stages at the annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference unveils an interesting look ahead to both the fun and the unusual. It’s where young people are talking, smaller conversations take place, and the fun and sometimes unusual reside. …
“We will attend and support only if it does not distract from the work being done.” Pretty simple and self-evident statement, right? Why should it even be news when a leader says such things? In most instances it really shouldn’t be, it should be common sense. But we remain in a time when the news is …
I have been a fan of Saturday Night Live since it’s inception. On Monday morning’s in high school my classmates would sit around the breakfast table in the cafeteria talking about the previous week’s episode. We even used skits like “The Coneheads on Family Feud” and others in our Spanish class for skits. The show …
