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Did anyone lose the NBA vs. NFL numbers scramble on Christmas Day? Unless you count the people who do not have the financial wherewithal to subscribe to Neflix (remember that all the NBA games were not on what used to be known as a “cable” network…ESPN…they were on a good old fashioned broadcast channel, ABC) …
I have always been a fan of second tier Bowl games. From the Garden State Bowl to the Astro Blue Bonnet Bowl, those games used to bring future stars into our homes, as well as schools we didn’t often see on football Saturdays. The relevance of many to the general public, and in some cases …
As we head into Thanksgiving week, some quick hits form the week behind while we still are missing our time in Italy. If you missed the recap, you can still find it here. Paul-Tyson Did What it was supposed to do: So much hand wringing over what the Jake Paul-Mike Tyson fight was or wasn’t. …
“Walk the balance between humility and confidence.” There were so many tidbits of wisdom that applied to every one of the over five hundred attendees at the Columbia University Sports Management Conference in Lerner Hall on October tenth, but that quote from Unrivaled Basketball Commissioner Micky Lawler in the opening panel on emerging sports helped …
We are always looking for tangible ways to convey curiosity and anecdotal learning, especially given how time challenged we are. Maybe it’s a little easier for older people…let’s say 40 and older…but for those we encounter in classrooms from seventh grade through grad school, the challenge of cutting through distractions, bombardment of messages, visual stimuli, …
We are all challenged to make the best of the only thing we actually have full control over…our time. We make conscious choices to read, watch, play, sleep and on and on. It’s literally our call. As curious learners we also have to make sure that we are using that time to ingest information well …
The Football Game That Changed America: How the NFL Created a National Holiday We enter the final weekend of 2024 without the NFL, which kicks off next Thursday. During this last lull, while everyone is working on their fantasy teams, it’s good to look at the hope ahead, but also the road to how the …
This happens from time to time in cyclical worlds, be they sports, entertainment or even education. You get to a point of rinse and repeat, hopefully taking the best practices of years past and reframing so that the core messages or best practices stay consistent and true, while the anecdotes, even the best ones, get …
There was a time not too long ago when an “invasion” of non-American talent, especially young talent, meant a cause of great concern for sports which sought relevant in North America. Tennis and women’s gold were two that were always worried that stars with accents would not appeal to mainstream eyeballs and brands, and even …
Last week I was doing my usual quick study on key pieces to pull for our weekly newsletter when I came across a great, in-depth piece on US Men’s Cricket team in…GQ. This past weekend I was flipping through the New York Times Magazine…the old-fashioned print edition…and there was a massive feature…on cornhole. Not just …
