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There we were Wednesday, in what was once the Bowling Alley at Madison Square Garden, the original home of “Bowling For Dollars,” also in the space where the WNBA had one of its great initial sendoffs, with the NBA’s newest venture ready to engage new fans with its first-ever draft. With the announcement of the …
Maybe it’s because we have all become too politically correct, or maybe it’s because there is sooo much time spent on trying to be the most techno-savvy we can be that the simple, grassroots and fun promotions aren’t as fun or “interesting” as they once were. For whatever reason, even with all the opportunities available …
Almost a year ago we did a q and a with Dennis Crowley, the founder of Foursquare and owner of The Kingston Stockade of the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL). We talked about his disruptive style and how he came to build a volunteer army that has made the Stockade a model, even at the …
The following originally ran on Portada.com When European soccer clubs look across the Atlantic they see one of the two most engaged and fastest growing business markets for soccer expanding every day. The United States, as well as China, continues to be an expansion areas not for professional play (it is hard to see the …
The following originally appeared on Portada…check out the site for lots of soccer and Latino sports marketing news… Even without a U.S. team in the coming World Cup, the U.S. soccer market is as strong and is growing faster than every other area, maybe with the exception of China, in the world. It’s why we …
This piece orginally ran as part of the content we are doing for Portada…check it out there as well as all the other new stories on soccer and Latino Sports Marketing as well. First we saw him in his underwear in a hotel hallway, now he is trying to play American football in a spot …
There was a time not too long ago when you could not go more than a few minutes without seeing a commercial spot for the two warring daily fantasy companies; DraftKings and FanDuel. In an 18 month stretch the two combined to fill the coffers of ad sales folk at networks more than any brand …
It is with lots of anticipation that the world of competitive gaming and esports will take even more of a collective mainstream stage as 2018 begins. From the launch of the Overwatch League and the NBA 2K league to investor pools growing, as well as the continued expansion of Amazon-owned Twitch and other streaming platforms; …
“The NBA will have franchises in Europe within 10 years.” That was David Stern at the NBA All-Star Game in Philadelphia in 2002, when talk of European expansion was the hot topic. Now of course we have leaders floating ideas like that pretty regularly (last week Ted Leonsis talked about esports overtaking the NFL, which …
It used to be back in the day that Saturday mornings were where kids got their fix of weekend cartoons. Bugs Bunny, Scooby Do and on and on they went, filling network TV for hours. Now kids shows are on demand, and Saturday mornings especially are being filled more and more with another kind of …