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How do you know when you are in a startup if the marketplace is telling you that you need to adjust, and how do you keep a business going when you start to hear the siren song of chasing a different direction, especially in challenging financial times. We talked to three smart company leaders about …
Another busy week of learnings. Some highlights below. Learning From Rog: I’m not sure if there is anyone more joyful or entertaining when talking about his craft than Men in Blazers co-host Roger Bennett. For all things football, Bennett is able to weave in humor, logic and all sorts of joyous fandom, which is a …
I always learn something from Peter King’s FMIA column. So much so that it usually takes me three or four times to read and digest the pieces, it’s a big meal for a little brain like me. One of the thought starters this week was his feature on Andrew Luck’s college center at Stanford, Sam …
I can’t pretend to understand the complexities of the Israel-Gaza crisis going on, as I have not walked in the shoes of those on both sides of this growing humanitarian crisis. What I can do is to listen and learn and try and figure out the little things we can all do to better co-exist, …
Just a few weeks ago the National Sports Collectors Convention, a massive treasure trove of memorabilia new, unique and traditional, returned to Chicago. It is what you would expect, aisle upon aisle of collectables big and small, with literally millions exchanging hands…or just a few dollars. What was missing? Women’s sports items. There is so much …
Before she headed back to the States, our colleague Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff dropped in some additional thoughts on sports and diplomacy from here recnt time in France. Her book Basketball Empire: France and the Making of a Global NBA and WNBA comes out September 7. Readers can use code BASKET23US or BASKET23UK (UK, European Union) …
A great guest post from our colleague Dr. Lindsay Krasnoff, from Paris: Last week the annual Global Sports Week Paris teamed up with Viva Tech for a four-day Future of Sport extravaganza at the Paris Expo Center at Porte de Versailles. The space may be familiar, given the acrimony and scathing critique of the Paris …
“This is the business we have chosen.” I was thinking about that line from The Godfather from Hyman Roth (The legendary actor Lee Strasburg) as all the PGA Tour LIV Golf news played out, and continues to play out over the coming days, weeks and months. It is the latest, and not the last, time …
A guest column from our colleague Dr. Lindsay Krasnoff… How we tell the story matters. Images and words have equal weight, even if they communicate in different ways, and can often have impact beyond our original intent. Moreover, the narrative framework and context is vital. For communicators working within a global sports industry, that means …
The quest for success for spring football continues on, and personally I hope the models that both the USFL and the XFL have created work, and find great audiences, sell tickets, and give athletes, coaches and industry professionals at every level an opportunity at career success. Make the pie bigger. But will it work? Still …
