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One of the best things about the consulting world is the ability to listen and learn from people with varied points of view and interests from around the world. It gives you a different perspective, and especially since we cross paths with so many young people, it can on occasion give a little glimpse into …
This should have been a landmark weekend for all those around the various ventures Vince McMahon oversees; the XFL, now with warmer weather coming, new faces established, media partners engaged and innovation in game presentation rising, would continue to see an uptick as March Madness came to an end, while thousands would have filled Raymond …
I have watched every game simulation thus far; FIFA, NBA, some NHL but until I watched iRacing I didn’t think any were the actual event. All were filler, but the virtual race NASCAR and their partners did Sunday on FOX Sports 1 was different and really deserves credit for getting as close to live as …
For the past 12 years at the top of our weekly newsletter we have listed a little “spanning the globe” list of events going on. This week, sadly, that list is virtually nonexistent due to the ongoing issues with coronavirus cancellations. That’s the bad news we now know. The good news is that we live …
From every challenge comes opportunity, and that’s the way we need to view the new normal for now around Coronavirus. While people search for things to fill their time when they would have been watching and attending sporting events, and channel surfing consists of old dog shows, poker shows and game replays, and lots of …
The goal was to stop at the Basketball Hall of Fame on the way to the 2020 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in Boston last week. It was a great fit and not that far out of the way for myself and my colleague Scott Rosner; what could be a better way to kick off …
There used to be the great divide; those who loved sports and those who loved science, and rarely the two crossed paths. However today, with the advent of advanced analytics in sport, VR and AR, gaming and esports, even robotics, the worlds of what we thought were “sport” and how the two intersect today have …
There we were Saturday in a prime theater spot just west of Broadway as the NBA fourth league began the run for it ’s third season; the NBA 2K League Draft. With the announcement of the first pick by Commissioner Brendan Donahue (and the subsequent annual hijacking of the name by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski five …
You could not watch more than five minutes of Sunday nights Academy Awards without hearing the value of “storytelling” coming up as the essential tool for changing opinion, influencing decision and making the world a better place. Storytelling. Again and again. More valued today than ever. The ability to tell one’s story, be it individual, …
“Beer in one hand, bag in another.” That’s the way American Cornhole League founder Stacey Moore describes his growing business. However Moore us underselling what he has built, and we saw firsthand last week on Radio Row at Super Bowl in Miami how the ACL resonates with almost everyone, and how Cornhole really expanded their …