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It still amazes me sometimes how the change of one word can not just reframe, but totally reset a vision. Sometimes it’s changing the reference from fighters to athletes, this week sadly we learned that a conflict might not actually be a war even when it looks like one, and there is the one I …
I was futzing around my basement earlier this week and came across a postal scale and some fishing weights, which had nothing to do with mailing packages or catching bass. They were key elements in a Scouting tradition which we enjoyed back in the day, carefully balancing, weighing and finding ways to get a slight …
The information gleaned from newsletters, if you can curate them correctly, is invaluable. One of my favorites is Offball, which brings me info on sports like pop culture I don’t find elsewhere. This week was a little ditty about “Marty Supreme” and the misframed message of it’s what…it’s a story framed around table tennis, not …
Our weekly submission from James Gumina, who also chimed in here about his experience at The Savannah Bananas… As a young person in an age of limitless information, there are always a lot of things on my mind, mostly sports-related, and often focused on what’s happening off the field. From marketing campaigns to broadcasts to …
This weekend in the US we have some of the biggest events tied to speed going on…the F1 Grand Prix in Miami and The Kentucky Derby, along with NASCAR at Texas Motor Speedway and IndyCar revving up in Birmingham. Heck there is even Grand Slam Track setting down in Miami as well, so the need …
Last week at the Stanford Sports Business Conference several senior media executives talked about the explosive initiatives tied to sports documentaries and series tied to teams and leagues and athletes. At one point it was mentioned that Netflix had at least 15 in various stages from various sports around the world, while leadership from the …
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 …
A lot of catching up, moving about, listening and learning at the end of this past week, roaming from the Fordham Athletics Hall of Fame dinner on Thursday to our sold out Columbia Sports Symposium on Friday. Some quick highlights and best of learnings along the way. 500 billion That was one of the little …
There is a scene in the TV show “The Odd Couple” where Felix and Oscar are trying to fly to Houston together to help eliminate Felix’s fear of flying. It was optimal as Oscar was going to cover a Houston vs. San Diego NFL game and they could travel together. The problem was the plane was …
Netflix, which added 7.7 million subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2022 on $7.85 billion in quarterly revenue, is getting a lot of attention for its sports documentaries. The streamer, which has renewed the enormously popular “Drive to Survive” with Formula 1 for the 2023 season, recently released five bingeworthy episodes of “Break Point,” a …
