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It was really a simple ask. Pick people who are big thinkers and doers and ask them a simple question. Who are you following in this coming year who may be a little below the radar, but are innovative, have shown grit and have the ability to think a little differently. We asked 40 people …
As the growing number of Miami Marlins tested positive for COVID 19 on Monday, the social media world went into a tizzy…MLB is on the brink of collapse, sports shouldn’t have come back, let’s send them to a bubble, the NFL is in trouble, the integrity of the game is at stake, and on and …
We should always want to be learning, and one of the people I always learn something from is Doug Verb. Like me, Doug has spent a lifetime on the edge of sports business and media, always taking a different look and zigging while many zag. As founder and president of ACTION Sports America, he has …
We reach this weekend with The Masters here, the NBA and NHL Playoffs getting started, MLB now beginning to move along, March Madness completed, even the Frozen Four to take a peek at, but two other stories on the business side that could subtly, for now, have an impact on global sport and the development …
Every year around this time lacrosse enthusiasts start the drum beat that this is the year lacrosse crosses into the mainstream of acceptance, branding and dollars. The continued discuss of “growth” team sports still revolves around LAX, and rugby, with both seeing more and more girls and young women entering the mix. Yet by June, …
It’s easy to take the low road; post funny videos, pile on to a poor story and off it goes; you are in the conversation. However many times the high road, although often it is a tougher story to tell, is the best one, especially in sports, which somehow finds a way to be the …
It is here again with very little notice, starting on Friday the 17th and going into NBA All-Star Weekend, while both last weekend and next weekend remain open for possibilities. The official start of college baseball season. While most media outlets are closely following every pitch and move prior to the official opening of spring …
It is the weekend that college lacrosse has owned for over a decade. Memorial Day Weekend takes the grassroots success and smaller venues and rallies the sport for three days of large crowds, activation and celebration of another spring well done. This year saw Hampton University show that the sport can be more engaged with …
The college space in the sports marketplace remains one of the hottest, especially with the mega-ratings and brand engagement that the elite conferences bring. Couple that with March Madness, and smart marketing in the Mid-Major space, and college is at or near the top of many “like to haves” for brands. However what about below …
It is the weekend that college lacrosse has owned for over a decade. Memorial Day Weekend takes the grassroots success and smaller venues and rallies the sport for three days of large crowds, activation and celebration of another spring well done. However the problem, as pointed out in Saturday’s New York Times, is that the …