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We are often asked what are the skills needed to find your way in the business of sports in the future. Parents of young athletes, recent graduates, kids who have become disillusioned with hours of countless hours in practice and tied to one sport still know they have a passion, have an interest in involvement, …
Thanks to our summer intern Drew Antin, we are able to pull together some summaries from our podcast recently that touch on diversity of thought, action, business and disruption. Here are three short and effective listens for the weekend and the early summer. You can listen to all of our episodes here. Christian Ponder on …
We have had an amazing few months listening to people from a wide swath of backgrounds tell their stories of success and innovation. Thanks to our summer intern, Drew Antin, we can doculent and summarize many of these podcats, so no time better to get it going than a holiday weekend. First up we listen …
Most sports are taking advantage of the move away from traditional viewing and the growth of streaming, according SBRnet’s annual study of sports fans. The NHL and MLS have seen the biggest percentage lift in streaming since 2019, but every major sport has benefitted from this change in fan sports viewing habits. The Top of the Streaming …
The simple things are usually the best activated, and National High Five Day is returning into that category after three years lost. Sure we had “virtual “high fives,” but cmon. There are many origin stories of the high five, but the two most documented candidates are Dusty Baker and Glenn Burke of the Los Angeles …
They are arguably the most collective rules changes in one year of any established professional sport. They came after lots of tweaking and minor league trials, a lot of listening and cajoling purists. So now we are on the eve of the MLB season, with lots of input, gamesmanship, speculation and social banter, and the …
I like seeing the little things, because it’s the germination of those little seeds that can have a big impact over time. A few cases in point from the last few days. I made a trip down to DC overnight this week to see my colleagues at Monumental Sports and Entertainment open their new District …
It is a tradition that has been quietly happening for years, but thanks to some opportunistic marketing folks is steadily turning into a hot stove event that could actually transcend baseball and into other sports. It is “Truck Day,” the day when MLB clubs in cold weather cities literally load up their 18 wheelers with team …
Sometimes some of the most fun ideas come from the most unexpected places. Case in point, last week we had colleague Gillian Kemmerer in our class at Columbia to talk about her unique experiences working in the KHL pre Ukraine war, and she brought up several opportunities and best practices she had seen or heard …
This past week former New York Mets catcher John Stearns passed away after a long battle with cancer, and it served again as a reminder the value that Old Timers Day’s, alumni weekends, and various other gatherings can serve to rekindle storytelling, build fan equity, and even connect a current generation to one prior. The …