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As we move into August of this summer like no other, those in the know continue to look at the disruptive change that keeps evolving in the sports business landscape. Where will streaming be going; what jobs are being created, how will the workforce shift; how is fan engagement changing, where do media dollars go …
Growing up my first real adult, or semi-adult, “bar home” was Runyons on 52nd street just off of Second Avenue. At Fordham we were lucky enough to be the last class where the drinking age was 18, and somehow we found our way over the years into the storied saloon to listen to everyone from …
As we look ahead to what the world, especially the business of sports, is going to look like, it is interesting to talk, or Zoom, with so many colleagues and listen to what opportunity lies ahead that did not exist even on March 12. One is a new position that has arisen for job seekers, …
When you are lucky to have been around the sports and entertainment business as long as some of us have, you end up in some of those “How did I get there” places, be it teaching at an Ivy League school like Columbia, helping put together a Broadway show like we did with “Lombardi” and …
A version of this story originally appeared on Portada. We have long seen and heard the talk: women’s sports, or better yet, sports where the competitors are female, are growing. Women control a growing influential segment of the brand decision making, girls who play and follow sports are more likely to do better in …
“We have to move at the speed of culture.” There were lots of buzzwords, phrases and clichés thrown around the miles of floor and exhibition space during CES in Las Vegas last week, but that one line from Activision Blizzard’s Daniel Cherry during the CES SportsZone track was as good a summary, or a …
Here is the latest trio of Columbia University Sports Podcast (the CUSP Show) that we have had in the past few months. I and my cohost Tom Richardson just passed our two year anniversary hosting the show from various and sundry places in and around Manhattan, and have tried to come up with a solid …
The following originally appeared on Portada The last few weeks if you watched any big sporting event on TV in North America you saw the commercial—in English: Michael Buffer (@Michael_Buffer) and Canelo Alvarez (@Canelo) in the ring in a lighthearted promotion to try the growing internet streaming service DAZN (@DAZN_USA) (pronounced Da ZONE for those who don’t know) tied to …
The following originally appeared on Portada) He is an Olympic wrestling champion, the only Latino athlete to take home gold for the United States in the Beijing Olympics in any sport. The son of undocumented immigrants who worked hard to give him a better life, Henry Cejudo’s (@HenryCejudo) narrative got all that much better last Saturday …
On the way to the mainstream, niche sports often face a common challenge – convincing fans, media, and partners that their participants are true athletes. Today, few would claim NASCAR drivers are not real athletes. Decades ago, the sentiment was decidedly different. Mark Martin, perhaps the best driver to never win a NASCAR championship, gave …