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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 …
There has been so much talk and interest around the new “hot” elements of sports business; from the rise of esports to niche streaming services to sports gambling it is always good to take a look back and see what was “hot” for many became what was “not” over time, as a rush to one …
On a sultry summer evening in June, Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson and fellow UFC star Chris Weidman are facing off on the roof of IMG Models across from Madison Square Park. “Never hit with a fist in a street fight,” Thompson says. “You’ll bust up your hand and cut your assailant’s face. You do not want …
In a world that is increasing social media, text first, the value of showing up for things, and actually meeting someone is still and should always be, priority one. Case in point from this past weekend at the Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championships outside Philadelphia, an event I have worked on and seen grow for …
Time and patience. Those two ultra-important skills came up this past week in both discussions, and in of all places HBO’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony for the class of 2018, which is now running on the network pretty regularly. The appreciation and value of time came from Jon Bon Jovi, the …
When you spend five days in Las Vegas, you never know what you will find. My five days were probably not what most people would consider a typical “What Happens In Vegas, Stays In Vegas” experience. On the contrary what I found was the exporting of the Vegas experience to all forms of sports business …
Spending four productive Pre Super Bowl days logging lots of Fitbit steps from the Mall of America to Nicolette Mall and all spots in between produced some great experiences, meetings and observations. Here ya go… The Value of Radio Row: A few years ago the death of radio, or the spoken word, as a viable …
This past week the New York Times ran an extensive piece on the use of bots to build large twitter followings, and the amount of money paid by politicians, celebrities and athletes to become influencers in a space where brands look to size over substance. In the last few days big names such as Mark …