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The simple things are usually the best activated, and National High Five Day is returning into that category after two 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 …
It’s President’s Day Weekend, and sadly those looking to turn the sports page from the NFL to pitchers and catchers are being met with silence and frustration as the MLB Lockout delays the start of spring training, and maybe but hopefully not, the opening of the baseball season at the end of March. So what’s …
It wasn’t quite like pre-Pandemic years in terms of size and scope, but it was a clear return to the road to normalcy, if you can call it that. It was Radio Row and the ancillary activities in and around the LA Convention Center, and after a year away for us at least, it was …
How do you try and make a big splash around the biggest TV event of the year with a little project and a little budget. Try and go local and get some buzz on the idea… Filmmaker Bob Babbitt did this three years ago with the Triathlon movie buying a spot in the smallest market …
It has been an interesting and insightful first month of the year, capped off for me by a word…and a theme…that continues to pop up in a glass hall full start to 2022. Joy. I thought about joy many times this month, when I read Jon Wertheim’s great piece in Sports Illustrated on Tom Brady. …
This is usually the time of year when baseball’s Hot Stove is starting to really heat up. We would normally have teams doing “Caravans” with media in cities and towns far and wide in their territories, large scale in market “Fan Fests” which brought people together to meet players and alumni, engage with brands, and …
It’s an interesting question that teams, leagues brands wrestle with for the consumer, but especially for the sports fan. We need to drive more revenue, but how do we make sure the user experience is good and that we are giving fans both buzz and value as we battle for their discretionary income. We continue …
As New York State readies to welcome sports gambling this weekend, I thought about all those parking lots just across the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee that will now have less traffic from people wandering across the bridge to place geotargeted bets on their mobile devices now. It will certainly be easier to get …
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 …
A great year for storytelling. We wanted to list out some of our best reads…books we actually read, form the past year. Looking forward to early 2022 which will bring us Mike Sielski’s Kobe book, Ian O’Connor’s book on Coach K and many more, wayyy outside of sports as well. And as you will see, …