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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 …
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 …
Over the weekend CBS News shared a list of the most Instagrammed “Landmarks” in each state. Realizing that the pictures should be breathtaking and key spots in history…Gettysburg, Glacier National Park, The Grand Canyon, The Texas Book Depository, maybe Independence Hall…I eagerly went through the list. And while some where quite breathtaking AND landmark…Denali National …
While the NFL tries more ways to keep the Pro Bowl relevant, fun and brand-worthy during the week before the Super Bowl by having it in Orlando, it is baseball that will play the Hot Stove card next week to make that first concerted relevant push to warm the pocketbooks and hearts of fans young …
There was a time not too long ago when you could not go more than a few minutes without seeing a commercial spot for the two warring daily fantasy companies; DraftKings and FanDuel. In an 18 month stretch the two combined to fill the coffers of ad sales folk at networks more than any brand …
There was a time not too long ago when you said athletes were juicing and scandal broke out, suspensions issued and careers were cast away. Now juicing has a while different take, with a growing number of athletes, teams and medical staffs looking to create the right mixes to do everything from rehydrate to bulk …
It is with lots of anticipation that the world of competitive gaming and esports will take even more of a collective mainstream stage as 2018 begins. From the launch of the Overwatch League and the NBA 2K league to investor pools growing, as well as the continued expansion of Amazon-owned Twitch and other streaming platforms; …
We love connecting with smart people who have an idea and a passion and are finding ways to make it go. One we came across recently is FANTOM, a Facebook-based platform that is building a community of personalities looking to engage and aggregate shared voice around events big and small. Want to put a nice …
“The NBA will have franchises in Europe within 10 years.” That was David Stern at the NBA All-Star Game in Philadelphia in 2002, when talk of European expansion was the hot topic. Now of course we have leaders floating ideas like that pretty regularly (last week Ted Leonsis talked about esports overtaking the NFL, which …
The end of the first week of December has two storytellers, one perhaps a little subtle and less opinionated than the other, cross the platitude path together. On Friday, WFAN longtime voice Mike Francesa will end his long afternoon drive spot at the station, where he was a big part of creating a genre of …