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From every challenge comes opportunity, and that’s the way we need to view the new normal for now around Coronavirus. While people search for things to fill their time when they would have been watching and attending sporting events, and channel surfing consists of old dog shows, poker shows and game replays, and lots of …
There was a time when we were starting to wind down the International Fight League 12 years ago that the late Jay Larkin, who was heading the business at the time, suggested we do fights in a warehouse with all the lights and pageantry and maybe a few fans in a few rows. After all, …
As the XFL reaches week two and beyond, the tempered enthusiasm now moves to what’s next and sustainability for the longer term. In truth its hard to say for sure what the viability of a spring football league, outside of the CFL, will actually be; many have tried, and none, other than a bit of …
Sometimes you never know where the most unique ideas are going to come from. Case in point was my brother’s shelf on a Thursday night in December. There was a gift from a colleague, a set of slate coasters with the scoreboard from some of the greatest moments in Mets history. Nothing elaborate, just memorable. …
“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 (including Real Madrid leadership looking to create a club Super League …
In the past few years MLB has held a weekend where players can express themselves with self designed cleats and other pieces of equipment, much of which is tied to cause. The NFL has selected one weekend every season for the popular “My Cause, My Cleats” campaign, which raises thousands of dollars for the cause …
It’s almost November, which in the fundraising world again means “Movember.” This year the global platform designed to raise awareness around men’s issues has a an even wider reach with partners (Bluestone, MasterCard, Toll Brothers, Planters) and expanded causes (mental health awareness). For those who don’t know… Originally launched in Australia, the theme for “Movember” …
There is no doubt that the Cannabis/CBD business is steadily finding its way into the mainstream, and that of course includes the billion dollar business of sports. On Monday USA Triathlon became the first National Governing Body to join the partnership growth, announcing a deal with Pure Spectrum, which is based in Colorado and that …
There is so much talk about streaming and the value of personalized channels can bring to hand casual and diehards a point of view as to how they want to engage in the live coverage of their favorite sporting events. We keep seeing the expansion of Twitch and its competitors into sports deals with teams, …
Last week as we did new student orientation at Columbia, we were asked what topics we were watching closely this fall; my answer was, and continues to be STEM and healthy lifestyle and its new nosiness opportunities. In that second category is the fast growing issue of clean water, both in developing countries and in …