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As our friends at the PBR reach a championship weekend, a good reminder to look at how things have evolved this winter and spring. “This is the greatest weekend in Western sports.” So declared Stephen Jones, Chief Operating Officer of the Dallas Cowboys, at the opening press conference to PBR’s championship weekend (May 17-18) to …
Ever since a court awarded the original USFL $1 in damages in their Donald Trump-led challenges to the NFL, which brought the upstart league to its ultimate demise as it tried to move seasons, the specter of spring football has existed. There is an insatiable need for football, the player pool is crazy deep, the …
It always seems to happen more around this time of year for various reasons…fiscal calendars, graduations, changes in leadership and so on…but the spigot on people reaching out to find out what’s next in their careers seems to get much bigger. One theme that always seems to come up is the question of “why people …
It’s almost mid-May, schools that haven’t finished yet are readying for graduation and final exams, and we are always on the quest for learning more. With that in mind, here are three solid listens that cover everything from Minor League Baseball and the awards business, to a successful startup launch to how to grow a …
It’s spring so let’s think green, and focus on a promotion that gets us outside and envisioning the best practices of the stuff we like to watch and play on. Grass. This past week TruGreen expanded their brand portfolio through a partnership with Minor League Baseball™ (MiLB™) that includes activations across all 120 clubs, a …
I love the tangible and the visual to help me fully understand and grasp an idea. Yes, I can best understand what’s on a mobile device, but the way I digest, and reread and re-watch news and best practices is to touch go back over and fully digest the best content I can find. Maybe …
This weekend in the US we have some of the biggest events tied to speed going on…the F1 Grand Prix in Miami and The Kentucky Derby, along with NASCAR at Texas Motor Speedway and IndyCar revving up in Birmingham. Heck there is even Grand Slam Track setting down in Miami as well, so the need …
I have always loved CBS Sunday Mornings. Rare is the week that goes by when I don’t learn something about someone and something. I also really enjoy the features that run tied to sports, from the youth level to the professional and everything in between. Even if I feel I know the story, I always …
I am a surfer by nature. Not as much waves in the ocean, although learning how to surf is on the short list of things to tackle soon, but of audio waves even more than video. Coming home from classes, events, business functions at night, I still do what I did the years before Satellite …
Forget the fact that Saturday is the Kentucky Derby, and the NBA and Stanley Cup playoffs are moving along. What’s more important for crossover in sports business? It is Free Comic Book day, followed Sunday by Star Wars Day . Star Wars promotions in sports have become a staple in and around the 4th of May…but Free …
