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The goal was to stop at the Basketball Hall of Fame on the way to the 2020 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in Boston last week. It was a great fit and not that far out of the way for myself and my colleague Scott Rosner; what could be a better way to kick off …
For those who have never been a good part of the fun of the Consumer Electronics Show is finding the balance between practicality and fantasy. Are we seeing a new suit that fits or the Emperors New Clothes? Who will be back next year, whose super cool names were just that; style trumping substance. From …
Daytona is still in the distance, Indy Car is re-jigging with a new title sponsor, Formula E is looking for its niche, and Formula 1 is pushing to find its new, young, engaged roots. Oh and in most of the US it’s cold. Still in basements across America, fathers and mothers and sons are honing a …
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 …
A nine year-old girl who had been born with a cleft lip and palate is bullied so badly, the stress causes her hair to fall out. She is invited into the locker room of a major professional sport where she gives the athletes a rousing pep talk (one of them, bald, after shaving his head …
The social space has never been more important for every aspect of sports business, especially if you are a team, a league or a brand and crave that efficient and authentic direct to consumer engagement. It can be fickle, elusive, sometimes frustrating and difficult to measure and quantify, but it is the way to stay …
It was an interesting juxtaposition; on Thursday the New York Times ran a piece talking about the value and growth of Formula E, while on Saturday the paper ran a story about the growing issues with Formula 1. One a disruptive brand, the other a long established business with growing pains adopting to a new …
One of my former bosses, Tom Chestnut (actually was my boss twice, at SportsChannel and at the Philadelphia 76ers) used to say that I operated on the “lunatic fringe of sports and entertainment,” which frankly I always took as a compliment. Working with big budgets, big stars, big events is always exciting and fun and …
Here is the latest trio of Columbia University Sports Podcast (the CUSP Show) that we have had in the past few months. We love talking with some of the digital disruptors and first adopters changing the furniture in the room for sports business, media and tech, and these three are a great example. You can …
It’s not new globally but it is simple, easy to engage and not hard to understand. Will Red Nose Day, May 23, make it to success on this side of the pond as it has for 30 years in the UK? For those who have not seen the ads or watched the promotions especially across …