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I remember exactly where I was when I met M. Quentin Williams for the first time. It was in the bowels of what was then called the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida, and I’m going to guess that it was the fall of 1998. I was getting a tour of the facility from my longtime …
They have always been the iconic role models that have shaped thousands of lives, from little league to the highest level of competition. They are dedicated and driven, mercurial and emotional, volunteers and mercenaries, teachers and mentors. They are coaches. Yet for all the time, effort and value they put in, these men and women …
Growing up my first real adult, or semi-adult, “bar home” was Runyons on 52nd street just off of Second Avenue. At Fordham we were lucky enough to be the last class where the drinking age was 18, and somehow we found our way over the years into the storied saloon to listen to everyone from …
While it is great the sports, especially team sports, is making the slow turn back to relevance in the Pandemic stricken world, it is still important to note and realize that the world that emerges in sports business on the other side of this for some time will be different. “We are going to be …
Online SportsBook BetOnline tried their hand at producing original content this past week, something that a gambling site doesn’t usually do when dollars are not on the line, when they released “The Final Dance” featuring former Chicago Bulls Horace Grant, Ron Harper, Bill Cartwright, and Craig Hodges. But how to drive some buzz and cut through …
Here is the fourth in what will continue to be a series of key communicators and their thoughts during this challenging time. We started with Kirk Reynolds, Ray Ridder of the Warriors and Josh Rawitch of the Diamondbacks, and then went to David Higdon of Riot Games, Dee Kundra of FC Bayern Munich, Mike Altieri …
We recently wrote about some of the opportunities that will arise out of this challenging time, from new lines of sales to reimagined jobs, but it was a piece on ESPN.com, along with several other social posts to remind us of things we have had a chance to revisit, to (figuratively) embrace, and to help …
As we look ahead to what the world, especially the business of sports, is going to look like, it is interesting to talk, or Zoom, with so many colleagues and listen to what opportunity lies ahead that did not exist even on March 12. One is a new position that has arisen for job seekers, …
Here is the second in what will continue to be a series of key communicators and their thoughts during this challenging time. We started with Kirk Reynolds, Ray Ridder of the Warriors and Josh Rawitch of the Diamondbacks, and now spread out to other s areas; esports, the NHL, Bundesliga and the NBA. We thank …
There is nothing like, as they say in Hamilton, “Being in the room where it happened,” and for a good part of the Chicago Bulls run, Tom Smithburg was in the lockerrooms, hallways, and offices as manager of media services for the team. If you wanted to talk to Michael Jordan, Dennis Rodman or Phil …