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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 …
I decided to reach out to a wide swath of communications folks over the weekend and asked them questions on best practices, lessons learned and challenges. Will post them as they come this week…starting off with three wise men… Kirk Reynolds, Ray Ridder of the Warriors and Josh Rawitch of the Diamondbacks. Interested form having …
We are all resigned to when we do come out of the current situation, the business of sports will not be what it was before March 12 for some time. We have seen the images that foreshadow what we will see in North America being played on the diamonds of South Korea and Taiwan, and …
One of the best things about the consulting world is the ability to listen and learn from people with varied points of view and interests from around the world. It gives you a different perspective, and especially since we cross paths with so many young people, it can on occasion give a little glimpse into …
This should have been a landmark weekend for all those around the various ventures Vince McMahon oversees; the XFL, now with warmer weather coming, new faces established, media partners engaged and innovation in game presentation rising, would continue to see an uptick as March Madness came to an end, while thousands would have filled Raymond …
Because of some of the side hustles…although usually side hustles bring you money (not in this case for the most part)…I get more than my share of inbound emails. Many are requests from students or parents, some are for items for our newsletter, some are just blind random solicitations for some kind of vague assistance …
It’s the weekend and its raining. Where the normally would have been March Madness, Little League, lacrosse, MLS, MLB even this year the first season of XFL, there are replays, simulations and esports. So as the pause continues with COVID-19, where can we find a repository of all that is being shown, best practices learned …
Every day I talk to people a little younger in various places: Atlanta, Minneapolis, Manhattan. And although none are as bold and clueless as the knuckleheads on the beach in Florida last week for spring break, many say the same thing; this Coronavirus thing is a little overblown, the numbers are being overplayed and even …
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, …