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“Walk the balance between humility and confidence.” There were so many tidbits of wisdom that applied to every one of the over five hundred attendees at the Columbia University Sports Management Conference in Lerner Hall on October tenth, but that quote from Unrivaled Basketball Commissioner Micky Lawler in the opening panel on emerging sports helped …
There was a time now pretty long ago when athletes…well almost everyone… had to seek out others to tell their story or show off their expressionism. When fashion came up around the games we love, Walt Frazier, Chris Evert, Muhmmad Ali, even Bill Walton in a different way, were the exceptions to the nod to …
A few weeks ago, my brother Chris was at CitiField for a Mets game and one of the twins was doing what she likes to do at a game…keep score. An usher walked by, looked down and asked her why she was doing homework at a game. When she explained she was keeping score of …
Dikembe Mutombo passed away on Monday. September 30 after a long battle with brain cancer. The tributes were long and ongoing and fitting of the impact that the man…not the athlete…the man…had on everyone he touched and everywhere he went. I have several stories from the time we were together with the Knicks and then …
As we turn the page to another month, a few good listens on careers, leadership…and The Masters. You can find all our podcasts from the last seven years here. Almost all are under an hour, and we hope you walk away from the first as well as the last so far, learning a little bit …
If you ever have the opportunity to go to the National Women’s Soccer League offices in Manhattan, you will see one of Commissioner Jessica Berman’s favorite quotes as soon as you get off the elevator. It is from Nelson Mandela, which he used numerous times, about the ability for sport to unify, engage and change …
On Christmas Eve, 2007, Sports Illustrated…which was quite a big deal then… ran a back of the book story by Scott Price, who had the chance to play then-candidate Barack Obama in a game of basketball. The story showed casual sports fans, who many times are also politics averse, a side of the candidate that …
My friend Dave Siroty is a curious learner, always asking questions and seeing what’s around him. We love to talk about the cool things you can see and learn if you are willing to engage and meet new people. Case in point from Dave this week…a niche business with a big upside…or downside depending on …
Twenty three years later still remains a very tough day for many. I have written about our experience that day at the USTA, and linked to the story that we played here, with both the positive and the negative. We lost 39 from Fordham and 26 from my high school Xaverian as well as so many …
When you work for a team, a league, an event, tickets are a hassle. Often times transfers don’t happen, the point of contact is overworked and has different priorities, people don’t show up, they aren’t appreciated, people ask for more, they expect everything is free and on and on. The bigger the event, the bigger …
