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An interesting thing happened on Thursday morning at the New York Athletic Club during the annual Cynopsys Sports Media Awards breakfast. Amongst the usual parade of media accolades…various entities in the FOX SPORTS world took home 12 winners on their own…there were two excitable tables who seemed to also be trading winners every few minutes …
A few weeks ago at the CAA World Congress of Sport in Dana Point, California, a host of speakers were asked what they had their eye on for topics, and what will we be talking about a year from now. The answers for the most part were guarded and much of the same that is …
We reach this weekend with The Masters here, the NBA and NHL Playoffs getting started, MLB now beginning to move along, March Madness completed, even the Frozen Four to take a peek at, but two other stories on the business side that could subtly, for now, have an impact on global sport and the development …
“It made me think about the people around me.” “I did some investigating and found in the ‘Unclaimed funds’ office in New York State he had 11 outstanding accounts.” “Did you know he used to drive, and I think he had a Mercedes.” I have been doing blog posts big and small, trivial and somewhat …
If you have spent any time around a locker room in New York in the past 40 years you knew who Robert Elkin was. Robert was a Zelig-like character, covering everything from boxing, where he once had a very unintentional and almost comical exchange with Mike Tyson during the boxer’s heyday, to high school track …
#FakeNews is the bane of everyone all year long. Except on April 1. If you’re a naturally mischievous person, April Fool’s is actually one of the best days of the year. Communications people are often at the center of their brand’s pranks. Spending their days writing so many straight news stories and press releases, it’s …
We are almost at April Fool’s Day, always a chance still for the most creative to casually try their luck at putting one over…in an era of #Fakenews, we will be on the look for some good ones, but here are some best practices in and around sports of years past. NASCAR driver Aric Almirola …
Fear The Deer. Given the Milwaukee Bucks on court success this year, led by “The Greek Freak” Giannis Antetokounmpo, it’s not hard to understand how the team has become the toast of the NBA. Young. Athletic, play at a fast pace, accessible players in a new arena in a sports hungry town with a new …
As we tip off March Madness, the good young people at the Complete SET Agency took a look for the second year in a row at the social footprint of the head coaches at each school. The coaches, especially in the highly visible worlds of football and basketball. At the biggest levels they are well …
We live in a time of hiding behind emails or text messages, having “Facebook friends,” or “Twitter relationships,” yet the experience of sitting and talking with someone; or even randomly crossing paths with an old, or new, friend or colleague by getting out and about is invaluable. This past week, stops at the Big …