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If your name is Veeck, you must work in baseball right? After all that’s what your family does, from legendary grandfather/owner Bill to father of all things innovative Mike, there is no other first family of the game then the Veeck family. So enter in William “Night Train” Veeck, the Chicago White Sox Manager of …
Often times head coaches are still overlooked in the marketing mix. The biggest of the big; Nick Saban, Jim Harbaugh, find themselves in to campaigns, bit for the lost part; save for local sponsorships; coaches, usually the most consistent face and the best storytellers around many programs, are an afterthought. However when you see the …
It had been a long time since “The Frozen Tundra” hosted a college game; 1983 to be exact, when the St. Norbert Green Knights faced the Fordham University Rams in “The Lombardi Bowl,” before a few hundred people as the two (then) Division III schools with ties to the legendary coach (the Packers train at …
It’s the time of year when youth sports starts to really kick in again. Anyone who has ever played Little League or soccer or Pop Warner football in the United States knows the signs…the local car dealer, the insurance salesman, the pizzeria who spend some of their hard earned dollars for an outfield or a …
Sometimes it’s the simplest of idea, the chanciest of meetings, that lead to a Eureka moment that can help many. Here is a great example of what a young boy on the mend and an NFL players can do together to help others. In September 2014, Michael Siroty, then nine years old, tore his meniscus …
This past week The University of Vermont canceled a women’s basketball game at North Carolina, scheduled for Dec. 28, due to concern over the state’s HB2 law, known as the “Bathroom Bill,” and it follows a steady stream of news, including the NBA’s decision to pull the 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte and The University …
I am a living, breathing example of the adage you learn more from your mistakes than you do from your success. That’s one of the great things about being involved with young people; mentoring, teaching, you get lots of do-overs and many chances to look back and see what works, what didn’t, and how you …
The following was compiled by Columbia’s Kelly Carroll This post is another in a series from the Columbia University Sports Podcast, a 360-degree view of the sports business from the people leading it. Each podcast is approximately 35–45 minutes in length, and features industry insiders from all aspects of the business—from brand executives to startup …
The following was compiled by Columbia student Kelly Carroll This post is another in a series from the Columbia University Sports Podcast, a 360-degree view of the sports business from the people leading it. Each podcast is approximately 35–45 minutes in length, and features industry insiders from all aspects of the business—from brand executives …
They have never been the quickest to adjust to new thinking the NCAA. At the NACDA/CoSIDA Convention in Dallas in June, school PR heads were still fitting and hawing over “internet media” and who and how they should credential for games bug and small. Instead of aggressively embracing, there was still a wide gap as …