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“We are all in the storytelling business – whether we are creating a compelling story or pitching it… we all have platforms now, the athletes have platforms, and that first person perspective is very powerful.” –NBA Executive Vice President of Communications Mike Bass So it was on Wednesday at the Crowne Plaza Times Square, with …
Patches, who cares about patches? If you are a brand that is looking for a quick splash, sometimes without explanation, then finding your way through a patch is an interesting disruptive way in, although with the NBA, at least on the team side in the US, that changed last year, with now all but eight …
The following originally appeared on Portada… There may be no more political sport than the global game of football, and there may be no more politicized sport in the United States than American football (@NFL). Last week, the global game reminded us that if it is to keep growing here, having the buy-in of the …
Last week an article appeared that the University of Akron was dropping almost 80 degree programs and would be adding “esports” to the curriculum as both a competitive endeavor and as a general student activity. That announcement was followed by the grand finale of the first NBA 2K season, and sadly, with the tragedy …
We have written several times on storytelling and its continued value in all forms; knowing who you are, what you do and being able to communicate that fact simply and succinctly in a world of white noise is more valuable today than ever before. Lots of screaming going on, but when you listen, what are …
Sometimes working for an underachieving team, or someone in a smaller market, or a niche property gives you the freedom to push the edge that more mature and sometimes staid properties may not have the ability to do. And so again go our friends at the PBR, who this week unleashed a fun and disruptive …
There it was on the side of a phone kiosk in midtown Manhattan this week, a large picture of Olympic swimming star Michael Phelps. Another ad for Speedo or Subway or Under Armour, as we are starting to head into a Summer Olympics cycle again. Nope. It was for a medical services company named Talkspace, …
Over the years I have become less of a saver of things, thanks, to my wife Laura. Going through and jettisoning “stuff,” physical and mental, is not just a way to create areas for new “stuff,” it serves as a thought starter for what’s important, and who and what you meet and experience along the …
Say goodbye Mankato. After almost 50 years, the Minnesota Vikings are spending their NFL preseason at home, in their new TCO Performance Center in suburban Minneapolis. While there will be 11 teams on the road for training camps; keeping in mind the Rams, Raiders and Chargers will probably take up state of the art residences …
For all its innovation and brand creativity baseball has yet to have an official hot dog. We have our flashy national Chevrolet promotions, but the food most closely associated with the National Pastime, the hot dog, missed a beat last week as the industry celebrated Now there is no shortage of regional hot dog celebrations …