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SPORTS PUBLICITY, MARKETING & BRAND BUILDING IN A NEW AGE: WITH JOE FAVORITO
We all know how much crossover there is between sports and pop culture. We have power couples from the NBA to MLB to NWSL to the WNBA to the NHL to NASCAR. Musicians want to be athletes, athletes want to be rock stars, and they like hanging and sharing the spotlight. The question is always …
This past summer, when we had nothing better to do, we dispatched our intern Wynne Kenna on a project we had wondered about. How many teams, in the four men’s major leagues (NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB) still print materials? It came about after the time we spent in and around FIFA for both the Club …
“Efficient to be more effective” came out of a conversation we were having at West Point on Saturday. It was not about military tactics or even football, it was about the communications issues so many are facing today, as we all have to learn the best path forward. First, this is not written by AI. …
This past week we saw the White House ‘ban” several news outlets from doing their jobs, for reasons ranging from petty silliness and power plays to “National Security.” While it is still a bit of a question as to whether those at the top will let outlets…like CNN…back in for the long term despite a …
I enjoy learning from the deeper dive sports shows we get to see on platforms like Netflix and HBO. Having always been a fan of “Hard Knocks” I was interested to see what this season would bring us, chronicling the defending champion Seattle Seahawks, while also watching Netflix’s new season of “Quarterback.” Both have delivered. …
There is nothing like Spring Training in baseball. Fans flock to two central locales, Florida and Arizona, to escape the winter blues, look ahead to warmer weather and watch baseball games that don’t count in the standings. If you time things right, you can see a dozen teams in just a few days, all part of …
Just back from our time in Utah and Idaho gave me a bit of time to go back and listen to some of our more recent pods, three of which are very timely (especially since one is about a book coming out this week). Thanks to our summer intern Wynne Kenna for doing some of …
Monday night there he was, a career athlete on the fringe of sports sitting front and center on a stage in Manhattan talking to an audience that included the CEO of Lenovo amongst other dignitaries and business leaders…a soccer player whose relevance to most of the world just 60 days ago was negligible, but who …
We get a look at Fanatics Fest from the Perspective from our summer intern Gen Z Intern – Harrison Rosner Fanatics Fest was one of the most hyped up events of the summer. In the heat of the World Cup Final, NBA Free Agency, the dog days of July baseball, and many other things, the …
Our guest post comes from one of our summer interns, Harrison Rosner, and a rising senior at Northern Highlands Regional High School in New Jersey. For my entire life, I’ve been exposed to the business side of the sports industry–largely thanks to my father, Scott who now runs the Sports Management program and is a …
