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We are a forgiving lot with short memories and if you come clean we tend to move on. That’s what we will see as the Aaron Rodgers “crisis” takes its next, and last turn in what was a tumultuous 10 days of rants, mistruths, positioning, outcry, opinion and crisis management. On Sunday Rodgers will return …
November 8 was STEM Awareness Day, and it served as a great reminder to how closely linked all areas of science, especially analytics, are tied to all levels of sport. Years ago when I was with the Knicks, star forward Kurt Thomas came to the community relations team with an idea; he had been screwed …
This week, from just before Halloween into the run up to Thanksgiving, always seems to be quite the tumultuous one. We usually have some Election drama, have had a massive snowstorm, Super Storm Sandy, the tragic plane crash in Jamaica, Queens in 2001, and sometimes, sometimes, even things like the 2015 World Series to keep …
It’s November, which in the fundraising world again means “Movember.” For those who don’t know… Originally launched in Australia 15 years ago, the theme for “Movember” was to get primarily men (although women helped out with a fake one) to grow a mustache or not shave for the 30 days of the month of November, and then …
Quite the week of listening and learning on screen, and yes, in person (twice) this past week. Thursday night in New York we had a chance to be up close (literally front table) to listen to a POV and best practices from several key dealmakers we don’t often here speak so candidly, including Redbird’s Gerry …
Amazing things happen when you expect the unexpected. Hence the viral debate on Sunday Night Football, long after Mike Tirico and crew had exhausted highlights and reports waiting for lightning to subside, over the proper amount of peanut butter to jelly in the sandwiches players were eating during the delay. The 70-30 PB to J …
The NFL is having a landmark year, and deservedly so. From recornd last second field goals, to New York having a pair of OT wins on a Sunday to Brady’s return, the headlines keep coming. And we hope the NBA, MLB and the NHL and MLS and on and on keep oushing all their own …
There is so much continued talk about streaming and the value of personalized channels can bring to hand casual and diehards a point of view as to how they want to engage in the live coverage of their favorite sporting events. We keep seeing the expansion of Twitch (now with as many as 20 channels being …
Three patches, three stories, that was the message this past week as the Philadelphia 76ers, LA Lakers and Washington Capitals all found a niche in breaking some new, and additional, ground for brands looking to engage with teams at the big five leagues in North America. On the historic side, you had the Capitals, who …
We did our play “Lombardi” 11 years ago at Circle in the Square theater, one of the characters who people learned the most from was Marie Lombardi, Vince’s wife, played by the great Judith Light. Marie gave fans an insight into the persona of the Hall of Fame coach that few knew about, and it …
