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In an attention starved, get it done yesterday world it’s sometimes nice to find consistency. Your friends you have known, the right slice of pizza or cup of coffee, a musical artist who knows just the right notes to play, Opening Day in Baseball etc. etc. Things can adjust, but the core thoughts…the core sounds, …
I have always felt that the wandering the halls and listening to topics away from the main stages at the annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference unveils an interesting look ahead to both the fun and the unusual. It’s where young people are talking, smaller conversations take place, and the fun and sometimes unusual reside. …
I have been a fan of Saturday Night Live since it’s inception. On Monday morning’s in high school my classmates would sit around the breakfast table in the cafeteria talking about the previous week’s episode. We even used skits like “The Coneheads on Family Feud” and others in our Spanish class for skits. The show …
Last week within 24 hours I got to visit two venues in greater Los Angeles decades…actually over a century…apart in construction but with a common storytelling theme; to capture and excite those who entered their walls regardless of the result on the court or the field. That attention to detail now recaptured at The Rose …
As we close the Olympic Games I got into a conversation with a colleague about the success of Eileen Gu, the place those of different countries who train in America, and the debate the Vice President of the US stirred in Milan over Gu’s choice to represent China and her ancestral ties vs. the U.S. …
This time of year can end up being the grind for those who work in team sports. The cyclical nature of the business of games, from college to the highest level of pro sports ends up being rinse and repeat, regardless of whether the work being done is achieving the goal od growing personally and …
There are some who say that the entity known as Media Row on Super Bowl week has become a messy mix. Well, if you go in unprepared, if you don’t pick your spots, if you aren;t open minded to absorb and listen and learn or if your expectations are now what they were ten years …
I will do a summary of our learnings and experiences from Media Row later this week, but first some thoughts on curious learning and the dangers of not doing so. There is so much back and forth about Bad Bunny and the halftime show and on and on. I got to chime in here before …
We use the word iconic sometimes like we do the word hello. At every turn it’s too easy a word to throw around, when in reality must things we refer to as Iconic are not really worthy of that high level of praise or individuality. Icons should be rare air for all of us. Walking around …
If you work in and around communications in sports in North America, this is a week you should hopefully love, but you may hate. The convergence of winter team sports tied with mega events like The Super Bowl and the Winter Olympics make this a mad scramble for those looking to cut through clutter and …
