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Sometimes even for a World record, the simplest is the best. Glitzy, shiny, tricky, unique, yes they get the buzz, but a way to aggregate for a cause can be even better. That’s what will happen Saturday at Soldier Field, when over 60,000 people will gather, and millions more will watch around the globe as …
Inspired by our q and a with Paul Swangard last week, we are going to try and make Thursday’s “Teaching Thursdays,” doing a q and a with some of the brightest educators in sports business. This week we got some time with Rick Burton, the David B. Falk Endowed Professor of Sport Management in Syracuse …
The following piece is contributed by colleague Melvin Wong… Although Pele is regarded as one of the best soccer players ever lived, yet you often see his iconic face on media outside of a soccer field. While most world-class soccer players who retire prefer to move to a coaching role, Pele instead seems to …
Our industry is made up of passionate, hardworking professionals, and there is perhaps none more passionate than Paul Swangard. Paul is the President of Bowerman Curve Collective Inc., a strategic consulting and media services firm based in Eugene. His clients include Nike, USA Track and Field, the IAAF, NBC, ESPN and Bandon Dunes Golf Resort. …
It is certainly the little engine that maybe could, but the National Women’s Hockey League, which started its four team second season this weekend, has certainly earned well above its pay level for media exposure, both last year, and now as the season starts, this. They have continuously found ways to take their “everyperson” story, …
As baseball winds down in North America, it is just getting going in Australia. The Australian Baseball League now heads into its seventh season, and the league, and the sport in general, have been buoyed by the coming World Baseball Classic, the inclusion of the sport in the 2020 Olympics, and the continued grassroots support …
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 …
Give Speedo lots of credit for not just taking the right amount of time to make a decision on Ryan Lochte, but for finding a way to take a negative and perhaps create the biggest and only positive out of the situation from last week’s incident at the Rio Olympics. Usually brands cut ties and …
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 …