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Thursday night as the United States Olympic Committee announced that Boston was their bid choice for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, the worlds of LinkedIn, social media and networking immediately began to heat up. Young people, and their parents, started sending resumes around to anyone and everyone in hopes of finding jobs for their young …
Away from the bright lights of football and basketball, other collegiate sports do very well in their own niche communities, drawing fans, media attention and sponsors. Baseball in places like Hawaii and Miami, lacrosse in and around the ACC, soccer in key outposts, softball in Oklahoma, volleyball in Washington, all have their passionate followers and …
We all know about the “YouTube Sensations,” the seemingly unknowns who have come along to dominate the social media and pop culture world with their quirky films, unique style, and niche coverage of topics of various sizes and interests. They drive views, engage fans and get brands to lock on for endorsements. The most successful …
Much has been hyped and speculated about what role the opening of Cuba will have in American, and global business in the coming months and years. While most experts see this as a gradual turn, not something that can happen just overnight, with many cultural, financial and political mountains to climb still, one of the …
From Landon Donovan’s farewell tour to the news that a rival club was leaving and another one was coming in to their completed “First To Five,” culminating with an extra time win over the New England Revolution in MLS Cup, it was a thrilling and sometimes exhausting ride for the Los Angeles Galaxy this past …
This past week’s Cynopsis sports media conference reminded us again how powerful storytelling; especially paired to compelling images can be. The ability to effectively communicate a message and build awareness through multiple forms of media; written, visual, spoken is what sets endorsers, brands, teams, leagues apart in the cluttered world of content. Those who are …
It’s hard to get anyone in sports business to agree on anything, let alone a charity of choice. However one thing that is universally accepted this time of year is that the March of Dimes annual sports luncheon is the place to be every December. Over 600 attendees fill the ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria …
For those not of a certain age, or not involved in college athletics, you probably don’t know how powerful the Eastern College Athletic Conference, or ECAC, was, or how big it remains today. Made up of hundreds of schools, many now on the Division II or III level, the ECAC is still the largest group …
While the US continues to look for a potential bid city for the 2024 Olympics, another property, one outside of the Olympic window but with a huge upside for a younger and more engaged global audience, this week got the OK to go ahead. Welcome to the calendar, The World Beach Games, which received formal …
Every year for the past nine years in the middle of November the Ivy Sports Symposium brings together leaders in the sports industry as well as hundreds of students and rising professionals for a jam-packed day of thought leadership, advice and networking. Back in the Garden State this year after stops on the campuses of …