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SPORTS PUBLICITY, MARKETING & BRAND BUILDING IN A NEW AGE: WITH JOE FAVORITO
“That’s all I want in life. Is more,” he told me three years ago. “More time. More life. More music. More games. More reading. More love. More everything. I’m the luckiest guy in the world.” There has been so much written and watched about the passing of Bill Walton this week I cannot do it …
Red Nose Day, May 26, is now 10 years in for the US, and this year found its way to everything from an edible, life-sized cookie of the contest winner and a car-crushing monster truck ride Comic Relief US’s fundraising initiative for underserved American children goal this year was to draw donations by encouraging the …
Where else can you find talk about broadcast storytelling, debates on the best moments in the history of New York sports, the business of sports in Africa, and yes even the proliferation of AI in media all in one place. That’s what we have in the latest episodes of our podcast. Some good Memorial Day …
I have always been fixated and intrigued by the power of media on college campuses, and how it is undervalued often, especially when it comes to sports. Professional teams, even many colleges, put their own local voices in a place where they as judged as “students” vs. media, when the reality of today is that …
While the nexus of going to Los Angeles this week was for the CAA World Congress of Sport, the reality…one which I am continuing to realize is a sad reality…is that the real learnings occur far away from the stage for the most part. What the value is resides well outside the room with the …
Some great listens on three leaders literally carving paths never taken. From the first…and only…college coach who went through Name Image and Likeness as an athlete on the way to multiple championships, to a world class chess player who also likes to mix it up in the gym…to an entrepreneurial gamer and world champion football …
Quite a while ago when we were at the WTA Tour, our leader at the name, a self-proclaimed “reformed lawyer” named Bart McGuire, was asked whey women’s tennis grabbed so many headlines and had such a strong business story. He always said: “Our athletes are not just great tennis players, they are good copy.” Now …
Events like the Sloan MIT Analytics Conference come at you from all angles. Lots of noise, predictions, conversations, side conversations, analysis and more listening as you try and find the nuggets in the forest That’s always been the challenge and the fun. Weeding through the same old or the self important to find the takeaways …
We were scrolling through our local news site this morning when we saw the story…the one that always makes me smile this time of year…our local Robotics team once again kicking butt. Take a read about this years Velociraptor, a combination of science, media, technology, deep storytelling, and high competition that is 20 years in …
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. That …
