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It is back this year, and remains the best value in sports, and is still one of larger secrets, even in the shadow of New York. It is the US Open qualifying tournament, the week-long celebration of tennis and sneak peek at those both in the main draw (and on site practicing each day) and …
There is no doubt that the Cannabis/CBD business is slowly, steadily finding its way into the mainstream, and that of course includes the billion dollar business of sports. The latest and loudest salvo was fired early last week, when Major League Baseball and its teams opened up the door to do business with CBD brands, …
It has been an interesting and insightful first month of the year, capped off for me by a word…and a theme…that continues to pop up in a glass hall full start to 2022. Joy. I thought about joy many times this month, when I read Jon Wertheim’s great piece in Sports Illustrated on Tom Brady. …
It was really a simple ask. Pick people who are big thinkers and doers and ask them a simple question. Who are you following in this coming year who may be a little below the radar, but are innovative, have shown grit and have the ability to think a little differently. We asked 40 people …
A great year for storytelling. We wanted to list out some of our best reads…books we actually read, form the past year. Looking forward to early 2022 which will bring us Mike Sielski’s Kobe book, Ian O’Connor’s book on Coach K and many more, wayyy outside of sports as well. And as you will see, …
In the past month we have seen the unprecedented heat of the Tokyo Olympics, NFL games and practices moved because of wildfire smoke, college and high school events, as well as another NFL game, moved because of the devastating effects of flooding and a host of other disruptions big and small from coast to coast …
When I first saw the reports of Naomi Osaka’s decision to forgo media at the French Open, I shook my head. As I had talked about with Mike Sielski of the Philadelphia Inquirer a few weeks ago, is this another example of the reinvention of the media/athlete celebrity dynamic, one which continues to fail while …
We have always heard about how much sports and the passions around the games we love to watch and play can drive people to aspire higher. However the rigors of the day to day side of sports rarely allows for interaction amongst leagues and teams. It happens in cities from time to time, the players …
One of the areas where we learn the most is from listening to the storytellers and the trusted advisors, be they people involved with entertainment, sports, politics, media, brands, cause marketing etc. We recently caught up with a longtime friend, Vernon Cheek, who is now VP of Media Relations at FOX Sports, to get his …
One of the topics that we started the year looking at so closely was the rise and impact women’s sports would be having. While that was somewhat slowed by the Pandemic, the impact continues to grow again, and now, going into a year hopefully with the Olympics and other tentpole storytelling opportunities, we will see …