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The following summary of a recent CUSP Show podcast was compiled by Syracuse student Sam Birsdall, who is helping us this summer. In today’s day and age, the use of social media is key to any business or individual who wants to spread their messages to their audiences. One fast growing company founded …
“I’d like to think I’m going to be the best version of myself on the last day of my life. I will never stop being busy.” That quote from comedian Martin Short, as part of a great piece with friend and fellow funnyman Steve Martin on CBS Sunday this past weekend was a great way …
When the initial talk of VR and sports first arose a few years ago, the real buzz was what could be done around games for fans thousands of miles away who could never get to a game. Putting fans in China or India courtside to see LeBron James, or ringside for a Triple G fight, …
Saturday morning as the news came about that Giancarlo Stanton was being traded to the New York Yankees, Art Stapleton, the longtime Giants beat writer for The Record, tweeted this: Yankees are going to sell tickets to the HR Derby in batting practice between Sanchez, Judge and Stanton While it seems to be a bit …
Patches, who cares about patches? If you are a brand that is looking for a quick splash, sometimes without explanation, then finding your way through a patch is an interesting disruptive way in, although with the NBA, at least on the team side in the US, that is about to be amended more than a …
As we wrote last week, one of the great gifts we continue to have and share is the ability to learn through teaching; and I am blessed to again be coming back to Columbia this fall for what will be my 11th straight year on campus. That is augmented by our summer high school program, …
We are not a huge fan of lists, especially since most, the biggest and brightest, the 40 under this the 25 best here, are pretty arbitrary and many times do more harm then good by those assembling because inevitably some are left off, and frankly, some get on that are there more for popularity and …
As one goes through the sports calendar it is always interesting to note what the opportunities are that can still be “owned” or created by brands or teams. While the biggest days to still grab are those around the MLB All-Star Game next week, it is noteworthy that no one really has grabbed the opportunity …
It’s almost summer time, so we pulled together some good reads; inspirational, business, storytelling, brand building, which we have read and enjoyed, in no particular order. There are several coming that are not out yet or we haven’t yet read, so these pass a good sniff test for young grads, beach or mountain hoers or …
This past week the world lost one of its great storytellers in Frank Deford. I had come to know Frank several times over the years, most notably when he, I, Bud Collins and a few others sat in the lunchroom at Wimbledon when both were there for HBO, and we listened to them talk about …