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As we move into Championship Week and fully into March Madness, the sense of underdog success permeates the air. It is totally unlike the big-time sports business feel of college football, which generates millions for select schools competing at the highest levels, but has little of the mystery and mystique of the NCAA Men’s Basketball …
We should all be about learning as much as we can in the limited free time we have, and along with that comes the value of listening and experiencing some traditional ideas through the prism of new voices. With that in mind, we had a whirlwind week of micro events that touched on sports business …
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, …
Driving interest in so called non-revenue sports is near easy, and in a major market like Washington, DC, even the most elite of programs…like basketball, sometimes need a boost. However with some creativity and most importantly some great creativity, buzz and interest can help not just put butts in seats, but also cut through the …
Often times head coaches are still overlooked in the marketing mix. The biggest of the big; Nick Saban, Jim Harbaugh, find themselves in to campaigns, bit for the lost part; save for local sponsorships; coaches, usually the most consistent face and the best storytellers around many programs, are an afterthought. However when you see the …
At some point the dust will settle, Kris Jenkins, Jay Wright and the Villanova Wildcats will do their much-deserved victory tour, TV spots and get their keys to the city and then the sports world will move on to the next great moment. While the shot and the effort Villanova put forth to win their …
The snow this weekend will bring many planned activities to a halt, but that doesn’t mean in Washington that some smart college and high school students, and the folks at Georgetown as well, can’t find a way to be a little entrepreneurial in making the best out of all the white stuff that will be …
There are many passionate individuals describe in sports as “lifers,” people who dedicate their life to one sport or endeavor, such as coaching. One of basketball’s lifers is Gordon Chiesa (@gchiesaohmy) . Chiesa’s career began as the athletic director and head basketball coach at his alma mater of St. Thomas Aquinas in Sparkill, N.Y. …
No matter what the sport or the level of management, the infusion of gambling and fantasy gaming into the conversation is hard to avoid. Tuesday night at the regular monthly gathering of the New York Sports Venture Capital proved the point as three elite former athletes took turns tackling those and other hot topics. Former …
Peter Robert Casey builds and grows online sports communities. Over the past five years, he’s held community strategy and management roles – both agency and client-side – for some of the biggest brand names in sports: Nike Basketball, Nike Baseball, Nike Athletic Training, the New York Knicks and Five-Star Basketball, where he currently helms the …
