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Maybe we think its July 4th, when Joey Chestnut and all the newer faces again dominated the airwaves at the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest and beyond, but in reality, National Hot Dog Day is actually the third Wednesday in July, and this year falls just after MLB All-Star Game and as we head towards the …
Our guest post comes from one of our summer interns, Harrison Rosner, and a rising senior at Northern Highlands Regional High School in New Jersey. For my entire life, I’ve been exposed to the business side of the sports industry–largely thanks to my father, Scott who now runs the Sports Management program and is a …
They are the sports that have been viewed by a colleague as the “permanent emergent” in America; those that we keep hearing are buzzworthy, played by kids and destined to overtake baseball, even NASCAR in the eyes of the public and in the pockets of consumers. Lacrosse, soccer always end up on that just around …
A few times we have seen in the last few days thoughts about how The Marlins should adopt a Scottish band, or how other teams should replicate the spontaneous actions of World Cup supporters. “Let’s create chants,” “Let’s do walk ins of fans like THEY do.” No. While creating your own supporter experiences are …
There have been times in the past when an “invading” sports event was seen as a challenge to local teams who could be having their thunder, and even some marketing and ticketing dollars pushed off by consumers and brands and not coming into their venues. It was a challenge and impediment for success more than …
There are some who say that the entity known as Media Row on Super Bowl week has become a messy mix. Well, if you go in unprepared, if you don’t pick your spots, if you aren;t open minded to absorb and listen and learn or if your expectations are now what they were ten years …
I will do a summary of our learnings and experiences from Media Row later this week, but first some thoughts on curious learning and the dangers of not doing so. There is so much back and forth about Bad Bunny and the halftime show and on and on. I got to chime in here before …
W e are big fans of all cause marketing and social responsibility can do to make us better humans, so we asked my colleague Howard Brodwin at Sports and Social Change to give us a list of what’ was on his radar as we round out the year… Back (adverb) – in the opposite direction from which …
For those looking for some good reads to gift or read during travel and the holidays, see below. The list are books which were released first in 2025…I have had to actually have read them and felt like I walked away knowing more than when I opened them, and they are certainly not any kind …
Many times at the start of class in a semster, or when I get to meet with young people, I try to run through a list of names to see who is interesting or relevant to their worlds. While I do it to convey the idea that you should be curiously learning wide, the reality …
