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If you work in and around communications in sports in North America, this is a week you should hopefully love, but you may hate. The convergence of winter team sports tied with mega events like The Super Bowl and the Winter Olympics make this a mad scramble for those looking to cut through clutter and …
People often ask, “oh you have worked in sports all your life, what teams do you root for?” While I do care about some teams much more than some others…and honestly don’t really “hate” any team…and have worked for so many organizations considered rivals (Fordham and Iona, the Jets and the Giants, NWSL and MLS …
Hope this middle of November is treating you well. Some solid listens on Olympic glory, leadership tips running big organizations, and a solid update on the legal ramifications of everything from NIL to foreign investment in American sport. As always you can listen to all our episodes here. No LAX of interest in lacrosse: We …
My friend Dave Siroty is a curious learner, always asking questions and seeing what’s around him. We love to talk about the cool things you can see and learn if you are willing to engage and meet new people. Case in point from Dave this week…a niche business with a big upside…or downside depending on …
We can’t express how important showing up is, especially if you are seeking anything…relationships, jobs, internships, meetings, funding etc etc. You don’t go, you miss out. Sometimes, however you can go and if you lean back, or don’t lean in, opportunity slides right by as well. I was thinking about this earlier this week as …
The powers that be had to find dates and locations for the upcoming Presidential debates, ones that will draw the curious and the dedicated to see what to octogenarian candidates will fire back and forth across the stage. The date for the first one? June 27. The conflict that could draw eyeball away? The recently …
Last week at the Stanford Sports Business Conference several senior media executives talked about the explosive initiatives tied to sports documentaries and series tied to teams and leagues and athletes. At one point it was mentioned that Netflix had at least 15 in various stages from various sports around the world, while leadership from the …
“I’d rather be the observer not the observed.” There it was again, the value of knowing your role and doing it well. This time it was Sunday night on “60 Minutes” and the speaker was Little Steven Van Zandt, he of “The Sopranos” but more impactful even, of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. …
There was a time when the road to NFL success started in outposts far and wide. Now its good to be home for the summer, with ever-increasing opportunities for expanding the brand tied to those at home. The Raiders are fully settled in in Henderson, Nevada while tthe Dallas Cowboys are still leaving Jerryworld for …
Into the cauldron of uncertainty in sports Friday fell the PLL, which postponed the start of it season, and the XFL, which to the surprise of almost all of its staff went from a cancelled season to a cancelled business, as almost all employees were released following a conference call late in the morning, as …
