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The Following originally appeared in Portada oThere are few better comeback stories in sports and entertainment than the one of Alex Rodriguez. From banned baseball superstar to mega-businessman, entrepreneur, analyst, and now Yankees advisor, Rodriguez has risen from the ashes of what most thought would be a career lost and a brand squandered to be one …
The end of the first week of December has two storytellers, one perhaps a little subtle and less opinionated than the other, cross the platitude path together. On Friday, WFAN longtime voice Mike Francesa will end his long afternoon drive spot at the station, where he was a big part of creating a genre of …
Last week we attended the Sports Marketing track on Marketing to the Latino audience at Portada in New York City. While the diversity in the half day event was impressive, as well as many of the new faces, what came across clearly is both the opportunity and the challenge of marketing to a multicultural Latino …
The relative quiet of post-MLB All-Star will soon give way to NFL Training camp and one of the most active times of the year for baseball before the pennant races kick in…the MLB Trading Deadline. The Trading Deadline, now at the end of July, grabs a lion share of the media and public attention, even …
The following summary was compiled by Columbia student Kelly Carroll, timely given the end of Copa America and the growth of soccer into what promises to be another landmark summer for the sport in the United States… This post is another in a series from the Columbia University Sports Podcast, a 360-degree view of …
It is an underappreciated stepchild lost amongst professional sports of the spring, this college baseball. Competing against everything from MLB, the Stanley Cup Finals, and the NBA Playoffs to spring football in some places, the competitive games, and potential future MLB stars, get lost in the mix. The sport on the collegiate level also suffers …
It came and went again, nestled just after MLB pitchers and catchers reported, and just after NBA All-Star Weekend. The official start of college baseball season. The start of college is going by the boards without much of a flurry of activity. While most eastern teams will head to Florida and Arizona for short trips …
For all its naysayers, the business of baseball continues to be a business marvel. Now under Commissioner Rob Manfred, the game draws millions across the country has one of the most dynamic digital platforms in any business and its own television network 24/7. Like most mature businesses, baseball is trying to find its way to …
He never in his native New York area during his 17 year Major League career, but former MLB outfielder, infielder and catcher Mark DeRosa grew up nearby (Passaic), and starred in high school (Bergen Catholic) before going on to Penn and is now back in the New York area, at least during the week, as …
Last year at the IMG World Congress of Sport, Funny or Die co-founder (and former ESPN exec) Dick Glover talked openly about how the platform had grown and how, on occasion, sports would find its way into a skit or two. The important thing, he added, was the scenes had to be authentic to be …