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While the NFL tries more ways to keep the Pro Bowl relevant, fun and brand-worthy during the week before the Super Bowl by having it in Orlando, it is baseball that will play the Hot Stove card next week to make that first concerted relevant push to warm the pocketbooks and hearts of fans young …
“The NBA will have franchises in Europe within 10 years.” That was David Stern at the NBA All-Star Game in Philadelphia in 2002, when talk of European expansion was the hot topic. Now of course we have leaders floating ideas like that pretty regularly (last week Ted Leonsis talked about esports overtaking the NFL, which …
It started as a simple way for players to tell their story last season, one which drew the ire of the NFL as a uniform violation, but one which has grown to be much more of a platform as players continue to find more of a social voice and express themselves in a positive and …
We have written about some this before; how we as a culture and sports and entertainment as industries are always looking to get younger and faster. It’s why there is a huge rush for esports, engaged mostly by those under 30, vs. a bigger audience of gaming and casual games, which is actually a larger …
A year ago today the sports world learned that former Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca passed away at the age of 90. Thought it was worthwhile revisiting this piece.While Branca was known more for his infamous pitch to the New York Giants Bobby Thomson that game NY the National League pennant in 1951 , the …
Ten years ago my colleague Mike Dillon came to me with an opportunity; he created a LinkedIn Group called Sports Marketing and PR Pros but wasn’t sure what could be done with it. Back then, LinkedIn was less forward leaning than today, and even today it is still a relatively passive platform although their push …
We have written several times on storytelling and its continued value in all forms; knowing who you are, what you do and being able to communicate that fact simply and succinctly in a world of white noise is more valuable today than ever before. Lots of screaming going on, but when you listen, what are …
Broadcast ads are typically longer than 15 seconds, but as viewing shifts online, where people are skipping or blocking ads, advertisers and media companies have experimented with new ad formats and strategies. This has even come up more and more in live sports, which for years many saw as DVR proof. However now as we …
Sometimes it seems like the changes come first up north. In 2003 the Toronto Maple Leafs shocked the sports and media world by breaking news on their website first about the firing of a coach. The amount of coverage the team received by bypassing the traditional set off alarms across the media landscape. Alarms for …
The Winter Olympics have always been a challenge to draw attention in the run up to the games, and this year in the US, given the crowded marketplace and the fact that the Games are in South Korea, the buzz seems to be even less so thus far. Still early, but it is a little …