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Usually the New York athlete story ends ugly. Successful star comes to Gotham and ends his career in tatters, or leaves to find glory elsewhere. Rarely do you find someone like the New York Rangers Mark Messier, who came to Gotham to fulfill the dream of fans that had been harbored for over 50 years, …
I still need to do some Christmas shopping…if you do to and happen to have to buy for a baseball fan, here are five unique ones that are not too late to get. Back to traditional sports biz tomorrow. Painted Glove Collectibles are one-of-a-kind Baseball Art on classic gloves featuring the game’s greats. Created by …
As you stuff the stockings or look for some last Hanukkah gifts, here are some suggested readings I enjoyed this year. It seems like there were less books for some reason, but more than enough good ones to pick up and enjoy, especially ones from great storytellers like Frank Deford and Mark Kriegel. These are …
Some Thanksgiving week thoughts, none of which are turkeys by any means Brew Crew Leaves it to the Fans: The Milwaukee Brewers have built a reputation for being fin and fan friendly with their promotions, from hiding gnomes around the state to getting Bernie Brewer to hit the slide in Miller Park. Now the Brew …
When it comes to a gold standard for minor league baseball experiences, New Jersey is fortunate enough to have two of the best, the Lakewood Blue Claws and the Trenton Thunder. Both clubs continue the tradition of their parent organizations, the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Yankees respectively, in not just being teams who …
Maybe its because it is a mix of students and global sports executives from all areas of business, maybe its because the setting is a college campus, maybe its because the combination of those two give the speakers a chance to be a little more loose and free thinking with ideas, but for the seventh …
Some best practices and ideas for a weekend… Take A Base, Get A Taco: Taco Bell has been known to tie their partnerships with professional sports to some outlandish giveaways over the years, some of which they have had demand exceed supply. So this time out for the World Series they placed a bet on …
MLB’s Stand Up To Cancer Beyond Compare: Throughout the baseball postseason, the colorful and silent Stand Up To Cancer logo has appeared without great fanfare. It does not scream at the consumer, but in every ballpark during the playoffs there was the logo. For some, myself included, the logo was a surprise and may not …
As we hit the final steps before the World Series, move deeper into the NFL and college football and welcome college hoops and other winter sports, some interesting best practices for the week… Hashtags Abound: Last year the University of Mississippi cracked the hashtag on the field boundry by dropping one in the end zone …
An undefeated NFL season. A perfect college football season. A tennis Grand Slam. Tiger. Michael. The Miracle On Ice. Even horse racing’s Triple Crown. All have been accomplished and celebrated time and again in American sport SINCE Carl Yastrzemski ‘s1967 season for the Boston Red Sox, the last time, until Wednesday night, that any player …
