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The last full week of July, 2023 but more Ying and Yang observations to the work and life place, especially as I now hit 15 years working on my own. First there was the surprising joy of gratitude which came in threes, like good things often do. A dinner with three former School of the …
There was a time a few years ago when the Big 12 held a one-off basketball media day in New York City. The league wasn’t playing their postseason tournament there for men’s basketball, like the ACC and Big Ten were doing, nor did they add any schools who were in the area. They used it …
Saturday I was in the Verizon store begrudgingly getting a new phone and I was talking to a mom and her daughter next to me. The mom. About my age, was bemoaning all this “technology” and how the ‘80’s and the ‘70’s was better. I laughed and looked at the daughter, who was 22 and …
A great guest post from our colleague Dr. Lindsay Krasnoff, from Paris: Last week the annual Global Sports Week Paris teamed up with Viva Tech for a four-day Future of Sport extravaganza at the Paris Expo Center at Porte de Versailles. The space may be familiar, given the acrimony and scathing critique of the Paris …
There have been so many worthy tributes written about our friend Jim Hague, take the time to read a few of them here and here. While I made my way to St. Paul’s The Apostle Church in Jersey City Thursday for his last sendoff I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect. The high school coaches …
“This is the business we have chosen.” I was thinking about that line from The Godfather from Hyman Roth (The legendary actor Lee Strasburg) as all the PGA Tour LIV Golf news played out, and continues to play out over the coming days, weeks and months. It is the latest, and not the last, time …
Our colleague Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff is a historian, speaker, and consultant whose book Basketball Empire: France and the Making of a Global NBA and WNBA comes out September 7. Given her deep ties to French culture, sport and basketball, she offers up a unique POV around what’s coming for Victor Wembanyama…Readers can use code BASKET23US …
Last winter the world was captivated by Argentina taking the World Cup in Qatar. What made it even more emotional was the fact that legendary announcer, and Argentinian, Andres Cantor, was on the call for Telemundo. Not only did we have the sound of Cantor’s voice, we got to see him through a feed that …
It was with great sadness that I read Maureen Dowd’s column in the New York Times this weekend on the steady and slow death of the newsroom…the physical newsroom…as a place of collaboration, inspiration, and career growth. We all know the reality of the world we are in today…technology has made remote working easier and …
Forget the fact that next Saturday is the Kentucky Derby, Formula 1 in Miami, t and the NBA and Stanley Cup playoffs are moving along. What’s more important for crossover in sports business? It is Free Comic Book day, right on the heels of Star Wars Day on Thursday . Star Wars promotions in sports have …