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In the midst of his stellar “Love Letter to Baseball” Saturday night on YES Network, Jack Curry touched on something that is another example of a potential lesson learned in fan interest and engagement that will continue to play out into the future as teams, leagues, and brands reimagine what, how and when fans can …
To use the cliché of a longtime coaching friend, the second quarter is usually one of adjustment before you regroup, reassess and take a breath at halftime. For most people the real life second quarter of 2020 was unlike no other, and as we hit halftime of the year and move into the third quarter, …
They have always been the iconic role models that have shaped thousands of lives, from little league to the highest level of competition. They are dedicated and driven, mercurial and emotional, volunteers and mercenaries, teachers and mentors. They are coaches. Yet for all the time, effort and value they put in, these men and women …
Online SportsBook BetOnline tried their hand at producing original content this past week, something that a gambling site doesn’t usually do when dollars are not on the line, when they released “The Final Dance” featuring former Chicago Bulls Horace Grant, Ron Harper, Bill Cartwright, and Craig Hodges. But how to drive some buzz and cut through …
As we look ahead to what the world, especially the business of sports, is going to look like, it is interesting to talk, or Zoom, with so many colleagues and listen to what opportunity lies ahead that did not exist even on March 12. One is a new position that has arisen for job seekers, …
Here is the second in what will continue to be a series of key communicators and their thoughts during this challenging time. We started with Kirk Reynolds, Ray Ridder of the Warriors and Josh Rawitch of the Diamondbacks, and now spread out to other s areas; esports, the NHL, Bundesliga and the NBA. We thank …
I decided to reach out to a wide swath of communications folks over the weekend and asked them questions on best practices, lessons learned and challenges. Will post them as they come this week…starting off with three wise men… Kirk Reynolds, Ray Ridder of the Warriors and Josh Rawitch of the Diamondbacks. Interested form having …
The week started with such profound and beautiful tributes to Anthony Causi, a talented and magnanimous person, let alone photographer, who I knew casually but not as well as many others in our New York sports community, whose life was captured by Mike Vaccaro in one of so many tributes this week. On Friday we …
We are all resigned to when we do come out of the current situation, the business of sports will not be what it was before March 12 for some time. We have seen the images that foreshadow what we will see in North America being played on the diamonds of South Korea and Taiwan, and …
It’s the weekend and its raining. Where the normally would have been March Madness, Little League, lacrosse, MLS, MLB even this year the first season of XFL, there are replays, simulations and esports. So as the pause continues with COVID-19, where can we find a repository of all that is being shown, best practices learned …