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Sometimes we think about the going’s on and remark, “That’s one for the book” (whenever I get to update it). Then there are the past ten days or so where it’s much more like a whole chapter of learnings falls in place. Some of it is part of “aha” moments, some comes from the unexpected, …
The NFL, like most of the major leagues, are no stranger to the glitz, the glamor and the buzz of popular culture. We have power couples from the NBA to MLB to NWSL to the WNBA to the NHL to NASCAR. Musicians want to be athletes, athletes want to be rock stars, and they like …
Don’t blink. Thirty years ago this week I received a call from a gentleman named Gerry Ryan, head of business at the Philadelphia 76ers, and offered me a job that would change my life. I was making a rare jump at the time…from the college sports communications role to a top job at the NBA …
There was a time wayyy back in the 1990’s when the New York Knicks would be yearly contenders for the NBA Eastern Conference Championship and when the team played on the road in places like Indianapolis or Philadelphia or Houston, you would tune in and on the new sideline rotating signage you would see ads for …
Here are three pretty short but pretty interesting listens from a trio who are doing their work tied to storytelling, deep thinking, understanding the marketplace and innovation, but all three come at it from a different angle. All three are also at different stages of their careers, but all have gone through pivots with grit …
We sometimes have our heads down trying to get stuff done big and small that we miss the amazing things going on around us. This past week I received another example of why its good to look left and right, and at the same time realizing how circular our business and the relationships are that …
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 …