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SPORTS PUBLICITY, MARKETING & BRAND BUILDING IN A NEW AGE: WITH JOE FAVORITO
Summer keeps rolling along and our James Gumina keeps delivering his thoughts as a climber in the business… As a young person in an age of limitless information, there are always a lot of things on my mind, mostly sports-related, and often focused on what’s happening off the field. From marketing campaigns to broadcasts to …
I am now and have been since my dad opened my ears to the like of commentary by Red Barber and Scott Simon, a fan of NPR, as well as supporter of several stations. It is my always listen, from “Marketplace” to “All Things Considered,” to “Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me” to “Fresh Air” and …
“No one is dumb who is curious. The people who don’t ask questions remain clueless throughout their lives.” Neil deGrasse Tyson It’s that time of year where the requests for help with jobs, internships, college choices come from parents and recent grads in droves. With uncertainty in the job market still a concern for many, …
A few weeks ago Sports Business Journal did a story where reporter David Broughton made a trip to Indianapolis for a weekend filled with hoops, NBA and WNBA, racing and lots of other things along the way. The type of trips I love. Why sit in a hotel room or hang at the same old …
I have always loved CBS Sunday Mornings. Rare is the week that goes by when I don’t learn something about someone and something. I also really enjoy the features that run tied to sports, from the youth level to the professional and everything in between. Even if I feel I know the story, I always …
We say at the beginning of our podcast that the show is about disruption, innovation and big thinking, and three recent episodes, two of which are under a half hour and a third which we could have gone on for hours with, touch on all three. We go from what the Mets are doing to …
This past week in our class at Fordham we looked at the crisis issues in our business today, and how people extract, shorten the news cycle, and figure out how to best address and deal with the challenges we face. I’ve dealt with everything from two suicides, to athletes endangering their wives, wives endangering their …
Several years ago, I asked an official at the Premier League what it would take to play games, or even expand and add franchises in the United States. “A first mover with a huge amount of money and motivation,” he said at the time. There were other challenges over 15 years ago, ones which are …
Let’s get this out of the way…St. Patrick had the better PR person. St. Joseph, he preferred to stay in the background. However if the devil (pun intended) is in the details, I will take pastry over salted red meat every day. And today if I were to make a wager, I would take scrappy, …
There they were at the end of both sides of the court waiting to take their rightful spot on national TV as VCU claimed the Atlantic 10 Tournament title over George Mason on Sunday afternoon. The ladder guys. So, as March Madness arrives and Championship Week is done, kudos again to one of the most …
