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It was great to have our second intern Luke Silpe, venture to The National a few weeks ago and report on his findings… Overall Impressions from The National Walking into the National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago, I knew it was going to be big. I expected the rows and rows of cards, the packed …
The media landscape continues to shift, as we have seen with the NFL’s investments in media partners like ESPN and CBS this week, as well as properties going to platforms many might not have thought of just a few years ago. Why? The only event one needs to watch live…is sports. WWE’s mammoth deal with …
There is nothing like Spring Training in baseball. Fans flock to two central locales, Florida and Arizona, to escape the winter blues, look ahead to warmer weather and watch baseball games that don’t count in the standings. If you time things right, you can see a dozen teams in just a few days, all part …
“It is our (FIFA) top priority to make American men’s professional soccer one of the top leagues in the world & make sure the best American players can stay here and play.” Gianni Infantino As we reach the end of the FIFA Club World Cup and pivot towards next summers multi-country FIFA World Cup, that …
The power of influence that athletes, perhaps more than anyone else because they have an almost daily audience, has, can be so vastly valuable. While we think of brands, TikTok videos and athletic exploits in short bursts as maybe the quickest examples of the power of influence, there are others than can perhaps be more …
“This is the business we have chosen.” I was thinking about that line from The Godfather from Hyman Roth (The legendary actor Lee Strasburg) LIV Golf reaches its third year anniversary and while their issues with the PGA TOUR have not fully been resoved, some of the original issues about foreign investment in sport seems …
We always strive to be curious learners, and what space outside of AI is more ripe for learning than all things conencted to Blockchain, especially as it realtes to sport. This past week we stopped in to listen and learn at The Sporting Crypto event hosted by Pet Berisha and his team (learn all about …
My friend and colleague Will Leitch does an amazing free newsletter every week (sign up for it here). However even more than the ramblings of a dad and citizen of the world, he makes an offer…send me a letter or a note, in the mail, handwritten, stamp and everything. He has been doing it on and …
As our friends at the PBR reach a championship weekend, a good reminder to look at how things have evolved this winter and spring. “This is the greatest weekend in Western sports.” So declared Stephen Jones, Chief Operating Officer of the Dallas Cowboys, at the opening press conference to PBR’s championship weekend (May 17-18) to …
Ever since a court awarded the original USFL $1 in damages in their Donald Trump-led challenges to the NFL, which brought the upstart league to its ultimate demise as it tried to move seasons, the specter of spring football has existed. There is an insatiable need for football, the player pool is crazy deep, the …
