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There is so much continued talk about streaming and the value of personalized channels can bring to hand casual and diehards a point of view as to how they want to engage in the live coverage of their favorite sporting events. We keep seeing the expansion of Twitch (now with as many as 20 channels being …
In the past month we have seen the unprecedented heat of the Tokyo Olympics, NFL games and practices moved because of wildfire smoke, college and high school events, as well as another NFL game, moved because of the devastating effects of flooding and a host of other disruptions big and small from coast to coast …
I have heard several times in the past year about the “Newspaper strike theory.” The theory goes that if a consumer doesn’t have something for 28 days, he or she will form new habits and will rarely change back. It is the reason, the theory surmises, as to why newspaper strikes rarely if ever lasted …
There was a time…wayyy back before bottled water was a thing, when some entrepreneurial young people read that New York City tap water was voted the best in the world and they decided to do something about it. Tap water is free…so why not find a way to bottle it and sell it. Their slogan …
We have always heard about how much sports and the passions around the games we love to watch and play can drive people to aspire higher. However the rigors of the day to day side of sports rarely allows for interaction amongst leagues and teams. It happens in cities from time to time, the players …
There is a scene in the TV show “The Odd Couple” where Felix and Oscar are trying to fly to Houston together to help eliminate Felix’s fear of flying. It was optimal as Oscar was going to cover a Houston vs. San Diego NFL game and they could travel together. The problem was the plane …
Incredible (and incredibly frustrating) as it is, some sports are now entering their second season during the COVID-19 pandemic. They’re able to carry on by being innovative, marrying self-discipline and respect for the health protocols among athlete participants and staff, and creating new league structures. The NHL, which again returned to competition on January 13, …
It is 2020 and we all know how traditions have been reinvented or thrown out the window, only to be restarted in the future, and that’s OK. As we have heard from health officials so many times, the Virus does not have our timeline. However, I did realize this morning, here in the gap between …
As we head toward the re-start of the restarts of the NBA and the NHL, deeper into the chasm of college basketball and look ahead to MLB and MLS and so many other sports keep on keeping on in the first half of 2021, the question of dollar flow, especially with few or limited fans …
We have seen so much activity from teams and leagues and athletes regarding getting out the vote for the coming election, and the messages continue to grow as we head toward November. On October 1, the Brooklyn Nets even took to the streets, literally, with a double decker bus encouraging people to both register for …