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We always love the storytelling around the PBR, so now that the second half of their season is underway, what is the best storyline? It can be summed up with one name: Jose Vitor Leme. With ten Unleash The Beast events remaining in the regular season, statistically, Leme is on the backstretch of the most …
Monica Jackson, host of Mornings with Monica in Las Vegas, was in the middle of a live interview about the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo when the veteran TV personality became emotionally choked up. “Growing up, I never heard about Black cowboys and cowgirls,” she said. “Now I’m the mother of a 15-year-old black child. It’s …
Maybe we have had enough of fake news, becuase April Fools Day, at least on the sports side, was certainly toned down compared to recent years. Even the PBR, who usually deliver some fun content, chose to sit this year out. Now we did have some fun posts, Tom Brady buying the Expos, Bill Russell …
A few weeks ago, we turned in the minivan for a hybrid CRV. All has gone well with the new ride, but it reminded my how much “hybrid” is going to keep playing into our person and professional worlds as we transition into a place where face to face and “virtual” will have to find …
One of the top priorities for any sports property is finding ways to lure the fans of tomorrow. Fishermen go where the fish are. And for sports marketers fishing for kids? Well, that audience is glued to their phones…peering at screens increasingly showing content from TikTok and Snapchat. Last week, UFC announced a multiyear partnership …
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, …
Sports bars – even backed by leagues and networks – aren’t always a license to pour beer, serve wings, and print money. Just ask ESPN and NASCAR, following failed efforts. For those operating a sports bar during coronavirus, good luck. While single-snapshot national data is hard to come by, it is estimated up to one …
With the rest of the sports world on pause, sidelined by a dangerous global pandemic, one sport has returned to competition, and with the steps they took may have provided a pretty thorough best practice of what we may see on courses, courts and fields in the coming weeks. PBR (Professional Bull Riders) was back …
With the Pro Bull Riders invading New York this local football-less weekend, here is a good one to start the year… Sometimes, breakthrough PR opportunities come from a seat-of-the-pants reaction to breaking events. When “Charging Bull,” the iconic Wall Street bull known all over the world was attacked and damaged last September by a disturbed …
A nine year-old girl who had been born with a cleft lip and palate is bullied so badly, the stress causes her hair to fall out. She is invited into the locker room of a major professional sport where she gives the athletes a rousing pep talk (one of them, bald, after shaving his head …