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The following was compiled by Syracuse student Sam Birdsall, and is part of our Columbia University Sports Podcast (CUSP Show) series. You can hear over 100 episodes here as well. It’s amazing the things you learn when you ask some questions. While many in the sports business and academic fields know Scott Rosner, how many …
What makes a good promo these days, and how do things get done? We asked Steven Zuller, CEO of Franklin Group, a marketing solutions company he founded in 1988. Based in Brooklyn, NY. Franklin Group has been designing, printing and distributing innovative marketing materials and promotional products for a wide range of sports organizations and …
Monday morning I had dropped my son off at Newark Penn Station as he headed back for classes at Drexel University, and while scanning the dial I caught the rebroadcast of Frank Isola’s interview on Sirius NBA Radio with Brooklyn Nets head coach Kenny Atkinson. By all accounts there is probably no one better liked …
We enter NBA Draft Week, five days of buzz, rumor, conjecture and life changing hope, and hype for teams, fans, brands and the league itself. While the NHL and MLS push the envelope, the scale, scope and size of what the NBA does in the social space across the board, and what is encouraged for …
The risk/reward for independent minor league baseball can be very high. Absorb all the costs, but keep all the profits with a product that can be fun, innovative and even a little but more edgy than affiliated minor league teams in North America. Grab a player or two with some name value, find some coaches …
There are few more memorable moments in sports and entertainment than when a record is set. No matter how big or small, shattering a milestone is the perfect measurement tool for success, and there remains no yardstick bigger for records than to make or break The Guinness Book of World Records. The validation is well, …
If you are a son or daughter of Philadelphia, a fan of theater, or a follower of basketball, college sports or anything to do with statistics your heart should be a little heavier tonight, as we lost our “Superstat” on Tuesday night. Harvey Pollack, the last fulltime employee of the NBA, creator of all things …
As the NBA season gets going, here are three of the many best practices teams have put forth this past week, with many more to come. Sixers, Media, Mix It up: The relationship between teams and media members is probably as cautious and contentious in some cases as it has ever been, but some teams …
This almost sorta happened once before, in 1993. The Philadelphia 76ers and their owner Harold Katz were embroiled in a dispute with their arena partners, the Philadelphia Flyers and their owner Ed Snider. The battle was over the new home of the teams, as the CoreStates Spectrum was quickly running out of its once very …
One of the most important aspects of gaining support in good times in bad for any effective brand, let alone a sports or entertainment property, is to make sure you are ingrained as a part of the community, not just as an elite attraction. Whether you are a Valley National Bank or Target the Los …
