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The Northeast may be covered in snow and the end of February looks a bit bleak, so here’s to a few positive best practices from the past week. The Pope Speaks: Mark Pope has not had the easiest of runs leading the University of Kentucky men’s basketball program. Having known Mark from his playing days …
Some fun notes for the week… Marquette Brings The Ashes: It hasn’t been the best of years for Marquette basketball, but the Jesuit school found a unique way to make sure the religious mojo was brought to their Wednesday…Ash Wednesday…game at FiServ Forum against St. John’s. Rev. John D. Laurance, S.J., Marquette men’s basketball team …
I have taken the time to watch Hard Knocks with the Buffalo Bills as well as the Netflix series on the SEC, and am always amazed ato try to learn from the nuances of preparation, especially with elements of the game like punts and the returners and their meticulous attention to catching a ball while …
This week, as the NWSL broke another mark for expansion franchise prices in the league with the announcement of NWSL Denver, the bids for the next WNBA franchise were submitted, with the adjacent story lines tied to them. And while the realists and the cynical will push away the pageantry and the buzz and look …
If you like basketball, careers and storytelling, here are three recent podcasts of our to enjoy. As always you can catch all of our pods here. Hoops history: We caught up with Andrew Maraniss, best-selling author and Special Projects Coordinator at Vanderbilt University to talk about Vandy’s recent football success, how he chooses and …
Hard to think if the sponsorship world ever sets on the Manning family. Case in point, this week Bush’s Beans announced Peyton Manning as the newest bean ambassador for the brand. He joins the ranks of Duke Bush, Bush’s one and only spokesdog, and Jay Bush, Duke’s pal and the great-grandson of Bush’s founder, as …
How to cut through the clutter…if you are seen as a mainstream staple with not a great deal of buzz? Look for some blue ocean to swim in…even if it can be well, a bit murky. Case in point…Bush’s Beans, which announced this week it will seek one Chili-Loving fan to be the first- ever …
The worries we have about our children may ebb and flow, but they never really disappear, always below the surface. It’s part of parenting. When we hear of unspeakable tragedy we often wonder what good can come out of senselessness, how can someone find light in a rainstorm. We have a friend who found such …
One of the topics that we started the year looking at so closely was the rise and impact women’s sports would be having. While that was somewhat slowed by the Pandemic, the impact continues to grow again, and now, going into a year hopefully with the Olympics and other tentpole storytelling opportunities, we will see …
Sometimes good listening can make rainbows out of rain. Case in point last week, as kids headed back to school. A student at Altamonte Elementary School in Florida wanted to represent his school of choice, the University of Tennessee, “College Colors Day,” when kids wore the colors of their favorite college or university. Simple idea. …
