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The following originally appeared in NY Sports Day. With Hockey Week Across America coming it is a good fit. If you were passing by Lasker Rink in the far reaches of Central Park on a recent Friday morning as the rain stopped, you may have looked twice at the goings on on the ice, …
It used to be only in Detroit could you throw an object on the ice during a hockey game and not be escorted from the building, in this case the former Joe Louis Arena. However the Teddy Bear toss for charity has taken the place of octopi in Motown, and we have a new record. …
On Tuesday came the news that Laurene Powell Jobs, billionaire philanthropist, entrepreneur and president of the Emerson Collective, was buying a significant stake in Monumental Sports & Entertainment, the $2.5 billion business that includes the NBA Washington Wizards, NHL Capitals, WNBA Mystics, two AFL teams and Capital One Arena among other pieces. The investment, once …
Not too long ago many Human Resources and team executives snickered when the thought of someone doing a job fulltime managing “social media’ was raised. Give it to an intern or some kid just out of school who seems to know how to use a phone and can text his or her friends, and we …
There are so many great examples of hustle the lead to brand building, exposure and buzz: here are three for the week worth noting. Fatima And The Caps’: The value of just showing up always has its advantages. In December, executives from Monumental Sports had former NHL star Peter Bondra along on the trip for …
It will come as no secret to anyone in and around the sports business world to say that Ted Leonsis and the folks at Monumental Sport and Entertainment think big. In the early days of building digital assets, the Caps and their new owner, just off his days at AOL, were one of the first …
The crowdfunding space is well, crowded. How does it work, what’s the value add for a consumer, how do you find a different niche to make sense? All tough questions to answer. Some efforts are wildly successful, some fall flat even with the best of offerings. Enter into the space FanAngel, which is a crowdfunding-for-performance …
There are few brands in the Northeast that use sports more as a platform for awareness than Amtrak. From New York to Boston to Philly to Washington, fans cannot watch a broadcast or attend a game without some kind of call to action by America’s premier national train service. It is with that in mind …
Just a few years ago people raised some eyebrows as brands like Emirates Airways took their place in U.S. sport, partnering at first with the Breeders Cup and then branching out into golf and tennis. At the same time traditional American brands like GM and Coke took the international dive in soccer, taking marketing spots …
The gold standard by which charities are measured these days remains the pink campaigns of Breast Cancer Awareness month, led by the yeoman work of Susan G. Komen, even with its issues last year. However as we reach mid-November, it is worth a tip of the hat to the growing work for the “Movember” campaign, …
