A couple years ago Gabriel Morency was talking about the Dallas Cowboys. “I take my hat off to Tony Romo,” Morency said. Then he continued, saying something about the Patriots and the Chargers, but the “hat” line was what intrigued me.
June 24th, 2008 | Josh Fagan | 1 comment | ContinuedSports Business
Scott Ferrall - One of The Best
I have to say, after listening to Scott Ferrall on Sirius Satellite Radio for the past few months I didn’t realize how much I enjoyed his show (M-F 8PM on 101) until this evening when some hack was filling in for him.
May 26th, 2008 | Michael | 0 comments | Continued
Fu@k Em Till Next Year
This has been covered pretty well in the blogsphere and in traditional media but I just stumbled on the story so pardon me if I am late to the party in commenting.
May 25th, 2008 | Michael | 0 comments | Continued
What’s Word of Mouth Worth In China?
Some very interesting numbers on the impact of blogging and bulletin boards on sports marketing within China. A really important document for Sports Marketers…
May 22nd, 2008 | Michael | 4 comments | Continued
Athletes Just Don’t Die
I’m busy dodging the treacly stories on Jon Lester’s triumphant return to health/MLB/no-hit status. Not because I’m a bitter cynic (which I am) but because this story’s Hollywood ending was never in doubt…
May 21st, 2008 | Josh Fagan | 2 comments | Continued
ESPN Remote Control?
The marketers at ESPN are after you again to take a household product and let them brand the crap out of it. Ladies and gentlemen, I introduce to you the ESPN remote control…Ok maybe I want one…
May 21st, 2008 | Michael | 0 comments | Continued
Take Mike Toth…Please
And then there’s Mike Toth. Toth is now the permanent substitute for McCown when the latter’s enjoying any of his twelve weeks of vacation. I don’t know how it happened…
May 16th, 2008 | Josh Fagan | 0 comments | Continued
Broadcaster Spotlight: Rance Mulliniks; or Speaking the (Burger) King’s English
A few years ago Toronto fans met a new announcer. They hated him. He spoke like he was preaching from the mizzenmast, his voice booming from his bulbous head like waves of sounds echoing down Sinai rock…
May 15th, 2008 | Josh Fagan | 0 comments | Continued
Is There Really A Bonds Conspiracy?
Although the MLBPA has launched an investigation and could even take up a labor complaint on Bonds’ behalf, I doubt whether he would even support such a fight…
May 14th, 2008 | Michael | 0 comments | Continued
How Would You Score On The Wonderlic?
Since I assume that the majority of the readers of this blog would not be able to compete in the 40 yard dash, the leaping competition or the bench press, let’s see how you would score on the Wonderlic test.
May 12th, 2008 | Michael | 0 comments | Continued
Nike Does It Again
Nike never ceases to amaze me with the boundaries they break when it comes to advertising. The My Better is Better Than Your Better Sparq Campaign is absolutely brilliant and now they have done it again.
May 9th, 2008 | Michael | 0 comments | Continued
Calderon Says He Needs To Be #1
Jose Calderon has come out with some pretty strong statements on his blog about both his own basketball game and his feelings on the offer he should be getting from the Raptors.
May 9th, 2008 | Michael | 2 comments | Continued
MLB.TV - A Consumer Bust
After spending 5 months in Hong Kong where the baseball coverage was pretty much nil to say the least, I was eager to try the MLB.TV package while I was there.
May 7th, 2008 | Michael | 3 comments | Continued
T-Shirt Is Funny - Get Over It
Apparently people have gotten to the point where we can fully not take a joke any more. Papa John’s Pizza issued an apology to Cleveland and the Cavaliers for making T-shirts…
May 5th, 2008 | Michael | 0 comments | Continued
Dicks Arrested By Idiots
In the US, online gaming is a $12bn a year business that is expanding despite the government’s opinion that it violates a law against placing interstate bets using telephone lines. I wrote a earlier post
September 7th, 2006 | Michael | 0 comments | Continued
Fantasy Football 2.0
Business Week has an interesting column on just how much value the world of fantasy sports brings to portals like Yahoo and sports sites like ESPN.
September 3rd, 2006 | Michael | 0 comments | Continued
Baseball’s Most Embarassing Moments
I really liked this article from Yahoo Sports on the most embarassing moments in Major League Baseball history. Though I can’t argue with much of what is on the list, 2 other things would have made my top 10.
First, how can you not be embarrased about having an All-Star game that ended in a [...]
Creating The MLB Schedule
There is an interesting little article on MLB.com which you can link to here about how they create the schedule. It always seems that as we approach the stretch drive in baseball, there are some fantastic match-ups. The Yanks and Sox match up, Anaheim and the White Sox and well the NL is just so [...]
August 28th, 2006 | Michael | 0 comments | Continued
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