All Posts Tagged With: "Sports Business"

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Toronto Says Goodbye To Swirsky

If you have ever watched a Toronto Raptors game on television or heard one on the radio, you have most certainly heard the unmistakable voice of Chuck Swirsky…

May 8th, 2008 | Michael | 1 comment | Continued
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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
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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