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One of the things I enjoy doing is sharing some of my past experiences and observations to help others in their ongoing professional pursuits and business endeavors. For the last few months I’ve been doing just that via the Association … Continue reading
Whose taken the deepest fall?
My boyhood hero was Mickey Mantle who we know now had a lot of demons to deal with. But I love him to this day even after knowing about his legendary “alcoholic track meets” and dalliances and even after I saw … Continue reading
O’Malley is my choice to be lead the Dodgers
When the bidding opens for the storied Dodgers franchise, the list of potential buyers could include Los Angeles billionaires and a controversial sports team owner from Dallas, prominent corporate suitors and foreign investors wanting to get a piece of America’s … Continue reading
Good For the Bengals!
With Jason Campbell on the shelf for several weeks with a collarbone injury, the 4-2 Oakland Raiders pried a disgruntled Carson Palmer out of Cincinnati Tuesday, giving the Bengals a 2012 first-round draft pick and a conditional 2013 pick for … Continue reading
Terry Francona NOT a Tim McCarver but definitely refreshing!
Terry Francona, who sat in for Tim McCarver on Fox’s American League Championship Games 1 and 2, was actually a breath of fresh air to this viewer. I particularly liked his comment to Joe Buck how he liked his experience in … Continue reading
Al Davis
There has been much written today about the death of legendary football executive and Managing Partner of the Oakland Raiders, Al Davis. Allow me to chime in. I knew Davis while working in the Denver Bronco Ticket Office in the … Continue reading
Big Night In Tampa-St. Pete tonight
The Tampa Bay Rays are home tonight playing game three of the American League Division Championship series against the Texas Rangers. Also home are the Tampa Bay Buccaneers playing host to the Indianapolis Colts. Both games are “Sold Out” – an … Continue reading
MLB takes over Dodgers – what a mess!
Of all the franchises in Baseball, the Dodgers, with its origins in Brooklyn and their subsequent departure from New York, is arguably the most storied franchise in the history of America’s National Pastime. Sure, the Yankess have won more World … Continue reading
Roger Clemens now in bigger trouble
I once saw Barry Bonds hit an 0-2 pitch that I swear was already past him, out of Denver’s Mile High Stadium for an opposite field homerun. I just couldn’t believe anyone could do that. Now we know why. In … Continue reading
U Conn donor wants his money back. So, who is at fault?
Of all the principles that I preach to the sponsorship world, the one on “relationships,” is by far my favorite and arguably the most important. Two days ago we heard that the University of Connecticut’s largest donor, Robert Burton, is … Continue reading
