A weekly survey of sports execs and personalities offering their thoughts on a handful of pressing (and trivial) issues in sports and pop culture. This week, a look ahead to the biggest sports business stories of '16 and some innovative brands.
- Upper Deck Dir of Product Development Grant Sandground
– Still owns the (tattered) copy of Fantastic Four Issue #1 that his parents bought him for his Bar Mitzvah.
- Molson Coors Canada Dir of Sponsorship & Strategy Hari Sihvo
– His favorite possession is a '55 Gretsch Duo Jet guitar, and he hopes to out-live Keith Richards.
- Red Bulls GM Marc de Grandpre
– His daughter keeps him up to date on all things pop culture, especially music.
- 16W Marketing Partner & co-Founder Steve Rosner
– Uses a flip phone so he can control how connected he wants to be.
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Most innovative brand in the sports space |
Best sports uniform |
Pizza topping(s) of choice |
Best '90s TV show |
Sports story you'll be watching over the next year |
Sandground |
MLBAM |
Yankees and Raiders |
Genoa salami and Kalamata olives |
"Freaks and Geeks" |
NHL expansion |
Sihvo |
Red Bull |
Canadiens |
Sundried tomato, asiago, parmesan and goat cheese |
"Seinfeld" |
FIFA scandal |
de Grandpre |
STATS |
Canadiens |
Mushrooms and pepperoni |
"Seinfeld" |
MLS expansion |
Rosner |
Nike (still!) |
Yankees |
Mushrooms and onions |
"The Sopranos" |
"Thursday Night Football" TV rights deal |
Do you want to get your thoughts in the Grid? If so, shoot an email to
jperez@sportsbusinessdaily.com.
