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How to stage modern sports experience in nontraditional setting05 / 20 / 13T oday’s venues for sporting events are pushing the boundaries of traditional risk management for event organizers. From college basketball on aircraft carriers to regular-season football games abroad, event risk paradigms often depend on th... Tags: Opinion |
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Gatti deserves spotlight
As another of the women Rosa Gatti took under her wing, I really appreciated your story on her [ “Champions: Rosa Gatti ,” Feb. 25-March 3 issue]. She does not like to be in the spotlight, but boy does she deserve it. The changes she ha ...
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Sports properties perform
You’re correct on all counts in [the Feb. 25-March 3] column “Three reasons why ceiling for rights fees is nowhere in sight.” The reality is that there are very few entertainment properties that stand the test of time. Even the ...
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Sports not immune to life’s obstacles
O n Sunday, Nov. 24, 1963, the NFL decided to play a full slate of games only two days after President John F. Kennedy was gunned down in Dallas. As the shocked country was dealing with questions it couldn’t answer, NFL Commissioner Pete Roz ...
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Reaching ‘Generation HD’
S ince 1970, when we first learned of the term “baby boomer” to define a generational cohort and identify the broad cultural similarities within a demographic group, we have hung labels on subsequent subsets of the population and attem ...
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Diversity hiring in sports media lags
Editor's note: This story is revised from the print edition. O f all the racial and gender report cards produced by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida, the most discouraging was the first As ...
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From the Executive Editor
I did a quick trip for the NBA All-Star Weekend, mostly centered around the Tech Summit on Friday morning. Here are a few takeaways from my time in Houston: ■ One clear observation was the continual transition of leadership from Commis ...
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From the Field of Insurance Law
B ecause an endorsement from the right athlete can raise a company’s profile and result in increased sales, companies will routinely spend millions of dollars to partner with a well-known athlete or feature him or her in an advertising campa ...
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Assessing lockout's impact
N early two months ago, things looked bleak for the NHL. A second canceled season seemed inevitable, and the deliberate daily drip of damaging discussions degrading the game was disturbing. The players association talked about disbanding, and the ...
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