As Major League Baseball’s 2019 Winter Meetings reach its conclusion today, one thing has become clear, baseball is booming. The Winter Meetings saw massive contracts being handed out (in excess of $300 million for just one player), swirling rumors, sweeping changes to the game, and even alterations to the way in which the league responds […]
The Washington Nationals are contenders to win the 2012 World Series. Take a second to think long and hard about that statement. Since the Montreal Expos became the Washington Nationals in 2005, the team has never finished better than 3rd place in the National League East (in 2011). From 2005-2010, only one time did the […]
This week’s wrap-up is coming to you from Austin, Texas, where I am speaking on two panels at the Texas Review of Entertainment and Sports Law’s 4th Annual Symposium – The Dark Side of Sports and Entertainment Law. It is my first trip to Austin, a town that many friends have highly recommended in the past. Two new […]
What: Ninth Annual Sports*Events*Marketing Experience (SEME) Conference Where: Nationals Park in Washington D.C. When: March 30-31, 2012 The following schedule and panelists are subject to change up until the day of the event. FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2012 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM: PNC Diamond Club – Registration and Breakfast 8:50 AM – 9:00 AM: PNC Diamond Club – Welcome and […]
While a little over a handful of arbitration eligible baseball players remain unsigned, most players who were eligible for arbitration have either gone to hearing or settled with their respective teams on single or multi-year deals. The unsigned player who is garnering the most attention is David Ortiz, who has requested $16.5 million, while the […]
What: The 8th Annual Sports Events Marketing Experience (SEME 2011) hosted by the Georgetown University SIM Program When: March 25-26, 2011 Where: Washington Nationals Park, Washington D.C. Friday, March 25 – Day One 9:00am -9:50 Keynote Presentation 10:00-10:45 Industry Trends and Outlook for 2011 in Sports 11:00-11:45 Sports 2.0: How Sports is recovering from the […]
What: 2011 Sports Industry Networking and Career (SINC) Conference When: March 4-5, 2011 Where: The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. (map) Agenda Friday, March 4, 2011 9:00am – 9:30am Keynote: Gary Stevenson 9:30am – 10:20am: ProServ Founders Ray Benton, CEO, Junior Tennis Champions Center Frank Craighill, Chairman and CEO, Atlis Marketing LLC Donald Dell, Group President, […]
Next Wednesday (February 9) is my birthday, when I will officially turn 26-years-young. I will be on a flight during the day, and arrive in New Orleans on time to attend a reception for the Tulane Baseball Arbitration Competition. Thereafter, I will certainly celebrate at the bars. If you are in New Orleans, come find […]
I made my 4th appearance as a Panelist on Rick Horrow’s Beyond the Game this past Saturday, which airs on CBS 12 in Palm Beach, Florida (video is embedded at the bottom of this post). So who wants to represent me in my broadcast journalism career? I’m heading into the Championship Game of Fantasy Football; […]
A lot of money was spent in Washington on Sunday, just not in the typical way. Admittedly, I haven’t done a great job on posting here in recent months. But sometimes a story will come along that screams out to me, and I feel obligated to write about it. The signing of Jayson Werth to […]