One of the things I love most about sports is how athletes, teams and leagues can use the power of their fan affinity for a good cause. This weekend, the NFL did a tremendous job with their “A Crucial Catch” campaign. If you watched even two minutes of football this weekend, you saw pink everywhere [...]

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Time for this week’s edition of Sports Careers Saturday! Career Tip: The handshake can say a lot! We have all heard that when shaking someone’s hand, you shouldn’t squeeze too hard, present a wet noodle or shake too long. But did you know that there are guidelines telling us how many pumps, length of time and [...]

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Today’s post is courtesy of guest blogger Tyler Tumminia, Vice President of Marketing and Operations for The Goldklang Group. I was only able to get away for one day to attend the 7th annual Sports Business Journal Relay Worldwide Sports Sponsorship Symposium. It was worth just being there for the day to witness Mike Principe [...]

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An interesting story has developed over the past two days. It seems that at yesterday’s Sports Sponsorship Symposium in New York, Mike Principe, the director for BEST (the agency that represents Michael Vick), announced that Vick had a deal in place with Nike. This was big news, since Nike was fairly vocal in their decision [...]

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