This week we reach World Cup knockout round starts, NWSL Challenge Cup, WNBA Commissioners Cup, PGA Connecticut, LPGA Minnesota, NASCAR Sonoma, ATP Mallorca and Eastbourne, WTA Eastbourne, Austrian Grand Prix, Ironman European Championships edition of the newsletter…
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Last week’s Poll… With US Open Golf This Weekend, What’s Your Favorite Golf Film? Caddyshack- 43%, Tin Cup- 21%, Legend of Bagger Vance 19%, Happy Gilmore -13%
“Facts are stubborn things.” John Adams
We talked about the loss of a colleague and the value of growing The Second Act” , how baseball has benefitted from World Cup, and got a reminder of the value of New York success.
Where is journalism going… via Poynter
The World Cup host with the most… via Coffey Grinds
The fans of the NBA finals… via NYT
How Karim Lopez got to where he is… via si.com
Soccer takes over Texas… via D Magazine
John Urschel goes from the sidelines to the lab… via Scientific American
The business of ARod… via Yahoo Finance
The Life of Supermotocross… via NBC Sports
The NFL’s family ties go deep…via Athlon Sports
The guys watching every match…and getting paid for it… via Goal
The NY Championship speech at City Hall…via NBC
How the Astrodome changed sports forever… via CBS News
The comish talks flag… via Women’s Sports Now
Global World Cup viewing parties in images… via The Guardian
The “Soccer Grannies” of South Africa
Beka Ntsanwisi is working to empower older women in South Africa, where the average life expectancy is in the early to mid-60s. She started a soccer league with a mission to introduce women over 50 to the sport. Ntsanwisi shares her Brief But Spectacular take on empowering "soccer grannies."
Full story here
Next growth sport for women… PBR? via si.com
Barrett Media, N.Y. -- June 30-July 2
SEI Con III, Las Vegas -- July 7-9
FSGA Summer Conference, Philadelphia, PA. -- July 8-9
Basketball Career Conference, Las Vegas July 11-12
CNBC Gameplan- July 16, NY
SportsPro Investment, London July 21
Sportico RISE… Sept. 10
World Football Summit, Madrid— Sept 15-16
ISC Brand and Sponsor Summit, London -- Sept. 25
ISC Women’s Sport Business Summit London -- Sept. 29
Athens Women’s Football Summit- Greece, Oct. 1-2
Sports Biz- Europe- Barcelona- Oct. 6
International Federations Summit Lausanne, Switzerland -- Oct. 5-7
Leaders Week, London- Oct. 7-8
Business of Sport Summit, Sydney, Australia -- Oct. 15
ESSMA Summit, Nice, France -- Nov. 9-10
Smart Cities and Sport- Lausanne— Nov 16-18
Western Sports, Alberta- Nov. 24-25
SportsPro, Madrid- Dec. 3 and 4
Fanatics is seeking a strategic, influential, and highly experienced communications leader to join its Global Communications Team as Director, Internal Communications. This role will be responsible for developing and leading the company’s internal communications strategy, driving employee engagement, executive communications, organizational change initiatives, and culture-building programs across a global workforce. The Director will serve as a trusted advisor to senior executives and business leaders, helping shape and communicate enterprise priorities, business transformation efforts, and company culture. This individual will partner closely with leaders across Human Resources, Technology, Facilities, Corporate Communications, and other key functions to ensure employees are informed, engaged, and aligned with Fanatics’ vision, strategy, and values.
Duties: Develop and lead Fanatics’ global internal communications strategy, ensuring alignment with company objectives, business priorities, and organizational culture. Serve as a strategic communications advisor to executive leadership, providing counsel on employee engagement, change management, organizational announcements, and business transformation initiatives. Lead communications planning and execution for major enterprise initiatives, including HR, technology, workplace, and operational transformations. Partner with Corporate Communications leadership to develop and execute executive visibility and thought leadership strategies, including media opportunities, speaking engagements, industry recognition programs, and strategic content development. Drive employee engagement through innovative communications channels, campaigns, events, and content strategies that foster connection, transparency, and alignment across the organization. Oversee internal communications channels and editorial strategy, including the company intranet, leadership communications, digital signage, and employee events.
Skills: Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Marketing, Liberal Arts, or a related field required; advanced degree preferred. Minimum 10+ years of progressive experience in internal communications, corporate communications, public relations, or related fields, including experience advising senior executives. Demonstrated success developing and leading enterprise-wide communications strategies within complex, matrixed organizations. Strong executive presence with the ability to influence and advise senior leaders on sensitive, high-visibility communications matters. Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills, with the ability to adapt messaging for diverse audiences, channels, and business objectives. Details here.
Optimum Sports seeks a Supervisor, Sports Strategy. The position will support the development of sports marketing recommendations that are strategically aligned to client objectives, audience needs, and brand priorities. This role sits at the front end of the planning process, helping assess where sports can play a meaningful role within broader marketing strategies and ensuring opportunities are evaluated through both a strategic and business lens. This position is best suited for a candidate with a strong foundation in planning, partnerships, media, talent, or integrated marketing who is looking to deepen their experience in sports strategy. The role is less focused on day-to-day activation management and more focused on strategic alignment, opportunity evaluation, recommendation development, and cross-functional planning support. The ideal candidate is intellectually curious, highly organized, and comfortable working across multiple stakeholders to turn business needs and marketplace complexity into clear, actionable recommendations.
Duties: Support the development of sports marketing strategies rooted in client business objectives, brand positioning, target audience behaviors, and marketplace opportunity. · Help determine the role sports can play within broader communications, media, and marketing plans. Translate client and internal briefs into clear strategic direction, including key planning considerations, evaluation criteria, and recommendation pathways. Contribute to the creation of strategic frameworks, POVs, opportunity assessments, and presentation materials used to guide internal and client decision-making. Help ensure sports recommendations are aligned to brand fit, audience relevance, and expected business impact before activation planning begins. Partner with internal strategy, marketing, partnership, account, and activation teams to ensure sports thinking is integrated early and effectively within the planning process. Help bring clarity and structure to planning conversations by identifying key considerations, surfacing relevant opportunities, and supporting recommendation development. Requirements: 3–5 years of relevant experience in sports marketing, media strategy, partnerships, sponsorship, integrated planning, or a related field. Strong interest in sports and a clear understanding of the role sports can play in broader brand and marketing strategy. Demonstrated ability to think strategically and connect opportunities back to business objectives. Apply here.
Enjoy the bouncing balls! Joe Fav.
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