Guest post submitted by Jason Monaghan Can baseball really offer that many lessons in leadership skills? Absolutely. Baseball encompasses a long, grueling season, where players and managers work tirelessly to earn a spot in the World Series. If their strategy for a particular game doesn’t work, they change pitcher, catcher or batting lineup, coveting the…
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30 Days of Fear Challenge
“30 Days of Fear is a decision to stop giving excuses. It’s a decision to live life to the fullest. To live, for just one month, for 30 days, just a little on the edge. To embark on this challenge is much more then, “well it sounded fun.” It’s a decision to make the summer…
Top 7 Sports MS & MBA Programs in the U.S.
Sponsored Article by Tara Jackson As Sports Management becomes more complicated and more commercial, the demand for highly educated management is increasing. The sports industry now generates over $400 billion per year in the United States alone. Sports MS & MBA programs include either a Master in Science or a Masters of Business Administration in Sports Management. These…
Sports Mayhem in LA: the City of Playoffs
IT IS MAYHEM! Sports Mayhem has officially hit Los Angeles aka “City of Playoffs“ and while it may be short lived (I don’t see how the Lakers are going to come close to beating the Thunder) the LA Lakers, LA Clippers, and LA Kings are alive and well deep into the playoffs! Even my good…
Best and Worst Ways to Use Sports in the Office
Sports conversations play out every day in workplaces across America. Work in the sports industry, like me? You’re talking about sports. You’re a sports fan? You’re talking about sports. Work with a sports fan? You’re listening to that fan talk about sports. Participating in a fantasy baseball league? You’re thinking and talking sports. Sports headlines,…
Why the MLS Should Start Signing Young Mexican Soccer Players
By now it’s pretty clear; the Latino market does make a difference for several industries in the USA. Every year different studies and reports show the increase, Latinos have the means to consume now. These are not just Latin-American immigrants any more, we’re talking about their children and grand children; third or even fourth generations. …
Top 5 NCAA Teams Heading into March Madness
College basketball will be fast breaking on to your television very soon for the great March Madness. While Bracketology may not be a real class, there are tons of things to study and learn from its teachings. Which teams will get upset in the first two rounds that no one saw coming? Can a higher…
March Madness: Closing the Deal
“It is Awesome with a Capital A baby!”-Dick Vitale March Madness is here. College basketball’s final frontier. It is a final exam for 68 teams, all with one goal in mind. (Yes even the teams that are 16 seeds do play with the mindset that they can beat anyone.) And if you aren’t excited yet…
Fantasy Baseball – A Game of Conflict Resolution
Fantasy baseball is a great virtual pastime, but it has some very real value lessons in terms of leadership. Give it a try, and you may find yourself thinking a little more like a coach. Rather than judging by hits, on-base percentage and strike-outs, you may see project deadlines, schedule advancements and blocked risks. The coach…
Legally Speaking, Texas is King in Sovereign Immunity
In Texas, it is said that football is King. However, based on the Texas Supreme Court’s ruling last week in the regards to former football Coach Mike Leach’s lawsuit against Texas Tech University case, the State of Texas is King, and as Mel Brooks once said “its good to be the King”. Texas Supreme Court…
The Likability Factor: In Sports and the Workplace
“What was the score?” The question cuts right to heart of how we judge successful teams and players. Our results-driven society places high value on the overall outcome, but there’s more to it than that isn’t there? That’s where the likability factor comes in. Forbes magazine recently published its list of the most-disliked athletes in…
Patriots vs Giants – Which Team Is More Mentally Tough?
As we near Super Bowl Sunday and the much-anticipated rematch between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants, the talk is not only about which team will win but which one is more mentally tough. This begs the question: what is mental toughness? Everyone from sports writers to fans throws that term around…