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Each year around this time the calls and emails start -- magazines, associations, think tanks. "What are the most innovative companies in the world?" ...
It dawned on me this morning that my Sundays are WIDE open now that the NFL is over. I honestly have no idea what to do with myself. Although, I think my cat will freak out if I'm not there on the couch for hours at a time like I was during the season.
It was kind of nice for a little bit and then it got really bad, really fast, and I still don't think I've fully recovered. I'm ready for a fresh start and positive change. But all that is a long way off.
If you had any doubt that sports and social media go hand in hand, this week's Super Bowl XLVI should have convinced you.
My football love affair may have started in a basement in suburban Kansas but it has survived my move to New York City
It's Super Bowl Sunday and all anyone in Indianapolis can seem to talk about is Manning, Manning, Manning. Peyton, that is.
Since the AFL-NFL merger established the modern NFL in 1970, there have been few challenges to the NFL's football preeminence. One of the most memorable of those challenges occurred in the 1980s and lasted for three seasons.
No one takes health and fitness more seriously than today's top football players. So isn't it kind of absurd that as we watch Sunday's game we will all be bombarded by advertisements for some of the unhealthiest junk food imaginable?
My difficulty in understanding Tebow indicates that I am largely ignorant of the religious experience of millions of people -- my fellow Christians.
So why I'll try my best not to roll my eyes when asked again what the Super Bowl means through a woman's eyes, I will say this much. My team's not in it, but I'll still be watching because it's in my DNA to watch it.
If NFL rules continue to reduce the number and ferocity of hits the equity of the football brand will decrease. This will open the door for other sports with bravado, warrior and hero identities to grow.
Let's use this massive television event as a platform to address our own energy needs, consumption rates and alternatives, all while highlighting the measures the NFL has taken to reduce its impact during the year's most-watched game.
After what can be charitably called some lackluster effort at the Pro Bowl Sunday night, I thought I'd outline a few issues surrounding the game, a game many think should not even be played.
The world has finally realized the power of real-time social media and how it can make or break a brand, an event, or a message. Social TV has truly arrived -- and it is entirely controlled by the conversation taking place on Twitter and Facebook -- not by the brand.
Heading into next season -- when Tebow will benefit from having his first full training camp as a starter -- we know this: Broncos fans can neither count on him to be the quarterback of the future, nor can they count him out.
In all their excitement about this Super Bowl XLII rematch, fans and sellers have made the 2012 edition the most expensive Super Bowl in three years.
