Despite 2021’s unfulfilled promises across many fronts, some creative efforts have proved enduring. They captured the cultural moment or felt keyed into what’s coming, with brands jumping on viral TikTok trends based on classic TV spots or rolling the dice on the emerging concept of a metaverse. A sense of Read more…
Depending on the breaks, 2022 could be a very eventful year for new tech products and even whole new tech categories. From gaming to electric vehicles to mixed reality wearables, next year’s releases could even begin a shift in the way we view tech’s role in personal and business life. Read more…
The National Hockey League is anticipating revenue to top $5 billion this season, eclipsing the league’s pre-pandemic levels. The NHL was on pace for roughly $5 billion in revenue during 2019-20 before the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the back half of the season. The league anticipates 2021-22 revenue to top $5 Read more…
TThe NCAA is investigating two “high-profile” NIL deals involving football players at BYU and Miami “for potential violations of the association’s interim rules regarding new marketing rights for college athletes,” according to Sportico’s Daniel Libit and Eben Novy-Williams. Click here to read the story at bleacherreport.com. Discussion Questions: What are Read more…
* SPOILER ALERT * THIS NEWS STORY MIGHT CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR HBO’S SEX & THE CITY REBOOT! HBO Max’s Sex and the City reboot And Just Like That… premiered Thursday with a shocking twist at the end of the first episode (dare I say a Big shocking twist?). And it Read more…
When I recently sat down with Dallas Stars’ head honcho Brad Alberts, his long-running hockey franchise had just shared some big news. The previous day, the National Hockey League announced that the Stars would play in the 2021 Kraft Hockeyville game—an annual competition that takes place in a city that Read more…
U.S. inflation reached a 31-year high in October. The Labor Department reported the consumer price index rose 6.2% year-over-year, the fifth straight month the inflation rate had cleared the 5% benchmark. Click here to read the story at yahoo.com. Discussion Questions: What is inflation? What factors influence inflation? How does inflation impact sports teams? Read more…
KFC (YUM) is bringing back its famous 11 Herbs & Spices Firelog for the fourth consecutive year. The viral holiday staple typically sells out in just hours. And the 2021 edition features new special packaging and an “enhanced extra crispy scent to fill your home with the aroma of KFC’s Read more…
For many people in the Dew Nation, the great outdoors offers that sense of adventure. The new MTN DEW Outpost not only celebrates the majesty of Doe Mountain but it looks to forward a positive conversation on the inspiration that nature provides. Click here to read the story at foodsided.com. Read more…
Duane Schlosser discovered Spokane, Washington, by accident. And he’s glad he did. Schlosser, a retired delivery driver from Loretto, Minnesota, booked a Columbia River cruise for this fall. When it fell through because of the surging COVID-19 delta variant cases, he didn’t know what to do with his nonrefundable airline Read more…