31 Oct
As most of the sports media (and the national mainstream media for some reason) focused on the recent embarrassing sex scandal involving ESPN baseball analyst Steve Phillips and his subsequent termination from his network; an interesting side story has developed involving Deadspin and the practice of public relations.
A.J. Daulerio, Deadspin’s co-creator and editor, announced last [...]
Posted in Sports PR by: Ted Leshinski
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24 Oct
It is a common theme in this blog that anticipating public relations issues and acting before the crisis occurs is an extremely important strategy and a necessary action for any sports organization.
As I had quoted in a previous post, “The best offense is a good defense” (or is it the other way around?).
There is a [...]
Posted in Sports PR by: Ted Leshinski
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05 Oct
One of the oldest clichés in sports is, “The best offense is a good defense.” And that principle certainly applies to successful strategies in sports public relations.
The NBA and commissioner David Stern showed us an example last week of a strong PR defense with a preemptive strike intended to squash potential PR damage regarding the [...]
Posted in Sports PR by: Ted Leshinski
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