Rush Olson
Rush Olson has spent two decades directing creative efforts for sports teams and broadcasters. When not writing his Sports Rush blog for the Weekly, he creates television programs, ad campaigns, content marketing, and related creative projects for sports entities and more through Rush Olson Creative & Sports, Mint Farm Films, and FourNine Productions.
Sports Rush: Hunting More Than Birdies
Torii Hunter hit 353 Major League home runs. His first came in 1999 in old Tiger Stadium. According to Baseball-Reference.com, he hit it a...
Sports Rush: Broadcasting Bubble
Unless you’re a player, coach, official, front office employee, or one of those birds that sneaks into enclosed arenas sometimes, you can’t attend a...
Sports Rush: Test Matches
Professional sport has often contributed to society. Besides the enjoyment it gives us and the healthy lifestyles it often models, its teams, players, leagues,...
Sports Rush: Neutralizing The Opposition
The NFL just cancelled the Hall of Fame Game between the Cowboys and Steelers. If you hadn’t been taking the virus seriously before now,...
Sports Rush: NHL (Should Be) Coming to Fort Worth
The National Hockey League continues inching toward restarting its season. It should consider doing so in Fort Worth.
Not just Cowtown, of course. The entirety...
Sports Rush: Baseball Has More Than A Season On The Line
The future of the Texas Rangers sits empty in Arlington. The team had hopes that Globe Life Field and its retractable roof would create...
Sports Rush: Youth Is Everything For The Wings
“I don’t think it’s fair to say we’re rebuilding because we are very talented now and I think five or ten years down the...
Sports Rush: Getting Into Busted Brackets
I feel like I missed my chance at having a killer NCAA Tournament bracket.
Friday, I worked the Dallas Influencers in Sports and Entertainment luncheon,...
Sports Rush: Is All Sunny For The XFL?
In their second home game Sunday, the Dallas Renegades got a taste of two factors that could prove crucial to their longterm success.
The Houston...
Sports Rush: Making Hockey A Sport For Everyone
In 1993, the Dallas Stars brought their sport to a whole new group of people when they moved to Texas from Minnesota. Much of...
