Sports Rush: Wesleyan Honors More Than Athletes
When Texas Wesleyan University president Frederick Slabach spoke during the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame banquet Friday night, he noted that athletes “learn lessons...
Sports Rush: A New Arena Era Begins
Will Rogers Coliseum opened in 1936. Tarrant County authorities opened a convention center that included an arena on the south side of downtown Fort...
Sports Rush: Gymnastics At Home In Cowtown
The city of Fort Worth has become an attractive destination for artistic gymnastics events. The municipality just hosted the National Collegiate Women's Gymnastics Championship,...
Sports Rush: Bridging The Hockey Gap
Did your dad used to flood the yard every winter so you could work on your skating and puck handling? Did you and your...
Sports Rush: Will History Dunk on “China?”
I keep reading the NBA has a problem with “China.” “China” has raised a ruckus over a general manager’s tweet. The NBA has knuckled...
Sports Rush: Emily Jones On The Ballpark’s Finale
You might look at Emily Jones’s job a television reporter who covers world-class athletes and figure it’s pretty glamorous. Actually, there’s some...
Sports Rush: Will The Wings Be Flying Fast In 2020?
By way of disclosure, I should mention that the Dallas Wings hired my company to produce some halftime features for their television broadcasts on...
Sports Rush: Growing the NBA – Past, Present, and Future
Sports companies, like other businesses, evolve. They find new product lines and revenue streams. While the National Basketball Association’s core business of showcasing the...
Sports Rush: Sevy and the Stars
Preparation matters greatly to a sports broadcaster, the same way it does to a coach. What does Dallas Stars broadcaster Brent Severyn do to...
Sports Rush: Pizza, Beer, and . . . Pudge
Some pairings don’t work out as well as one would have hoped: Jose Mourinho and Manchester United; Romeo and Juliet; politics and ethics.
Others endure...
