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Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: Emerging Sports Ascendant

Welcome back to the Spotlight! Those of you who stopped by last week may recall my lamentations about writer’s block and musing whether I would be better off giving the reins to ChatGPT or some other artificial intelligence...more

Planning a Super Bowl Marketing Campaign? 5 Quick Tips for Staying in Bounds and Avoiding Disqualification

With the Super Bowl coming up, it is important for brands looking to capitalize on football-themed promotions to remember that the terms “Super Bowl” and “Super Sunday” are registered trademarks guarded by the National...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: Florida Loses as Flo Rida Wins

Welcome to the Spotlight. I must admit, dear reader, that sometimes words escape me and the task of writing weekly can feel burdensome (I know, I know—not as burdensome as reading weekly). There are certainly times when I...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: Damar Hamlin Files for ‘Did We Win?’ Trademark

Welcome back to the Spotlight! We find ourselves at an interesting moment where, on the one hand, tech companies are laying off tens of thousands of workers apiece in the face of economic headwinds, Elon Musk claims from...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: What’s In Store for 2023

Welcome back to the Spotlight and welcome to the year 2023. As if we needed yet another reminder not to take anything for granted, keep our priorities in check (and other similar platitudes proven time and again over the...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: FIFA World Cup

Welcome back to the Spotlight, and Happy Hannukah, Merry Christmas and Happy Kwanzaa to all those who are celebrating holiday season. Hard to believe that 2022 has nearly come and gone, and we are all a year older, and I...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: US Premier Rugby Sevens expands to a total of 16 men's and women's teams

Welcome back to the second to last (or penultimate, which is also the name I have given my favorite writing utensil) Spotlight of 2022! That’s right, I’ll be back next week to put a shining bow on the year that was, and then...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: Celebrity crypto influencers such as Floyd Mayweather, Jr. dodge a lawsuit over the endorsement...

Welcome back to the Spotlight! My grandfather and five-time Tony Award winning Broadway producer, Kermit Bloomgarden was, like many in the entertainment industry, prone to superstition. Both my interest in the entertainment...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: Kim Kardashian says no to Balenciaga

Welcome back to the Spotlight! For all the controversy surrounding the selection of Qatar as the host country for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, with the island nation’s scorching climate and chilly human rights record, I have...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: NFL Wide Receiver Odell Beckham, Jr. files a $20M lawsuit against Nike

Welcome back to the Spotlight! I am fresh off my trip (not to be confused with a “vacation”) to Walt Disney World, and discounting--just about the only time the word “discount” has been used in recent memory—being pummeled by...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy’s Tech-Infused Sports, Entertainment and Media Company TMRW Sports...

Welcome back to the “Spotlight!” “I’m going to Disney World” is a hallowed (and trademarked) phrase in pop culture, uttered by MVPs of major sports championships, Olympians and even “American Idol” winners before an...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: Norfolk State University’s Basketball Team Strikes a Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) Deal With a...

Welcome back to the “Spotlight!” What a difference a week makes. Last week, I was gripped by the New York Yankees in the playoffs (a convenient excuse for writer’s block), and this week I am gripped with disappointment in yet...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: Jay-Z Takes Bacardi to Court for Corporate Records Disclosure Regarding the Jointly Owned Cognac...

Welcome back to the "Spotlight," and well…I am watching the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series while writing this, so let’s just jump right into it: - Jay-Z is taking JV (Jay-V?) partner Bacardi...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: Major League Baseball Makes History, Becoming the First Major Professional Sports League to...

Welcome back to the "Spotlight!" If you are just wakening up from last week’s snooze-fest of a Thursday Night Football game between the Denver Broncos and the Indianapolis Colts, you have come to the right place. Allow me to...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: As Mid-Term Elections Approach, the New Congress Will Likely Take a Renewed Look at Federal...

Welcome back to the "Spotlight!" If you’re like me, after having fasted all day Wednesday, you’re probably relieved to be diving back into your morning coffee, mid-morning snack, mid-mid-morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: Saudi Sovereign Wealth Fund-Backed LIV Golf is Forced to Buy Airtime From Fox Sports

Welcome back to the "Spotlight!' In this crazy world, if there’s one thing that makes sense, it’s that nothing makes sense. LeBron James seems to have joined the same bandwagon as my parents and taken an interest in...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: Cashback Rebate Company Ibotta Re-Ups its Jersey Sponsorship Deal With the New Orleans Pelicans

Welcome back to the “Spotlight” and to the best season, Autumn (nine out of 10 dentists agree). The Sun is setting earlier and the mercury in our thermometers is falling. Ironically, majority owner of the NBA’s Phoenix Suns...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: Jack Daniel’s and McLaren Racing Toast to an F1 Sponsorship Deal, Because Nothing Goes Together...

Welcome back to the "Spotlight!" One of the many peculiarities of the English language is the phrase, “family business.” The phrase can refer to a business that is owned and/or operated by several family members. It can also...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: Gatorade Rolls Out a New Sports Energy Drink Called “Fast Twitch,” With the Help of High-Profile...

Welcome back to a pumpkin spice flavored edition of the "Spotlight." With the summer coming to an unofficial end, it’s time to put away your white clothing, dust off your flannels and settle into the crisp, cozy season that...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: A Non-Fungible Token (NFT) Entitling the Bearer to a Beer With Bill Murray Fetched the...

Welcome back to the "Spotlight!" After over two and a half years, COVID-19 has finally made its way past my doorstep and throughout my home. It’s Wednesday night and I am physically and emotionally drained, I feel like I...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: Capitol Records Pulls the Plug on its Virtual Rapper FN Meka

Welcome back to the "Spotlight!" As some of you may have noticed, smartphones are everywhere. They have the power to entertain insomniac authors (who shall remain nameless) suffering from writer’s block. They have the power...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: Snack Company Rap Snacks Finds Itself in Hot Oil With Mattel Over the Use of the Name “Barbie”...

Welcome back to the "Spotlight." Hard to believe we’re over halfway through August and that football season and fall (my favorite) is right around the corner, but that is looking more and more like an attractive proposition...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: The Consumer Watchdog, Truth in Advertising, Sent Warning Letters to Numerous Celebrities Who...

Welcome back to the "Spotlight!" Two of the biggest stories in sports right now are if and/or when professional athletes will themselves be welcomed back. First, is a case (unofficially captioned “you can’t have your cake and...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: Mixed Martial Artist Conor McGregor to Appear Alongside Star Jake Gyllenhaal in the Reboot of...

Welcome back to the "Spotlight!" Many may recall perhaps, one of the most ‘gutsy’ performances in NBA Finals history was Michael Jordan’s 1997 ‘Flu Game’ in which he heroically willed himself through the doldrums of food...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: No Sooner Does Kobalt Music Publishing Pull 700,000 Song-Catalog From Facebook and Instagram,...

Welcome back to the "Spotlight." Rest assured that I have leveraged perhaps one of the greatest inventions in human history–central air-conditioning–to make it through last week’s heat wave in New York. So I feel the pain of...more

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