Game Time: A Live Sports Storytelling Event
How are former New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, my first trip to New York, former Japanese baseball player Hideki Irabu, and...
Five Strategies to Make 2018 Your Best Year Personally and Professionally
My writing is usually focused on sport business issues, advice for job seekers and news about the Iowa Sport and Recreation Management...
Managing Expectations of Sport Management Students
I recently saw a student complain on social media about the low hourly wage offered by a paid, post-graduate internship, and it reminded...
The Classroom as a Practice Field: My Hawkeye Lunch & Learn Lecture
I recently served as the October Hawkeye Lunch & Learn lecturer at the University of Iowa. The University of Iowa Office of Outreach and...
Can Sport Management Students Find Jobs?
As a sport management professor, I occasionally get questions about the job prospects for our students and skepticism about the...
Field Trip Recap – Cubs, Bulls and Paragon Marketing Group
I begin every semester by leading a field trip of University of Iowa students to a larger city to explore careers in the sport industry...
Experiential Learning with the Blackhawks and Kernels
A highlight on my teaching calendar each year is the summer practicum that I lead where students get to work with the Chicago Blackhawks...
Return To Blogging
It has been a quiet summer on my blog, but not because I was not writing. During the spring, I became a regular contributor to...
In Defense of Student-Athletes
(This article first appeared in the online journal "College AD" on April 19, 2017) I recently published a blog post on my position that...
Developing Future Sport Business Leaders in the NBA D-League
Students in my spring semester practicum course put academic preparation into practice by working with the Iowa Energy NBA Development...