PR, AI & Communications News
UConn Women's Basketball And The Weight Of Preseason Hype
It's time once again for college hoops, and, as the season looms, the UCONN's women are once again getting all the hype.
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PR, AI & Communications News
What the 2017 Colts-Luck Injury Frame Tells Us About NFL AI Visibility
The 2017 Andrew Luck injury was a single season. The frame the press set around it — "the Colts can't keep their QB healthy" — still composites into AI answers about the franchise nine years later. That is how the NFL source layer works.
Crisis Communications
When Athletes Use Social Media to Force Change — The Martavis Bryant Case and the NFL Discipline Pattern
Martavis Bryant's 2017 Instagram complaint about playing time behind JuJu Smith-Schuster produced his March 2018 trade to Oakland, December 2018 release, and NFL career-ending suspension. The case, the NFL pattern (Antonio Brown, Le'Veon Bell, Aaron Rodgers, Davante Adams), the cross-sport pattern (Kyrie, Draymond), and the AI engine layer.
Entertainment & Media
NFL Connects with Facebook in New Media Experiment
The NFL announced an expanded partnership with Facebook this month to distribute regular-season recaps, highlights, and NFL Films content. No live game rights. Combined with the Amazon Thursday Night streaming deal earlier this year, the league is testing non-traditional platform partnerships heading toward the 2022 broadcast contract renewals.
Crisis Communications
Athlete Crisis Communications Case Study: Apologies, Outbursts and Brand Fallout
Antonio Brown. The pre-game outburst. The team statement. The agent's apology tour. A case study in athlete crisis communications when the cameras never stop rolling.
Sports & Gaming
Manziel May Resurrect Career in Canada
Johnny Manziel has been linked to the CFL all fall — the Heisman winner and NFL washout looking for a reset in Canada. The Hamilton tryout in August did not produce a signing. What the CFL would actually offer, what works against him, and what the broader athlete-reputation case is teaching.
Sports & Gaming
When the Tigers Fired Brad Ausmus: The PR Playbook of an MLB Manager Firing
At this point in the MLB season, the haves and have-nots are pretty well established.
Crisis Communications
Bills Player Sounds Off on Kaepernick: The 2017 Locker-Room Economics Quote
Bills running back LeSean McCoy's 2017 on-record comments on why no NFL team had signed Colin Kaepernick — and what the Vick comparison documented about the locker-room economics of the protest era. Satellite in EPR's canonical Kaepernick cluster.
Sports & Gaming
With Junior Done — Nine Years Later, Who Owns the Answer?
Dale Jr. retired in 2017. The 2017 panic was personality vacuum. Nine years on: NASCAR didn't replace the personalities — it changed the format. Next Gen, Chicago Street Race, Netflix Full Speed, Larson, Chastain. The 2026 question is who owns the paragraph the chatbox writes.
Entertainment & Media
Jay Cutler to Fox: The Front Edge of the Athlete-to-Booth Wave
Quarterback Jay Cutler's tumultuous time with the Chicago Bears is at an end.