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Prolific publisher Pat Wiesner wraps it up
Thirty-three years, 30 magazines, hundreds of employees, 11 airplanes and countless columns later, prolific Colorado publisher Pat Wiesner is putting down his pen. And picking up a guitar.
Sports biz: Going out of biz
Ten years ago, I wrote the first of what would be many “SportsBiz” columns for ColoradoBiz, examining the marketing and pricing approach adopted by Kroenke Sports & Entertainment for a newcomer on the sports scene: the Colorado Mammoth.Tom Philand of Kroenke Sports explained his belief that with t...
Sports biz: Boulder’s not-so-secret agent man thrives on authenticity
Let’s get this out of the way now: Your name is not Johnny Alamo and my name is not Johnny Alamo and that is simply the unfairness we must accept. […]
Sports biz: Data network answers Broncos’ need for speed in digital era
There’s a trendy tech move happening in professional football these days: Shotgun formations and cornerback blitzes are sharing the field with cloud-based video and ultra-fast Ethernet connections. It’s a measure driven by a familiar football hunger: the need for speed. The vast consumer embrace o...
State of the state: A&E
Arnie Grossman waited decades for his breakthrough Hollywood moment. It took him all of 35 seconds to get it. That’s how much time Grossman gave himself last November for a […]
Sports biz: Improving on the old college try
Your kid just scored the goal, blasted the home run, swished the three, leapt over the linebacker, or chipped it in for birdie to win the tourney. Later than evening, as you burn a fresh DVD highlight reel, you can almost feel that $30k tuition melting away. But here comes George White, ex-college coach, with some advice: Stop right there!
Sports biz: Preseason baseball 2014
If the Rockies are able to compete in the National League West this year, the team will have to pull off some serious Billy Beane magic by overachieving from a […]
Sportsbiz: For this rising Colorado company, success is a sticky subject
If you’ve coached youth sports, chances are you’ve had this problem. You hustle to the practice field, hit “mute” on a chirping cell phone, unload a duffel bag full of […]
Sports biz: Where the fans are
It’s midway into the third quarter on a bright September afternoon at Sports Authority Field, and the Broncos are putting it to Michael Vick and the Eagles. Peyton Manning just capped an […]
Sports biz: Av-onomics: Looking up
For Colorado Avalanche fans, the best thing about the new National Hockey League season is that it’s just that: new. After closing the books on a forgettable year, the Avalanche […]
Sports biz: We are what we watch
In his introduction to the 2001 book, Fast Food Nation, The Dark Side of the All-American Meal, writer Eric Schlosser makes a gentle suggestion: Be an informed eater. “People should […]
Sports biz: Going deep
The most famous touchdown pass in college football history arced over Miami’s Orange Bowl field for seconds before settling into the arms of the Boston College wide receiver Gerard Phelan […]
