Your favorite sports…animated!
Good morning. Cartoons aren't just for Saturday mornings.
Last week, the National Hockey League (NHL) partnered with Disney's "Big City Greens" to air a live animated version of the game between the Washington Capitals and the New York Rangers.
The animated game featured live, real-time volumetric animations of both the teams and players that were modeled stylistically after the characters of "Big City Greens." To do this, the NHL and Disney utilized NHL Edge positioning data (puck and player tracking) to replicate the action on the ice. Both games had ESPN analysts calling the action.
If you didn't get a chance to watch it, you can view the highlights here.
What is so amazing and encouraging about this event is the connection it is allowing sports to make with a younger generation. It is placing the sport directly within a world that they know and love. Plus: the animated game included basic and easy-to-understand definitions for important rules of the game!
This isn't the first time the professional sports arena has sought to connect with kids; the National Football League (NFL) has partnered with Nickelodeon for "NFL on Nickelodeon" or "NFL Slimetime" to introduce young viewers to football and explain basic football terms.
The hope is that not only will these crossovers create understanding of a sport for young kids, but that niche sports can be understood and appreciated by more people overall.
OTHER BIG NEWS THIS WEEK:
Roșie Brennan finished sixth in the 10K Classic in Falun, Sweden.
Alex Massialas currently holds the No. 1 ranking in the FIE rankings!
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Olympian Mick Dierdorff has announced his retirement from the sport of snowboarding. Dierdorff explained in an Instagram post, "It’s Time to say goodbye to an era that has made me the person I am today. Traveling the world and competing on the World Cup snowboardcross circuit has filled me with amazing highs, some difficult lows, and the best memories to last me a lifetime. Thank you everyone who has been there with me on this incredible journey."
Today is World Water Day and we are excited to announce that Matt Moseley has a third book coming out this spring! Soul is Waterproof is much more than a book about swimming; it shows how people can’t live where fish can’t swim. Stories of alligators, snakes, explorers, sultry boat captains and characters of all sorts reveal themselves along in the current.
Stay tuned for more details about the Soul is Waterproof Summer Tour with fun swims and book events.
Preparation for the 2023 Lead Sports Summit continues and a second speaker has been announced! Olympic gold medalist Lilly King will return to the Lead Sports stage to share her story, insight on the sport, and how to own your confidence!
Join King, Beisel, and the Lead Sports Co team at the Lead Summit in Washington D.C.! Registration is open now!
Whether you’re an athlete, author or coach - creating opportunities to share your story in public can be extremely rewarding. You may discover you want to do it professionally!
Creating opportunities for paid speaking is one of the best things your can do with your brand or book. It takes consistent outward messaging, letting people know you are open for business and having an organized internal system.
To help you get organized and ready to launch - we have created a one stop shop resource with everything you need to know!
Included are sample emails, how to handle leads, post event follow up, how to book future business, what to post on social media and how to negotiate your speaking rates. Plus more!
As always, if you have questions email our team anytime.
Getting Started
How to be a professional speaker and what it takes. 5 min read.
How to Start Your Speaking Career. 5 min read.
Setting Your Speaking Rates
How to set your rate for appearances. 5 min read.
Establishing a Rate Card - Part 1. 5 min read.
Examining the Rate Card - Part 2. 10 min read.
Marketing Yourself as a Speaker
Social posts that help book future speaking gigs. 10 min read.
Building an audience who will buy from you. 10 min read.
At an Event - What do to
Making the most from a paid appearance. 10 min read.
BETTER CALL CG!
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We can't argue with Katie Ledecky's reasoning!
Swim4Nick 5K/10K Run
The inaugural Run4Nick 5K/10K race is right around the corner on Sunday, March 26th! The Run4Nick 5K/10K is a family friendly event with a timed 5K and 10K race division. The race will start and finish in Pines Trails Park and participants will enjoy a fast, flat course on city streets surrounding the park. Post-race festivities by the amphitheater will include food, music and awards. The 5K is walker friendly. Virtual options are available.
All runners (virtual and in-person) can register online now. All proceeds will benefit the Nicholas Dworet Memorial Fund.
Click here to learn more about Nicholas Dworet and the Nicholas Dworet Memorial Fund.
Champion's Mojo, Episode 200: "Take Your Swimming to New Heights with Masters Coach Mark Kutz"
If you want to take your swimming to new heights this interview is for you! You'll hear great stories, tips and advice for getting faster from the extraordinary Masters Swim Coach Mark Kutz, of NOVA Aquatics of Virginia. Join Kelly and Maria for the 200th episode of Champion's Mojo!
Just a few of the topics and stories:
1) A new masters swimmer that has gone from barely being able to swim to darn fast!
2) The 3 most important things Masters Swimmers need to be doing
2) Why just swimming laps may be hurting your progress
3) What kind of sets that will make you faster for longer races
4) A mile that Coach Kutz swam where a piano fell on his back
5) The importance of enthusiam
6) The history of broken-mile-Friday
7) (Almost) everything you need to know about this magical swim coach, Mark Kutz!
8) And as always.....Kelly and Maria wrap the interview with their popular TAKEAWAYS!
Catch up on EVERY episode at ChampionsMojo.com
Kola Bokinni - AFC Richmond Captain Isaac McAdoo on TED LASSO
Kola Bokinni (@KolaBokinni), who stars as AFC Richmond Captain Isaac McAdoo on the hit Apple TV + series TED LASSO, joins this week’s edition of Sports Business Radio. Bokinni discusses Season 3 of the 11-time Emmy award winning series, he takes us behind the scenes into the making of the show, he discusses the new AFC Richmond kits made by Nike and the appearance of AFC Richmond in the EA Sports FIFA ’23 video game. Kola shares his love of English Premiere League club Arsenal and he tells the story of how he was cast for the show (and which character he almost played instead of Issac McAdoo). Bokinni also shares how other elite athletes around the world have embraced his character Isaac McAdoo and TED LASSO, including England football Captain Harry Kane.
