Blogs With Balls Radio, Episode 27 (We’re Back)

By hhr on July 15, 2010

This week’s Blogs With Balls Show on the JoeSportsFan Radio Network is now available.

Download Episode 27 here, or subscribe via iTunes.

Hot damn! It’s been a while! Not since Amy K. Nelson told us how lame we were have we been able to get a podcast in.

We blame, of course, BwB3…a great success if we do say so. Don’t take our word for it, ask this guy. And these folks.

Our guest this week is is the VP of Business Development at BleacherReport.com, David Nemetz.

B/R kicked off the BwB3 experience with a bang, hosting our kickoff party with flowing Guiness at The Fifty/50. David was then a member of the Localization panel at the main event, and we expand a bit on that conversation.

Since its inception, Bleacher Report has gone through a number of tweaks and facelifts, none more significant than the recent addition of Brian Grey, formerly of Yahoo and Fox Sports, as their new CEO.

We talk with David on a number of topics pertaining to B/R’s position in the industry, its benefits to its members and where it goes next.

This week’s links of interest:

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Brockett Blog: Talking podcasting at Blogs With Balls 3

By hhr on June 19, 2010

Hank Brockett at The Brockett Blog gave a great recap on the  The Kings of All Media: Leveraging Podcasting and Video to Build a Media Megabrand Panel at Blogs with Balls 3 that featured Skeets and producer Matt Osteen from The Basketball Jones (The Score), Jay Busbee (Yahoo! Sports), David Jacoby (ESPN, Sports Guy Podcast), Ian Orefice (SI.com), Michael Rand (Star Tribune) and was moderated Matt Sebek (Joe Sports Fan).

Brockett concisely and accurately points out many of the panel’s key points, diverse as the voices were, particularly those focused on the production process and monetization/sponsorship.

You can read the post here:  Talking podcasting at Blogs With Balls 3.

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Bleacher Report’s New CEO Welcomed by WSJ’s All Things D

By Kyle Bunch on June 17, 2010

Hat tip to Ben Koo for calling out a piece of news that admittedly flew under my radar earlier this week: #BWB3 sponsor Bleacher Report has officially named Brian Grey, formerly of Yahoo and Fox Sports, as their new CEO. From Peter Kafka’s report on Media Memo:

Brian Grey used to run big sports sites for really big portals, first at Yahoo (YHOO), then at News Corp.’s (NWS) Fox Sports. Now he’s going to do the same thing at a start-up: He’s leaving an entrepreneur-in-residence perch at Polaris Venture Partners to run Bleacher Report, a San Francisco-based sports network.

And a nice summary of the experience that Grey brings to Bleacher Report, extracted from Ben’s analysis:

Grey has worked on the digital side at one of sport’s premier sponsors [Nike], experience on the league side [MLB], a stint at the largest internet company in it’s prime [Yahoo!], startup experience [Shutterfly], VC experience [Polaris Ventures], as well as running two of the top three sports entities not named ESPN.

As the WSJ piece indicated, Grey leaves a position as entrepreneur-in-residence at Polaris Ventures — not a shabby gig in its own right. Congrats to the team at Bleacher Report for luring a seasoned veteran back into the sports media game.

Brian: look forward to conversing with you at #BWB4.

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Alana G Follows Up on #BwB3 Ethics Panel with Dan Levy

By hhr on June 16, 2010

Alana G joins Dan on OnTheDL to clarify some of her much talked about positions from the event in Chicago.

Listen to the episode here.

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PHOTOS: #BWB3: The Main Event (Sponsored by P&G and its Official Locker Room Products of the NFL)

By hhr on June 14, 2010

Enough time has passed. The Stanley Cup celebration that followed on the heels of Blogs with Balls 3 in Chicago provided a viable excuse for the hometown crowd, the rest of us really need to stop using the events of June 4-6 as an excuse for slowed productivity (those of us Flyers fans and USC loyalists, that’s another story) and get back up to full-speed.

All kidding (mostly) aside, we’d like to share with you a few of the photo highlights from the festivities that took place Saturday, June 5 at Wrigley Field and take a quick moment to once again thank P&G for the involvement of its NFL locker room brands — Gillette, Head & Shoulders, Old Spice and Febreze — as well as Vicks and Prilosec OTC. Looking back on the event and seeing the recaps and responses from people who attended — both the good and the bad, one thing that’s abundantly clear is that we’re fortunate to have companies like P&G willing to be an active part of our conversations (and contribute resources to help make sure those dialogues have a place to happen).  Thanks again to P&G for their support of Blogs with Balls 3.

And now, without further ado, here are the pictures from #BWB3. (If you have some of your own, we’d love to see them. Send ‘em to us via Twitter or Facebook or email them to info@blogswithballs.com):

** As you look back on these photos and reflect on a great day of discussion, conversation, free hot dogs and John Daly-inspired beverages — if you haven’t already — do us a favor and thank our fine sponsors with a shout-out on Twitter:

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Mike Germano talks Social Media and Sports Marketing with Capture Your Flag

By hhr on June 11, 2010

Expanding on some of the ideas he discussed during the The Future of Sports Media: What Today’s Technology & Innovations Mean for Tomorrow’s Fan panel at #BWB3, two-time Blogs with Balls panelist Mike Germano sits down with Capture Your Flag’s Erik Michielsen to talk about sports marketing and social media:

Mike is playing a huge role in defining how athletes and leagues connect with the fans and sports bloggers of the world through social media channels. Follow him on Twitter (@mikegermano) if you want to stay out in front of the curve.

Don’t forget to check out the video from Mike’s panel at #BWB3 on Justin.tv: Part 1 | Part 2

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Orson Joins Zerkle on the House of Punte: “There should be an absolute standard.”

By hhr on June 11, 2010

“Spencer Hall drops by for a visit to discuss the backstory of his college football blog, “Every Day Should Be Saturday,” and also his confrontation during my panel at Blogs With Balls 3.”

Listen here.

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Dan Levy Creeps Out #BwB3 Attendees, Follows Up with Brian Cook

By hhr on June 11, 2010

For those of you who were unable to join us in Chicago, you may have missed On the DL/Dan Levy’s welcome video, which can best be described by Joe Sports Fan’s Matt Sebek as a ransom video gone wrong.

Dan, a good friend of ours, also caught up with MGoBlog’s Brian Cook to talk about his “Ethical Ambush” (along with Spenser Hall) on The Big Lead…which has sprung constructive commentary and debate on the issue ever since.

You can listen to the episode here: DL384: Brian Cook of MGoBlog on BwB3 & Blog Ethics.

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PHOTOS: Bleacher Report presents The #BWB3 Kickoff Party

By hhr on June 9, 2010

It’s been long enough — time to return to the scene of the crime for a look at Friday night’s festivities at The Fifty/50.

Bleacher Report graciously presented the Blogs with Balls 3 Kickoff Party, featuring free-flowing Guinness and a contest to see who could make the best pour, not to mention a packed house to watch Game 3 of the ‘Hawks-Flyers series; because there’s nothing like the experience of Chelsea Dagger on full blast in a room that’s pushing fire code, followed by watching fellow partygoers be ushered away in a limo.

All that may have made it feel like a bit of a blur. Fortunately for all of us, the good people at The Fifty/50 were good enough to send us a selection of stills, to help us piece the evening together:

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Once again we’d also like to thank the sponsors of The Kickoff Party, without whom none of this would have been possible:

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Video Recapping #BWB3

By hhr on June 8, 2010

We’re in the process of editing the livestream videos over at Justin.tv into their specific panels, and we’ll be archiving those here at blogswithballs.com/3 for the ages. While we’re piecing that together, feel free to head over to Justin.tv to watch any part of the day’s events (except the couple moments where the video feed went down).

And just to hold you over until a proper highlight reel can be presented, here’s video of EDSBS/SB Nation’s Spencer Hall getting ambush iced by Jason of Eleven Warriors:

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