LIV Forever.

LIV Forever.

by | Jul 27, 2025

Rock music blares on the first tee, but the players hitting off don’t seem to miss a beat. Earlier on the range, a thumping backbeat accompanied the “pitlane-walk” of VIPs, surely all too close for these players going through their routines? But they’re not phased, as...
Castles made of sand.

Castles made of sand.

by | Jul 13, 2025

Whenever you see music festivals like Glastonbury, most people, certainly those with anything resembling musical culture, will think of Jimi Hendrix. Whether at Woodstock or here below in Monterey, he kind of defined the genre, and what we see today is all in some way...
Play it, Sam.

Play it, Sam.

by | Jun 29, 2025

  These Columns are usually provoked by sportbiz events around Albachiara workflows, which find a natural narrative prop in the popular culture of film, literature or music. This week we’ve been thinking a lot about Sam Renouf and the PTO, doing amazing things in...
Finding the stop-loss in sport.

Finding the stop-loss in sport.

by | Jun 15, 2025

Many thought that the Wrexham FC celeb story would have legs. It was, and is, the early poster child of Sportbiz 2.0, where audience, influence and followers can trump tradition and the natural hierarchy of things. To be clear, in old money, proper footballing...
Football… where everybody knows your name.

Football… where everybody knows your name.

by | Jun 1, 2025

On occasion it seems the world wants to remind you of something, leaving little signals everywhere. When Norm Peterson (actor George Wendt) of Cheers left us this month, it smelt exactly like one of those moments.  This is a Sunday Column that I’ve always been...