The 'There's No Place Like Home, Unless You Are On The Road' Edition of The Newsletter

Greetings from Kansas City. Lotsa meetings, new encounters and a little barbeque in three quick days for what I think is my last work trip for the summer. We are truly a business with little offseason, but hopefully, you are finding some time to look around, step back and enjoy the goings on. What a wonderful business to spend time in! We are now in quarter three of the year! Thanks to all those just joining us; our distribution continues to grow and is based on people like you who engage and send us stuff. So stuff is needed! If you want to add anyone, send along their email address to [email protected] or they can subscribe to the LinkedIn feed.?Email me, follow me on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram. My site is joefavorito.com.? Thanks for all the support, and on we go.

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK

"The signal is the truth. The noise is what distracts us from the truth." -- Nate Silver

CUP O' JOE

This week we looked at a new network finding space to expand its storytelling, the still untapped market of women's sports memorabilia, the opportunities to be found with "National Hot Dog Day" and lined up some good midsummer listens.

SOME ARTICLES YOU MAY HAVE MISSED

Breaking, boarding, surfing: Samsung's Olympics Full Story: The Drum (free registration) (7/1)?

Style and the WNBA Full Story: Yahoo (7/11)?

The right cards for younger collectors Full Story: Cllct (7/11)?

The story of the White Tube Top Girl Full Story: Lifehacker (7/15)?

What's old is new again in baseball Full Story: Sports Illustrated (7/10)?

Where does USA Today go from here? Full Story: The Washington Post (7/9)?

The last American baseball glove factory Full Story: Texas Monthly (tiered subscription model) (6/6)?

Reliving a save for the ages Full Story: Substack/Coffey Grounds (7/16)?

The great MLB comeback Full Story: Fast Company (tiered subscription model) (7/13)?

Spain's Euro 2024 victory has extra meaning Full Story: Variety (7/15)?

WORTH A LOOK OR LISTEN

A look at the Juneteenth Rodeo Full Story: The Players' Tribune (6/16)?

The state of sports media rights Full Story: Slate (7/16)?

CAUSE OF THE WEEK – BY @SPORTSANDCHANGE

A star on the U.S. Women's Deaf Soccer Team

We are just through EURO and Copa America, heading toward the Olympics and Paralympics, but do you know the story of the U.S. Women's Deaf National Soccer Team?

Full Story: Substack/Coffey Grounds (7/16)?

DIVERSE VOICES - BY SPORTIVO

Sha'Carri Richardson, world's fastest woman Full Story: Vogue (7/15)?

Enjoy the last run of July! Joe Favorito