I believe hockey cards have supernatural powers. This is why, in the winter of 1975, I starting arranging my Los Angeles Kings cards like players on a hockey rink on the top of my mammoth hand-me-down stereo console. And then challenged the NHL All Stars—or at least the cards I was able to collect—to a […]

Okay, so where am I?  It’s been a light red carpet season. I’ve only done two—the Grammys and now today at the Academy Awards. Nothing is better that than when your feet hit that Oscars burgundy carpet. Your imagination soars and you can’t help by daydream of carrying a thirteen-and-a-half-inch tall, eight-and-a-half pound golden statuette. […]

This year I sent a little dinero to Las Vegas to bet on some of my Oscars picks. Why would I risk money here, you ask? Well, since you did, since I started covering the Oscars eight years ago, I have correctly selected 51 out of 61 in the major categories. At 83.6%, that practically […]

Okay so where am I? How you ever been in the middle of the innocuous RFP (Request For Proposal) process? Well, I have and it’s alternatively intense, ridiculous, mind-numbing, and about eight other adjectives that I cannot list here. I love getting new business. It breathes life into the agency. It’s great for the bottom […]

Repping the great Ilya Kolvachuk at a KHL game will earn you mad props. © Michael Lloyd I took a wild trip to Moscow to get up close with Russian hockey. I wound up meeting Igor…read on! While we wait for the boys to return from the combination All-Star break and mandatory five-day bye week […]

Okay, so where am I? Let’s just say that Tom Brady and Bill Belichick chased down their record-breaking sixth Super Bowl crown. That should narrow it all down. On Sunday, huge brands like Budweiser and Pepsi once again spent millions of dollars from their advertising budgets in the hopes of catching your attention during what […]