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Gameops.com conducts a monthly interview covering some aspect of the sports entertainment and operations community. On this page you will find a link to the most recent Gameops.com Interview, as well as links to nearly 60 interviews with Industry Leaders from our archives.

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Dan Migala on Promotions, Sports and Marketing
Date: 8/12/2008For the last 6-7 years I have tried to plan a “big name” August Interview to mark our anniversary. I have long wondered who I might find befitting of the 10 year anniversary…. I think I found the right guy: Dan Migala.
Categories: Contests and Promotions, Jobs, marketing, Mascot
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Pro Panel - The Bobblehead Bungle
Date: 7/2/2008The Pittsburgh Pirates had a tricky situation on their hands this spring when 20,000 bobbleheads that appeared to be giving fans the finger arrived. Find out how our panel of industry pros might have handled it in our Pro Panel Discussion. This month's Pros are five industry executives and editor Jon Cudo who have been set-up with the question of how they would react to the situation.
Categories: Contests and Promotions, Premium Items

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Pat Walker Interview on Gameops.com
Date: 3/1/2008PWP President Pat Walker joins Gameops.com for the March 2008 interview. Pat is a veteran Game Operations Director in the NBA who recently started his own consulting business. Find out how Pat got started along with tips for rookies and veterans in the game operations industry. Also look for upcoming guest columns from Pat on Gameops.com.
Categories: Contests and Promotions

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Krazy George: I am the World's Sexiest Cheerleader
Date: 11/1/2007George Henderson is Krazy George, the world’s most famous professional cheerleader. He’s the man who made the whole world stand up and cheer by creating The Wave. No one person, or group of people, has motivated more sports fans to support their team in such a loud way as Krazy George. Gameops.com attempts to enter the mind of ‘The Krazy One’ in a light-hearted interview with the sexiest cheerleader in sports.
Categories: Vendors

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Michael Zerillo Unmasked as the Hornet's Mascot
Date: 11/1/2007A legendary mascot performer hung up his tights and wings last spring after 17 seasons with the Hornet's organization. His career included three cities and even more surgeries. Michael Zerrillo gives us the buzz on his career as an NBA mascot in this month's Gameops.com Interview.
Categories: Jobs, Mascot

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Benjamin Hill Talks About Minor League Promotions
Date: 6/1/2007While researching for promotions to add to our Promotions Database, one name kept popping up: Benjamin Hill. As it turns out, Benjamin is a writer for MLB.com who writes a great weekly column for minorleaguebaseball.com covering promotions around the minors.
Categories: Contests and Promotions

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Hi Mom, Send Sheep: Tim Derk Interview
Date: 10/1/2006Tim Derk is a legend in the mascot world. He is the man behind the mask and responsible for bringing the Spurs Coyote to life for the first 21 years. In February 2004, Tim suffered a massive stroke, essentially ending his illustrious costumed career. But Tim's story doesn't end there. Since early 2004 Tim has been fighting his way back and doing so with the same smile and laugh that delighted fans for years.
Categories: Mascot

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Peter Sorckoff Returns!
Date: 8/1/2006In June 2000, Peter Sorckoff joined Gameops.com for an interview on the topic of promotions. The interview remains one of the most insightful and referenced interviews on Gameops.com. Peter has since added the Atlanta Hawks to his responsibilities and he rejoins us to discuss the differences between producing hockey and basketball.
Categories: Contests and Promotions, Premium Items

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Celebrity Bobbleheads with Chris Peace Interview
Date: 4/1/2006Last month the Gwinnett Gladiators (ECHL) hockey team made big news with a bobblehead promotion. Instead of using a team player, coach, or mascot for their bobblehead, they went another direction...and the fans waited in line for it, some more than 3 hours. In the process of researching the concept, Chris Peace with the Gwinnett Gladiators shared his thoughts and experience from their now world famous Runaway Bride bobblehead.
Categories: Contests and Promotions, Premium Items

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Dominic Latkovski on Birdzerk!
Date: 11/1/2005Dominic Latkovski joins us for the November Interview to talk about the BirdZerk! and ZOOperstars! shows. He also shares the keys to starting up a new act in sports.
Categories: Mascot, Vendors





