This document contains the schedule and topics for a sport PR lecture at the University of Cincinnati. It lists the dates and group assignments for student presentations on various current events and trends in sports. Topics include technology in sports stadiums, trends in fan experiences, revenue from the NCAA basketball tournament, community relations, the growth of the X Games, ESPN subscriber levels, in-stadium retail, Snapchat as a sports outlet, and the NBA and esports. It also lists potential topics for a local TV news broadcast and designing future sports pages for various cities.

1. Sport PR
Lecture: 2.20.18
University of Cincinnati
By Jackie Reau

2. Turn in Cyclones assignment

3. Current Event Schedule
Choose a topic based on the subject
provided
Cite two sources in your research
Create a presentation with at least three
PP slides to share in class on your
assigned date

4. Schedule
February 20: Todd, Tiettmeyer, Spahr, Smith, Noah
Topic: Tech in Sports Stadiums: Upgrade Needed
February 27: Smith, Chris, Salihu, Russell, Rouhier
Topic: Trends in Sports Fan Experiences

5. Schedule
March 6: Roberto, Powell, Peake, Parente, Bates
Topic: Revenue Model of March Madness (men’s
basketball tournament)
March 20: O’Brien, Medaris, Kimmey, Keller, Belcher
Topic: Community Relations and Sports
March 27: Kane, Jones, Jensen, Jacobs, Berland
Topic: Growth of the X Games. Why?
April 3: Hutto, Gbenro, Garrison, Friedman
Topic: How ESPN can regain subscribers
new programming

6. Schedule
April 10: Fogle, Deguara, Dawson, Davis, Bowden
Topic: Revenue model of in-stadium sports retail
April 17: Daddabbo, D’Orazio, Cox, Campbell, Briede
Topic: How Snapchat is becoming a sports news
media outlet
April 24: Calhoun, Bumpass, Bryan, Bruner
Topic: NBA and eSports league

7. The Demise of the Rocky Mountain
News
1. Why are newspapers important
in our society?
2. What caused the “Rocky” to go
out of business?

8. Local TV News Planning: 30
minute broadcast

9. Designing tomorrow’s sports
page
-CIN, CLE, COL, INDY, PITT
-NYCity, Miami, CHI, BOS, DEN

10. Designing tomorrow’s sports
page
-CIN, CLE, COL, INDY, PITT
-NYCity, Miami, CHI, BOS, DEN