About Sport Hiatus

From sports execs. For sports execs.

Our
Mission. 

We actively create, curate, and publish news and materials necessary to follow the temporary hiatus in live sports, by highlighting the best-of-the-best and those who are excelling in creative programming, innovative thinking, and high-quality development. This is a tremendous opportunity to leverage technology to change the way we experience live sports. We intend to stay positive and focus on the great individuals and organizations who are leveraging the many tools at our disposal to create solutions that enhance fan experiences.

 Our Founders

SportHiatus was founded in 2020 by Jeff Volk and Carlo De Marchis with a goal of connecting and engaging the sports community during the hiatus.

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Jeffrey Volk

Business development and strategy executive. Entrepreneur, innovator, advisor, investor, marketer, adventurer, and Boston sports fan.

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Carlo De Marchis

Group Chief Evangelist. Strategy Innovation Digital Mobile Social OTT D2C-Marketing Big-Data VR UX in Sports & Entertainment.

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Deepen Parikh

Entrepreneur, incubator @CourtsideVC, @nextgenangels, die hard Ravens fan.

 Editorial Staff

 

Our content creators and journalists have an equal passion for both sports and quality media content.

 
 
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Dane Rogers

Freelance Sports Reporter & Videographer UNC '10 B.A. Journalism (Lamb and Lion) Columbia '19 M.S. Sports Management

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Jonathan Safir

Director of Basketball Operations at University of San Francisco, former coach at Columbia, four-year letter winner at Vassar College

 

 Advisory Board

Our advisors are industry experts and veterans in sports, business, and technology.

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John Kosner

Kosner Media, former head of ESPN digital media (15 years), Sports Illustrated, NBA, CBS Sports and NBC Sports.

Mandy Antoniacci

Entrepreneur. Angel Investor. Advisor. Columnist. Former @Omnicom & Publicis. Can be heard speaking @TED or cheering for the pinstripes in the Bronx.

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Daniel Cohen

SVP at Octagon, Former Managing Partner @MPSilva

 
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Joe Favorito

30 year veteran - sports, entertainment, marketing & PR consultant. Blogger. Director Industry Relations, Columbia Univ. Sports Management.

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Tom Richardson

Founder of Convergence Sports & Media and Talent League. Adjunct professor at Columbia, NYU & Iona.

Blake Stuchin

VP, Digital Media Business Development at NFL. Partner, Pine Brook Fitness. Father of two. Husband of one. New Yorker now and forever.

 

Donna Goldsmith

Sports marketing, licensing exec. Former COO @WWE, SVP of Partnership Marketing @ToughMudder.

Jeremy Goldberg

President & QB @leagueapps. Partner @212MEDIA. Middle East Peace Maker. Dallas sports fan, philanthropist, dominant wiffleballer.

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Asher Simons

Executive at Creative Artists Agency, sports industry and marketing specialist. Expertise across most main stream US and UK team and individual sports (tennis, boxing MMA)

Created by sports executives, for sports executives.

Please support our leagues, teams, athletes, broadcasters, publishers, brands, agencies, partners, entrepreneurs, and investors.

 Partners to be announced soon!

We’re building a curated network of sports publishers and content. Interested in becoming a partner? Get in touch.

SportHiatus is an Affiliate of the VC Sports Community

We are one team. Sports never stop. Fans never stop. Be creative. Innovate. Be safe! Thank you!