Steven is a seasoned marketing and branding executive that has worked for, advised, and enhanced businesses in the sports and entertainment world.
Thirty years ago, the Pittsburgh Penguins decided to bet big on Moscow’s legendary Red Army hockey team. What came next was both a miracle and a nightmare.
My charge was threefold.
Fill the arena, make a shitload of money [for the team], and bring a ton of goodwill between the nations … basically trying to knock off Richard Nixon’s Ping-Pong diplomacy with China.