Press Box
Welcome to the Press Box for
the Sports Museum of America (SmA)
We're here to help you file your stories and tell ours, so we hope you'll find the information and images you need in downloadable form here. The material is for your free and unrestricted use in conjunction with stories about SmA, but please limit the use of our images to stories about us. If there's something special you need, or would like to discuss, please don't hesitate to contact us directly at:
Amanita Duga-Carroll, Rubenstein Communications - PR
aduga@rubenstein.com or 212-843-8066
or
Ted Leshinski, Public Relations Manager
tleshinski@sportsmuseum.com or 646-826-2849
Thanks for your interest! We look forward to working with you.
Ted & Amanita
PRESS MATERIALS
- SmA Featurette
- SmA Press Kit
- The SmA Game Program – General Press Release
- SmA Stats – SmA Fact Sheet
- SmA Warm Up – History Feature
- The SmA Playing Field – Location
- The SmA Lineup – Our Sports Partners
- The SmA Captains – The Board of Directors
- SmA’s Captains – Board of Trustees
- SmA Professional Partners
- Cisco Technology Powers the New Sports Museum of America
The SmA Front Office - Executive Bios
- Philip Schwalb - Founder & CEO
- Sameer Ahuja - Co-Founder & COO/CFO
- John Urban - President & General Manager
Press Releases 2008
- NY Liberty Players to Visit SmA and Present Artifact on Saturday
- "Ticket to Greatness" Package Available Now
- Kids Are Free Sundays at Sports Museum this Summer
- American Airlines Teams Up With SmA
- "Catch" The Most Famous Helmet in Super Bowl History at SmA"
- Dads Are Free Father's Day Weekend at SmA
- Jockey Edgar Prado's Book Signing at Sports Museum of America
- Sports Museum of America Opens in New York City
- Sports Museum of America and the NY Mets team up for SmA Foam Finger Day at Shea
- Walt Frazier and Aimee Mullins announce ticket on sale
- An Open Love Letter To Sports Fans of America
- Cisco Technology Powers the New Sports Museum of America
- SmA Appoints Donna Arduini Vice President of Finance
- Soccer Superstar Claudio Reyna Gives The Shirt Off His Back To SmA
- SmA Appoints Melissa Brody Garden Director Of Special Events
- SmA Welcomes Baseball Author And Noted Collector Stephen Wong As Senior Curatorial Advisor
Press Releases 2007
- SmA Appoints Barbara McHugh Director Of Marketing
- Basile, Arnemann, Davis, And Purcell To Lead Team To Spring 2008 Opening
- First National Museum Celebrating All Sports Announces New Name
IMAGES
- SmA Opening Day Ceremonies
- SmA Artifacts
- SmA Artifact Captions and Credits
- SmA Photography
- SmA Photo Captions and Credits
- Front Office Headshots
- Inside the Museum
- Floor Plan and Building
- Individual Sport Galleries – Football, Hockey
- Themed Galleries I – Breaking Barriers, Dreaming Big
- Themed Galleries II – Games People Play, More Than A Game
- Individual Sport Galleries – Auto Racing, Baseball, Basketball
SmA IN THE NEWS
September 2008
August 2008
- WNBC-TV, 8/27/08, "Wednesday's Child'
- Queens Ledger, 8/25/08, "PROFILE - Sports Museum of America Co-Founder Philip Schwalb"
- Scribe Media, 8/20/08, 'Sports Museum of America Scores Big with Digital Technology"
- Telemundo, 8/8/08, "Museo de Los Departes Americanos"
- Thirteen.org - Sunday Arts, 8/7/08, "A Museum for Good Sports"
- Queens Gazette, 8/6/08, "Sports Museum Appeals To Fans, Non-Fans Alike"
- Thirteen, WNET New York, 8/3/08, "Sunday Arts"
- Athletic Business, August 2008, Interview with SmA President and GM John Urban
- International Ice Hockey Federation, August 2008, "Selling Hockey in New York"
- Skyward Magazine (Japanese), August 2008
July 2008
- WHP-TV.com (Harrisburg, PA), 7/30/08, "Beaten to the Punch?"
- WNET Channel 13 President's Blog, 7/18/08, "Report from Downtown NYC: Sports Museum of America"
- USA Today, 7/17/08, SmA Hosts Golden Spikes Award Ceremony
- SmA President and GM John Urban Interviewed on Maxim Radio
- CW11, Summer Fun for Kids
- NY Daily News, 7/15/08, Don Mattingly Visits the Sports Museum of America
- Boston Globe, 7/13/08, "Bullish on Sports Dreamers, Doers"
- NY Daily News, 7/10/08, Goose Gossage at the SmA
- Giants.com, 7/7/08, SmA Featured on Giants.com
- WABC-TV, 7/6/08, Live Weather Reports from the Galleries - Part 1
- WABC-TV, 7/6/08, Live Weather Reports from the Galleries - Part 2
June 2008
- Morning Call (Allentown, PA), 6/28/08, "Exhibition Game"
- New Jersey Star Ledger, 6/27/08, "All Sports all the Time at N.Y. Museum'
- WABC-TV, 6/18/08, "Sports Museum of America"
- Staten Island Advance, 6/17/08, "Portrait of a Devoted Son'
- International Sports Heritage Association, June 2008, "Sports Museum of America Opens"
- Atlanta Journal Constitution, 6/15/08, "Stretching your bucks in New York hotels"
- TheNewsRoom.com, 6/14/08, "Tennis Great Billie Jean King Busier Than Ever"
- AMCtv.com, 6/13/08, "SciFi Dept - Sports of the Future"
- Olympic Beat Magazine, May/June 2008, "Olympic Memorabilia on Display at SmA"
- City Guide Magazine, 6/11/08, "Summer Sightseeing: Sports, Sun, Skylines and Cruises"
- Sports Business Daily, 6/10/08, "Women's Sports HoF Holds Induction at Sports Museum of America"
- Houston Business Journal, 6/06/08, "Houston Sports Icons Apple Of NY's Eye"
- Hamptons, 6/06/08, "Sports Museum of America Opening Night Gala"
- Antique Trader, 6/04/08, "Sports Museum of America opens in New York City"
- Rediff News, 6/02/08, "Sameer Ahuja helms Sports Museum of America"
- Olympic Beat Magazine, May/June 2008, "Olympic and Paraolympic Memorabilia on Display at SmA"
- Bloomberg
May 2008
- WSJ.com, 5/27/08, "Museum Reveals the Person Behind..."
- "The Final Score!" Radio Interview (Norwalk, CT) with SmA President John Urban
- TravelBeat.Net, 5/21/08, “Lower Manhattan Gets a Game Changer in Sports Museum of America”
- New York Family Club Newsletter, 5/21-27/08, "Activity Tips: "Day at the Museum"
- ESPN.com, 5/21/08, "Indy Car Promotion at SmA"
- Wall Street Journal, 5/20/08, “A Sports Fan’s Dream Come True”
- The Edmonton Journal, 5/20/08, “Indy 500 drivers cause traffic tie-up on New York streets”
- City Guide Magazine, 5/20/08, “Family Fun: Sports, Water, and Oddities”
- Regis & Kelly, 05/19/08, "New York Museums"
- Sports Illustrated, 05/19/08, "The Right Stuff"
- Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 5/19/08, “Indy 500 Field Visits New York For Media Blitz, Museum Tour”
- The New York Times, 5/19/08, “Bats in This Museum Don’t Have Wings”
- SNY “Daily News Live”, 5/09/08, “Sports Museum of America opened May 7th”
- Chicago Tribune, 05/08/08, "A sports fan's grand-slam stop"
- NY Daily News, 5/08/08, "Philip Schwalb's Vision Realized in New Lower Manhattan Museum"
- People.com, 5/08/08, “Molly Sims at Pre-opening”
- NASCAR.com, 5/07/08, “NASCAR on display at Sports Museum of America”
- Daily News, 5/07/08, “City scores big with new sports museum”
- Sports Business Daily, May 7, 2008, Stars In City Lights: Sports Museum Of America Opens In N.Y.
- Fox Business News , 5/07/08, “First All-Sports Museum” (w/ Mike Ryan)
- Fox Business News, 5/07/08, “First All-Sports Museum” (w/ Sameer Ahuja)
- Metromix New York, 5/07/08, Insider the Sports Museum of America”
- New York Times, 5/07/08, “An Afternoon at the (New Sports) Museum”
- MSG.com, 5/07/08, “Sports Museum of America Open…”
- Daily News, 5/7/08, "Sports Museum of America is where Billie Jean is King"
- NY1, 05/06/08, "Opening of the Sports Museum of America"
- NY Stock Exhange Closing Bell (May 6, 2007)
- Brandweek, 5/05/08, “The Game: New Sports Museum Has Balls; Gillette Sharpens MLB Focus”
- Prettytough.com, 5/05/08, “Sports Museum opens in Manhattan this week”
- NY Daily News, 5/04/08, "Sports' Newest"
- Downtown Express, 5/02/08, “Sports Museum looking for hit on Broadway”
- USA Today, 5/02/08, “Hey there, sports fans: Museum opens in New York”
- Bloomberg News Clip
- Family Circle, 5/01/08, “Family Time”
- The New York Times, 5/01/08, “The Heisman Trophy Moves to Its New Home”
- Time Out New York, 5/01/08, “The Sports Museum brings the pros downtown”
April 2008
- The Economic Times, 4/29/08, “American sports museum has desi touch”
- "In Focus- Bloomberg News (4/23/08)"
- Sports Collectors Digest, 4/18/08, “SmA has NFL, NBA, NHL, NCAA, NASCAR, and more”
- amNewYork, 04/15/08, “Museum for all sports”
- Staten Island Advance, 04/14/08, “ Dream of Sports Museum is Now Reality”
- Daily News, 04/14/08, “Students get real-world biz experience”
- The Detroit News, 4/13/08, “NYC is getting all-sports museum”
- The Kansas City Star, 4/13/08, All-Sports Museum
- Detroit Free Press, 4/13/08, NYC Is Getting All-Sports Museum
- Only a Game (NPR and 90.9wbur), 4/11/08, “Sports Museum of America”
- Yahoo Finance, 4/07/08, “Walt 'Clyde' Frazier & Aimee Mullins announce ticket sales”
- Dallas Morning News, 4/07/08, “Walt 'Clyde' Frazier & Aimee Mullins announce ticket sales”
- LaBusiness.com, 4/07/08, “Walt 'Clyde' Frazier & Aimee Mullins announce ticket sales”
- Ventura County Sunday Star, 4/6/08, “New all-sports museum opening in New York”
- USA Weekend, 4/04/08, “Interview with Billie Jean King”
- Title IX Blog, 04/04/08, “Checking in with Billie Jean”
March 2008
- SportsBusiness Journal, 03/30/08, “USA Basketball partnering on museum”
- East Bay Business Times, 3/25/08, “Slugger Museum to support new sports museum”
- Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal, 03/23/08, “People”
- Fox Central Oregon, 3/20/08, "The 1st All-Sports Museum. USA Basketball presents its history"
- Jerseys for Fans, 3/19/08, "Sports Museum of American to Open May 2008 in New York City"
- US Olympic Team.com, 3/17/08, “USA Basketball Teams Up with SmA”
- IEG Sponsorship Report, 3/17/08, “Museum To Include Host of Emerging Cisco Technologies”
- Daily Star, 3/15/08, “Soccer Hall Partners with Museum”
- The Bergen Record, 3/14/08, “Sports Ticker”
- The Dallas Morning News, 3/13/08, “SmA Partners with National Soccer Hall of Fame”
- CNBC, 3/13/08, “SmA Partners with National Soccer Hall of Fame”
- Sports Business Daily, 3/12/08, “SmA Eyeing One Million Visitors in First Year”
- New York Times, 03/12/08, “Luring Sports Fans of All Seasons to Lower Manhattan”
- Sports Business Journal, 3/10/08, “Inside Out”
- Sports Business Journal, 3/09/08, “Facilities”
- AmericanRugbyNews.com, 3/07/08, “Rugby partners with Sports Museum of America”
- Sports Business Journal, 3/05/08, “Executive Transactions”
- The New York Times, 03/04/08, "Hall Will Give to Museum"
- Yahoo Sports, 3/03/08, “Monday Chalktalk – NCAAF News & Notes”
- World Golf Hall of Fame, 3/1/08, “Exhibits”
- Funworld, 3/01/08, “In Brief”
- Robb Report, 3/01/08, “One Last Thing”
- NIRSA, 3/01/08, “Billie Jean King to attend 2008 USTA National Campus Championship”
February 2008
- Time Out New York, 2/27/08, “Museums are set to open (and reopen) all over town…”
- Brandweek, 2/25/08, “People”
- Crain’s New York Business.com, 2/20/08, “Sports museum adds office space”
- Meetings/focus, 2/20/08, “WOW! NYC - A Manhattan Minute”
- Taxi, 2/15/08, "The Sports Museum of America (SmA) today announced that Cisco® has been selected..."
- Kiosk Marketplace, 2/15/08, "Sports Museum of America to introduce interactive kiosks"
- Sports Collectors Daily, 2/15/08, “Loan Your Stuff to a Big Time Museum”
- Yahoo Finance, 2/14/08, “Cisco Technology Powers the New Sports Museum of America”
- Forbes.com, 2/14/08, “Celebrating America’s Love Affair with Sports”
- The Huffington Post, 2/14/08, “Calling All Sports Fans”
- AOL Sports, 2/13/08, “Names in the Game”
- Bowl.com, 2/13/08, “Bowing museum partners with Sports Museum of America”
- USA Volleyball, 2/08/08, “USA Volleyball Partners with the Sports Museum of America”
- New York Post, 2/01/08, “True Blue”
January 2008
- The Tampa Tribune, 1/20/08, “Sunday Compass”
- Crain’s New York Business, 1/09/08, “Museum director steps up to bat”
Legends Speak
- Tiki Barber (Video)
- Bille Jean King (Video)
- Bob Cousy (Video)
- Jim Craig (Video)
- Aimee Mullins (Video)
- Keith Hernandez (Video)