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Ken Halpin has an interesting start in college athletics. Originally as a game equipment manager at a community college, Halpin used resolve to work as a third party corporate sponsorship rep for KP Sports at Eastern Washington University, then left the company for a bank, before jumping back to EWU as an associate athletic director of external affairs. Halpin discusses some of the challenges that he has had, especially in building a cohesive staff unit centering on communication, marketing and fundraising. Aside from mentioning his ardent aversion to reading fiction, Halpin talks about some of the things that drive him personally and professionally as he serves as a senior administration staff member at an FCS university athletic department. Twitter: @HalpinKr

Peak Sports Management is one of the newest corporate sponsorship third party groups servicing collegiate properties. Peak President Ryan Holloway discusses the tricky world of deliverables in a college sports world conditioned to believe in signage, magic wand RFPs and philanthropy masking as sponsorship. Holloway talks about Central Arkansas, Peak’s Sports Management’s flagship property, which has garnered a lot of attention nationally from a striped field concept. Twitter: @PeakSportsMGMT

Blue turf, a nationally-ranked college football team, a rising NCAA Tournament basketball team, and a flood of attendance doesn’t make Matt Beckman’s job any easier. Beckman has to work with the notion of getting fans to return again in case the team starts to lose, and talks about some of the issues surrounding the rising crest of NCAA sports in Boise. Beckman also discusses select-a-seat nights and his time as marketing director at Gonzaga. Twitter: @MattBeckman_

Jimmy flies solo to give you his very own and hopefully not too self-indulgent San Diego Comic-Con recap! No reviews, news or Top 3. He chatted with many folks and did lotsa crazy stuff. Yes, heavy drinking was involved usually. Expect some fun tales and the usual name dropping. He got so many interviews that will be spread over the next few weeks. In this episode, you'll hear great chats with Lili Bordan (Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome), Blair Butler (Attack of the Show), Javier Grillo-Marxuach (Middleman), Kevin Michael Richardson (voice over actor) and Jonathan Ross (Turf, Golden Age).

Reviews: The Misadventures of Clark &Jefferson: Hairy Things #1, Shield #1, Star Wars Purge: The Hidden Blade One-Shot, Turf #1

The boys went to MoCCA and broke some Canucks! MoCCA Fest was this weekend and the guys attended meeting many an indie/small press creator. Jimmy interviewed Monica Gallagher, Simon Gardenfors, and Tory Woollcott and learned a bit about their MoCCA debuts. Jimmy took many of the cartoonists out for a grand ol' NYC time and got free drinks galore. (Don't tell them it was a fluke. They think I'm the King of NYC.). News includes: Marvel leaves Diamond, Joss Whedon to direct Avengers movie, Mattel reveals SDCC exclusives, Eisner nominations announced, Star Trek live show at Kennedy Space Center, never before seen Kirby characters to see the light, Ultimate Spider-Man animated series to debut, and more!

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