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Lessons learnt from the top sports crises of 2023

Planning and transparency can alleviate many of the crises we have seen in sport during 2023, but again it has been a year where foolhardy responses have done more harm than good.

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Calacus Monthly Hit & Miss – Rory McIlroy & Jay Monahan

We look at the best and worst communicators in sport from the previous month as Rory McIlroy cements his role as the wise man of golf and Jay Monahan makes his position almost untenable.

Lessons learnt from the top sports crises of 2022

We’ve seen over the years that good communications planning and crisis preparedness is vital for sports organisations – and in 2022 there were more high profile problems.

Calacus Weekly Hit & Miss – McIlroy & Woods & Stefano Domenicali

We look at the best and worst communicators in sport from the previous week as Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods launch PGA Tour events while F1‘s chief chooses words carelessly.

Calacus Weekly Hit & Miss – Burnley FC & Golf Breakaway (& ESL)

We look at the best and worst communicators in sport as Burnley give away free tickets to home fans while golfers are tempted with a big-money breakaway league and ESL clubs remain defiant.

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