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We wrote about this simple idea last fall, and it appears to be catching on; as we live in a heads down texting and tweeting world, the use of sidewalks for quick viral campaigns, especially in high traffic areas where milennials gather, appears to be growing. Latest case in point was around New York’s Central …
With Wimbledon here we dip into the tennis q and a archives with Tanner Simkins and his “Full Court Press” profiles. this one is with Skip Gilbert of the USTA talking tennis as the US hardcourt season approaches after the grasscourt season ends with the Hall of Fame event in Newport, Rhode Island after Wimbledon …
It was a well-placed, well timed stunt that only an Independent League franchise could pull off. There was Pete Rose back in baseball for a day at least. The Atlantic League’s Bridgeport Bluefish “hired” Rose last week to be their manager for a day, ceding power for a few innings from former MLB’ers Willie Upshaw …
There is little doubt that soccer, from the grassroots through the World Cup, continues to have a growing presence in the mindset of the casual sports fan in the United States. While still not as embedded on the professional side as it is in the rest of the world, the sport is more buzzworthy and …
As part of our ongoing series with Columbia University ad the Full Court Press blog; grad student Tanner Simkins spent some time with various marketers and newsmakers in and around sports business. With school ending and the camp season getting started, Tanner talked with Leigh Klein, steward of the legendary Five Star brand. For over …
A couple of years ago on a Sunday morning I was going to get bagels I heard New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan on “Ed Randall’s Talking Baseball” show on WFAN in New York talking about how the simplest of actions with his father, playing catch after work, were some of his brightest memories. Often times …
This coming week will mark a five year milestone for the New York Yankees and their tent pole in-season awareness program, Hope Week. While all teams have a responsibility to give back to their fans year-round and the Yankees themselves have expansive foundations run by Mariano Rivera, Derek Jeter, Joe Girardi and many others, the …
Last fall Mondelez International and Soccer United Marketing announced a wide ranging partnership across some of the biggest brands in the consumer space, which, the goal (no pun intended), was to bring soccer touch points to almost anyone cruising an aisle in a food store. The Mondelez brands, which include Oreo and Chips Ahoy cookies, …
There is no doubt that the power NBC has in the world of sports broadcasting these days. From the Olympics to Sunday Night Football to golf and the NHL the Peacock has maybe never been prouder for what it stands for in sports and sports business, across both of tis networks and into its digital …
The best of organizations are the ones that are proactive even on their brightest of days with storytelling and finding niche’s to get exposure. The communications heads don’t get caught up in the moment, they manage up and make sure that even the small outlets get the due they deserve. Sometimes packed press boxes don’t …
