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It has been yet another interesting week in the crucible of sport. While the New York Giants were celebrating their Super Bowl victory in the Canyon of Heroes, the hobbled New York Knicks had caught fire against some lesser opponents and an unlikely new star. Out of both have come some interesting marketing opportunities for …
The sport of horse racing has tried to right itself in the past year, and reverse the overall downward spiral that has befallen a once thriving industry. With solid turnouts, ratings and storylines for the Triple Crown, a renewed interest in the Breeder’s Cup, and a strong focus by the NTRA and The Jockey Club …
So here we are at Super Bowl Weekend, hopefully they will play the game at some point soon. We wanted to take a little respite and point out some innovative events worth a pop away from the Giants and Packers… The Fire Score With Quaker Oats: Now the venerable Quaker Oats brand, a Division of …
Many times the more elite or more traditional brands in sports rarely venture away from the way things are done. You will never see the Yankees wearing black game jerseys, Alabama football in bright orange, Manchester United donning stripes, the New York Rangers wearing pink, the Dallas Cowboys in day glo. It just doesn’t happen, …
The Pro Bowl has been an afterthought for sports fans for years. Like most professional All-Star Games, mass exposure by media, the lack of any great value to players and the hyper-sensitivity to injury has made the games themselves into less than they used to be, and have made the weekends into great opportunities for …
The weeks leading up to The Super Bowl used to be reserved to give teams the optimal amount of rest, and originally, to make sure all the tickets and travel for fans could be in place. Few remember that the original Super Bowls were not close to sellouts, and to get people motivated to travel …
It used to be that the Senior Bowl was one of the few showcases that every college football senior would make mandatory. There were few pro days at colleges, individual workouts or mega-systems where teams could do their own analysis prior to the NFL Draft. It was a right of honor to be selected and …
Once again it seems like ideas good, bad and indifferent are flowing in groups the last few days, so here’s a look at some other best practices and some issues. Squashing A Brand: The sport of squash is fast, ultra-athletic and pretty much refined to clubs and select colleges and high schools in the United …
It was late November and the storm clouds wee again surfacing. The Giants had lost to the Washington Redskins, and the call for the end of the Tom Coughlin era was on again. Coordinators weren’t prepared, the team was a wreck changes needed to be made. What did you hear from Giants players and organization …
Thursday was National Popcorn Day across America, with many of the major brands in comfort snacks staging promotions, from education programs in the media for the health of the snack to giveaways by brands like Popcorn, Indiana on the streets of new York and Los Angeles. Movie chains ran online couponing for discounts for those …