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There have been times in the past 20 years where the Nets brand has made attempts to solidly establish itself in the hearts and minds and pocketbooks of Madison Avenue. Jon Spoelstra trying to change the name of the team to The Swamp Dragons, the time when the team made their runs to the NBA …
If you don’t live in the New York area or Pennsylvania you probably don’t know the appliance and electronics chain P.C. Richard and Sons despite the fact that the company has been in business for over 103 years and they are the largest private family-owned chain in the country. Along with national department chains and …
Thursday night should have been a grand night at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The New Jersey Devils, fresh off their run to the finals, would have been ready to get started with their 2012-13 season with some new faces and the veteran leadership of Marty Brodeur between the pipes as an Eastern …
Lately we have seen any number of brands trying to weave their ways into the news of the day with varying degrees of success. Footlocker told the world none of their employees, who wear referees jerseys, were part of the replacement crews, the site Ashley Madison offered up a cash price for Tim Tebow to …
None of the eight teams that made the MLB postseason this year played in an indoor environment, a bit of an anomaly for baseball in recent years. No Diamondbacks or Brewers, Rays or Astros to be seen. So with the elongated playoff format heading into colder and wetter weather, MLB has had to deal with …
While most of the causal sports world focused on the MLB playoffs, college football, the NFL and the return of referees and the opening of NBA training camps, IZOD IndyCar made an announcement that could be a real boon to the circuit in the coming years as it continues to try and find its rightful …
An undefeated NFL season. A perfect college football season. A tennis Grand Slam. Tiger. Michael. The Miracle On Ice. Even horse racing’s Triple Crown. All have been accomplished and celebrated time and again in American sport SINCE Carl Yastrzemski ‘s1967 season for the Boston Red Sox, the last time, until Wednesday night, that any player …
There was a time not too long ago when many thought that audio as a medium was almost dead. We live in a video world, we need to see things, no one has time to sit by a radio… Then along came podcasting, and itunes and digital audio and Sirius/XM and I Heart Radio and …
Earlier this year we noted the innovative and fun way the Chicago Fire of MLS launched their partnership with Quaker Oats…by sending media a customized media kit in the classic Quaker Oats round container. Very smart, very memorable great partnership launch between the team and the brand…one which does not do a huge amount in …
They quietly started another season this past week with four teams…Sacramento, Virginia, Omaha and Las Vegas...limping along on financial fumes, albeit with some solid local following, good coaches and some potential great stories of their players. The United Football League is still trying, even if few realize or even care. What happened and could it …