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SPORTS PUBLICITY, MARKETING & BRAND BUILDING IN A NEW AGE: WITH JOE FAVORITO
What would the social world have looked like if the space was active during “The Play” the legendary ending of the 1992 Cal-Stanford game that concluded, after five laterals, with Cal running through the Stanford band on the way to the end zone after time expired? We got a taste of what it would have …
This also appeared in The Daily Payoff It is a phenomenon whispered about like “MMA” was a decade ago, “eSports” the must have, must figure out platform that marketers craze to find that elusive young demo. Millions watching the NFL and World Series? That’s nice, but how about all those tweens following DOTA2 on Twitch? …
Ann Liguori is a nationally known sports radio and television personality, talk show host, journalist, author, and television producer in the world of sports media. She was the first woman to host a call-in sports show on WFAN-New York, where she hosted a sports talk show for over 20 years and continues as the …
“Saturday Night Live,” “Half Baked,” host of countless specials and standup shows with rave reviews, Jim Breuer has had, and continues to have, an outstanding run as one of America’s top comedians. His self-deprecating style resonates with fans young and old, and his love of baseball, especially one team, has really opened up an even …
Sometimes Americans in sports business are so caught up in the goings on in the lower 48 that we forget that there are some pretty smart best practices going on north of the border. The Blue Jays and the work MLSE has done from a marketing standpoint rivals anything in the U.S. this year, and …
Several years ago, Mike Vaccaro for the New York Post wandered into a legal betting parlor in London prior to a Giants appearance in and NFL London game and asked to place a bet. The clerk looked stunned, wandered away from the window and came back a few minutes later, telling him that it was …
Last year we did a post about how West Virginia University not only has some of the longest treks of any school in the country because of its far off affiliations with the largely Midwest and Southwest schools of the Big 12, but it also goes to global lengths at least once a year to …
College Football has kicked off not just on the field but in the social space; some great early best practices courtesy of our friends at IMG College… We Will Rise: Auburn Auburn took to social media to rally their community and declare, “We Will Rise” in wake of Saturday’s defeat. Response from fans was overwhelmingly …
We love the stories of the underdog, the Vince Papale’s, who beat the odds to become at least for a short time, part of the largest sports stages in the world, are what millions of fans aspire to. Just to walk on that field or that court or that ice one time…what would it be …
Two weeks ago while at the US Open we got the news that Bloomberg had let go of many of its US-based sports business reporters. The continual change of the marketplace combined with a refocusing of the company on the media side meant that the content being created did not match the vision of senior …