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Two things the world has enough of are sand and water, and more than enough resorts and beaches to try and lure tourists. So it was not a great deal of surprise that this week SportAccord announced that it will be the creator of the World Beach Games at a predetermined location starting in 2015. …
It hasn’t been the best of falls for either the fans of the New York Giants or the Washington redskins, but that doesn’t mean the last of wins has stopped the continued off-field hype of the teams stars. From Robert Griffin III promotions all over Maryland and Virginia to Eli Manning’s ever-present face at Dunkin …
Oreos and soccer go together, and so does Trident and futbol. At least they will in the future in one of the most intriguing, all-encompassing branding exercises announced this week. Mondelez International and Soccer United Marketing announced a wide ranging partnership that can be a game changer for both as they evolve together, a marriage …
Nicknames on uniforms, fans names on the court, athletes partnering with global brands that are emerging into the US marketplace, steady, healthy brand growth outside the regions of where franchises currently are, small market success, establishing an expansion marketplace without actually having to move a team, and, having a team turn to its fans for …
It is amazing that it is 25 years this month that the sports business world, just growing at the time, prematurely lost a legend, someone who set the tone and helped create the sports and entertainment communication industry as it exists today. His name was Mike Cohen and some called him “Inky,” because throughout his …
Finding and engaging new revenue partners, helping to guide major facility changes, learning the in’s and outs of broadcast relationships, dealing with an evolving support base, trying to negotiate a solid and growing niche in a very crowded sports marketplace and helping forge a new and engaging brand that can be many things to many …
When Microsoft first signed a deal with Major League Soccer and then a mega-deal with the NFL last spring, it raised lots of eyebrows as to what was coming. Windows 8 and the mobile world haven’t exactly been kind to MS, so was this a large scale advertising campaign or a multi-faceted program designed to …
It is late summer in New York. People are on vacation, there is a glut of sports news between the NFL, baseball winding down, the US Open, even The Barclays taking the headlines. So if you have an elite high school basketball event, what does one do to cut through the clutter? Location, location, location. …
Earlier this summer Indy Car hoped that the casual appeal of the new animated film, “Turbo” about a racing snail, would help get them some much needed bounce with consumers. After all, “Cars” and “Cars 2” gave NASCAR some amazing licensing and branding pushes at a time when their brand had plateaued, so another animated …
The perception is, if you want to succeed on Madison Avenue fully, then you need to bring the game to those making the decision. Every team sport, as well as air racing, triathlons, hot dog eating, even surfing, have tried to show the value of their product by coming as perilously close to Gotham as …
