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SPORTS PUBLICITY, MARKETING & BRAND BUILDING IN A NEW AGE: WITH JOE FAVORITO
Other than politicians, he may be the most quoted, and even mis-quoted man in America over the last 100 years. His name adorns the championship trophy of the league he helped grow from a sports afterthought to the leader of a multi-billion dollar industry, Happy 100th birthday to “The Coach,” Vince Lombardi. Having worked on …
On Thursday of NFL Draft week, NFL Players Association Executive Director deMaurice Smith addressed a group of media at Google headquarters in New York, and a few thousand other interested parties via a live stream, on the challenges of the organization. Behind him on a series of screens weren’t images of his players or even …
There was probably a time when the NFL would have shied away from seeing the WWE as anything but an encumbrance to business. After all for at least part of its history, the publicly trade company has been awash in misogyny, steroid use, violence and controversy. But today the WWE is a thriving entertainment vehicle …
There are wide ranging numbers attributed to the number of dollars spent and people who play fantasy sports in the United States, but rest assured it is in the millions. Football is king, baseball second and then it goes down from there. The major media companies have found a jackpot in monetizing and aggregating fantasy …
This Wednesday those fans of the gridiron reach what is an unofficial official end to all things football for a while…the media frenzy of national signing day. From coast to coast on every sports network and radio show, young men who are the best at their sport tell the world in choreographed press conferences, streaming …
Late during the bye week officials from New York and New Jersey joined NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to give an update on the plans that will immediately surround the 2014 Super Bowl, to be held at Met Life Stadium in New Jersey, the first time the sports and entertainment spectacle will not be held in …
We reach Super Bowl weekend, a spectacle that has advanced well beyond the vision that Commissioner Pete Rozelle and the others in charge of the AFL/NFL merger had probably even envisioned. So little is about the wins and losses of the teams on the field, the Ravens and the 49ers, and so much more is …
Sunday night as Super Bowl week began the NFL brought everyone the Pro Bowl, which for any number of reasons seems to have become the least interesting and most controversial of any professional all-star event. Instead of championing the great players of the season past, the Pro Bowl continues to become more of an afterthought, …
We hit the midpoint of brand awareness madness as the worlds of sports, pop culture and marketing move toward the Super Bowl at the Mercedes Benz Superdome in New Orleans. There will be the usual hype around the ad campaigns unveiled during the game, a cavalcade of promotion that in some circles has become as …
A look at a few stories to start the week… Seattle’s NBA Return Is Good News…For Many Outside Of Sacramento: While Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson put up a great fight, in the end the lack of funds for a new arena means the Maloof’s sale to move the franchise to Seattle…a city which lost its …
