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On Sunday the sports business world got a great dose of hometown pride when Andy Murray became the first male Brit in over 70 years to win The Championships, Wimbledon. The celebration for citizens, and the sigh of relief for British tennis was felt around the globe, and immediately stories started to surface about the …
They have one of the greatest soccer players ever to step on the field, a homegrown Olympian surrounded by lots of other great talent. They play in a soccer crazy corridor in a string facility between two major markets. They are in first place. Yet for all their success, fun and goodwill Sky Blue FC …
There will be many big sporting events in New Jersey in the next year. NHL Draft, Jets and Giants regular season (including a Tebow to Met Life return in Sept.), Guinness International Champions Cup Soccer, maybe a Red Bulls MLS playoff run, the return to the playoffs for the New Jersey Devils, the last run …
So the NHL rocketed into the playoffs this week, the third straight winter that a league leveraged a lockout to more excitement, social media buzz, and brand equity for fans of short memory. First it was the NFL, which lost offseason and preseason before settling, then the NBA ramped up at Christmas, and now hickey …
Amidst all the hype of baseball, the NFL Draft, the NBA Playoffs, the NHL regular season finale, even the start of outdoor pro lacrosse came another property launching in a crowded marketplace. It has cool colors, lots of action, has been played by millions, can be coed, is fast paced and easy to understand. It …
Last week I was doing a visit to the College of New Jersey with my daughter when I noticed a banner for the Danish pharma giant Novo Nordisk near the campus tennis courts. It seemed a little out of place but I remembered that a few weeks ago the company, which is publicly traded in …
Success is sometimes how you define it. If you look at the World Baseball Classic as a vehicle about American baseball and fandom, then you walk away from this year’s event scratching your head. Team USA, without the requisite stars, once again failed to reach the final round. So chalk up an L for the …
If you are a baseball fan living in the United States and watching or attending the World Baseball Classic, you may see an ad with former Red Sox Manager Bobby Valentine and others urging you to travel and explore the United States. Why would a company take out ads and preach to the converted you …
It’s never easy to create a global initiative in anything for one day, let alone anything to do with sport…on a weekday at a time of year when most of the sporting world is thinking soccer, pitchers and catchers, basketball, ice hockey, lacrosse or any myriad of ideas. Tennis? The hard courts of Melbourne are …
It was quite a few months for Red Bull around the world. From crashing snow mobiles to free falling from space, the thrill seeking brand continues to find ways to engage with an audience that loves action and adrenalin. Even their most prominent local athlete, the Brooklyn Nets Deron Williams, has had a sold season …
