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SPORTS PUBLICITY, MARKETING & BRAND BUILDING IN A NEW AGE: WITH JOE FAVORITO
It was 10 years ago Thursday that I got the call to go down for a casual meeting with my boss Barry Watkins which turned into my last day at Madison Square Garden. Change of philosophy, roles, duties etc., and it was time to part ways after seven seasons that started with Jeff Van …
Sometimes with all the hoop and hype around athletics we forget that sport can actually help move the needle and bring action to key causes through the power of media and celebrity. This weekend, Viacom, Spike TV and two elite athletes will do just that for the people of Flint, Michigan. On Friday in Atlantic …
A long-awaited Triple Crown, record purses and exposure for The Breeder’s Cup, an uptick in brand innovation, digital media and fans of the sport. The year 2015 was certainly a good one for the sport of horse racing in the United States. With the Kentucky Derby on the horizon, what can be built off of …
They have a franchise back, and a new stadium in the offing will bring a Super Bowl as well as a new home for NFL Media from its current digs in Culver City. So what else can head west with the Rams? How about the Pro Bowl, or even better, the Draft in future years. …
As a society we continue to like our sports bigger, faster and stringer. We love innovation and technology, and a sprinkle of analytics doesn’t hurt. However when we look away from the bold and the brightest, sometimes we miss the best stories, and adaptive sports and its evolution is changing this. Before his legal issues, …
The simple things are usually the best activated, and National High Five Day is steadily falling into that category. There are many origin stories of the high five,[ but the two most documented candidates are Dusty Baker and Glenn Burke of the Los Angeles Dodgers professional baseball team on October 2, 1977, and Wiley Brown …
There are few brands in the Northeast that use sports more as a platform for awareness than Amtrak. From New York to Boston to Philly to Washington, fans cannot watch a broadcast or attend a game without some kind of call to action by America’s premier national train service. It is with that in mind …
The college space in the sports marketplace remains one of the hottest, especially with the mega-ratings and brand engagement that the elite conferences bring. Couple that with March Madness, and smart marketing in the Mid-Major space, and college is at or near the top of many “like to haves” for brands. However what about below …
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 …
Because it is affordable family fun, Independent baseball, those leagues and teams not associated with Major League Baseball, can sometimes get a bum rap as being less than professional. However spend a bit of time with Ken Lehner, the Managing Partner and President of the Can-Am League Rockland (NY) Boulders, and you get the impact …