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The NHL survived and thrived during after this past year’s lockout, leveraging a breakneck schedule and some new faces, as well as an ever-improving relationship with NBC, to push new interest in the sport heading into a full slate of games in 2013-14. Still with their disputes settled, there was still uncertainty if one of …
The MLB All-Star events have grown into a weeklong baseball and branding extravaganza that have not just surpassed the original intention of the events, but have expanded into what is arguably the largest multi-day single sport platform in the industry. Super Bowl is a celebration of a championship, the All-Star festivals of the other professional …
Brewers Find A Way To Honor The Old Standard…Mascot: The race around the bases and the stadium with mascots now regular fare…best celebrated with Presidents in Washington and sausages in Milwaukee. However the brewers have taken a new combo spin…the anniversary celebration and the mascot race…to recently draw more attention to the brand. The club …
As we hit July, some interesting brand enhancement campaigns, and one new one to watch in a taboo category, have popped up. Take a look… It’s A Good Year For Pirates, Current and Former: The Pittsburgh Pirates still haven’t caught the attention of casual fans, but they will soon, as the best story in baseball …
Last year at this time he was the best story in baseball many know about, but few really knew of. Quiet and contained, with nervousness about communicating with the media in English and guardedness for past minor off the field issues, Miguel Cabrera was a crossover brand basking in the shadows. However as the year …
As we go thru Father’s Day weekend in the States, a look at some good moves from in and around the sports biz world. Maximizing Merch: There was a time not too long ago where quick turnarounds on merchandise tied to players was risky and was carefully charted. However in today’s digital world, with free …
Wearing Your Heart For Your Club: Teams and leagues are often the center of community philanthropy. From Coat Drives to Charity nights, the ability for sports to drive awareness and dollars for cause marketing is pretty endless. Now via Ogilvy Brazil, the football team Sport Club Recife has tied a promotion for its most loyal …
It is the fastest growing segment of the population in North America…a segment that has vast consumer experience, knows how to activate in groups, has defined spending habits and in many cases a large amount of disposable time and purchases more high ticket items, like cars, more than any other segment of the population. They …
It remains one of the biggest crapshoots in all of sport, the Major League Baseball Player Draft. Taking place over three days and including no international players, the Draft has always been somewhat of an afterthought for the casual baseball fan amidst all the goings-on in the MLB season. Like the NHL, the players selected …
Last week the sports world was all abuzz with soccer talk. Trouble is, it was not the talk about the current first place team in MLS, the only team currently playing a full schedule in the area, the Red Bulls. It was about Manchester City and Chelsea, the Champions League Final, even the pesky still …
