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Many skeptics looked to the baseball season this year as a sort of sponsorship and ticketing armageddon…a sure sign that sports was losing its branding and dollars mojo. Yet as we look down the stretch and even back across the season, we see lots of good news for the sport in terms of community involvement, …

Saturday Rutgers will take on Florida International University in Piscataway, New Jersey but despite the result, the two biggest gains in popularity for the school may have been made away from any court or playing field this past week. First, on Tuesday nigh.s Jay Leno Show on NBC, award winning documentarian Michael Moore sported a …

It is perhaps the last clean piece of real estate on the sports landscap.the jerseys of the four professional teams in North America. A practice which is well accepted globally, brand advertising on the front of jerseys, still is off limits in the States with the NHL, NFL, MLB and the NBA as well as …

Sometimes the best of marketing activation plays are the simplest. Even with all levels of social media in use, the sound of the spoken voice sometimes is the most effective, and sometimes most underutilized method of communication today, and remains a way for elite entertainers and athletes to reach very personally with their fan base. …

September 11, with thoughts of a day of service and reflection proposed by President Obama, may be turning the corner from negativity and grief to positive action (although we should never forget and many need to and still should morn the loss on that day). However on Friday night we were again reminded as to …

I usually don’t make this personal, but today is a day that we all need to remember those we lost on that tragic day in 2001…and how sports helped us bounce back afterwards. First a quick second to remember those who we knew through sport who were gone that day, including all those in uniform …

It is one of the most closely guarded logos in the worl.the NFL shield. Even with some of its tweaks over the years, the brands that stand with the NFL and its shield, and the programs they represent, have often been best in class, just as the league presents itself as one of the premier, …

As other mega-events like the Super Bowl, NASCAR, the NBA Finals, the All-Star game, golf's U.S. Open shied away from large scale media activation and branding with many of their partners toward more subtle and community-oriented activation, the tennis US Open has moved steadfastly ahead in telling its stories, growing its base and solidifying its …

When the casual sports fan thinks of the Hall of Fame, usually the first thought is basebal.s shrine in Cooperstown, New York. Basebal.s long-time position as.The National Pastim. and its long-standing summer enshrinement weekend have given the Baseball Hall of Fame a recognition position that none of the other.Hall. have been able to challenge. Their …

The question often asked with social media these days is a simple on.how does it make mone. With all the work being done to give fans more insight and access to athletes and properties, very few if any can prove that the efforts on their own can translate into hard sponsorship dollars. Increased visibilit. Yes. …