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One of the great challenges in publicity is trying to find stories when sometimes there really aren’t any. Some of it may be made up of pitches saved for rainy days when writers or other media are looking for things to fill inches, blogs or video files. Some of it may be trying to spin …

It wasn’t widely covered this week, but the merger between the CHL and the IHL to effectively create a joint program and a de-facto North American “AA” level of hockey was a very smart move and could be a very financially viable one for the minor league clubs at that level in the sport. In …

As the scramble to get the best value for sponsorship dollars, as well as added eyeballs for products and services, continues on in a challenged economy, two brands took a leap step forward in the New York sports marketing scene this week. The first was the Foxwoods Hotel and Casino, which signed a jersey sponsorship …

Wednesday night's botched call which kept Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Gallarraga from being the third pitcher in 30 days to throw a perfect game may be one of thebiggest viral stories related to sports since the real migration to digital media egan several years ago.. One cannot look at a blog, a trending list, a …

Looking through the Sunday New York Times I spied an amazing ad (art by Annie Lebovitz) featuring soccer legends Diego Maradona, Pele, and Zinedine Zidane. An ad for G. An indepth tease for ESPN's World Cup coverag. Nope. It is the focal point of a multi-level international brand campaign by Louis Vuitton that ties all …

Much of the talk with regard to naming rights deals revolved around the Meadowlands this past. as branding experts voiced opinions as to whether the addition of a Super Bowl to the new Meadowlands Stadium will enhance a potential overall naming rights deal and can entice other secondary sponsors to the just opened facility. While …

This past week ESPN.com's Jeff Bradley had a very touching story about Colonel John McHugh, a lifelong friend united through sport who was killed recently in Afghanistan. As we head through Memorial Day weekend, it is important to remember not just those men and women in the Armed Services but those in civil service who …

Of all the “Halls of Fame” for sport, baseball is arguably the most well-known and perhaps the most remote. The village of Cooperstown, New York doesn’t have the benefit of a cosmopolitan city like Toronto (as does hockey. or Charlotte (as does NASCAR) or a major artery running through it (as does Basketball) or a …

The is no doube that baseball is a long season and in a challenged economy even the best teams at the professional level have some distrssed tickets to move. While minor league teams have less dates and less overhead, and much more leeway to be creative, those at the major league level have to continue …

In the day to day struggle of making ends meet and achieving ROI, companies can lose focus as to what their core message and mission is. The ability to grab little pieces of a financial or sales pie, or to satusfy a business partners immediate as opposed to ling term needs, can get a company …