As the Tampa Bay Rays, the best team in the American League during the regular season, continue their playoff push, the team’s highly placed executives can’t resist detracting from it with continued talk of partial relocation. Click here to read the story at cbssports.com. Discussion Questions: Why do you think Read more…
The National Women’s Soccer League has called off games this weekend after a brutal week of negative headlines surrounding toxic environments and imbalances of power among clubs. The league announced the move on Friday. Click here to read the story at cbssports.com. Discussion Questions: What is publicity? How do you Read more…
Major League Baseball and the Colorado Rockies announced plans to restore 30 million gallons of water into the Colorado River. The commitment comes after the river experienced its driest 12-month period on record over the past year. Click here to read the story at sporttechie.com. Discussion Questions: What are sports Read more…
Philadelphia 76ers President of Business Operations Chris Heck discusses the 76ers new six-year jersey patch deal with Crypto.com and the upcoming NBA season. Click here to watch the video on news.yahoo.com. Discussion Questions: What is crypto? What is sponsorship? How do brands determine which sports and entertainment properties to sponsor? What is Read more…
The Washington Football Team will play with their minimalist branding through the 2021 season but will unveil a new moniker ahead of next year. As a guest on the Adam Schefter Podcast, WFT Co-CEO Tanya Snyder said that the team was down to three potential candidates. Click here to read Read more…
As of this posting, Marvel and Disney’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (review) has logged a $71 million Fri-Sun/$83.5 million Fri-Mon holiday debut. That’s obviously the biggest Labor Day weekend launch ever. Click here to read the story at forbes.com. Discussion Questions: What is publicity? How does Read more…
Texas A&M University is set to re-create the famous Red, White and Blue football game this Saturday at Kyle Field to remember the upcoming 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In the days following the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, five Aggies – current students at the time – led Read more…
Corporate sponsors of the Tokyo Olympics have brought in marketing consultants to determine whether a direct association with the Games would damage their brands. According to people working directly with some of the 47 big sponsors of the Games, Japanese companies have asked advisers whether they should embrace the Olympic Read more…
It took no time for newly signed Jacksonville Jaguars tight end Tim Tebow to take the NFL by storm — again. The former first-round pick and Florida Gator legend is making a second run at the NFL, this time as a tight end for his former coach Urban Myer. Click Read more…
Shortly after signing an apparel deal with the NBA that would begin with the 2017-18 season, Nike sent representatives to meet with all 30 teams to introduce a novel idea. For most of NBA history, home teams wore white; road teams wore colors; and occasionally you’d see a throwback or an alternate Read more…