The Washington Football team has introduced its new Fan Ambassador Network (FAN) to help guide the team’s rebrand. The team is seeking fan ambassadors to provide perspective for seven different committees centering on topics such as entertainment, merchandise, food and culture. Click here to read the story at SportTechie.com. Discussion Read more…
A series of CarMax advertisements featuring WNBA superstar Sue Bird, which recently went viral on social media, uses humor and misdirection to elevate female athletes who have faced decades of underrepresentation in media. Bird’s accomplishments on the court put her among the best players to ever play professional basketball. Click here to read the story Read more…
“I can’t tell you the methodology that was used,” longtime Braves’ executive Mike Plant told county commissioners on Tuesday. “They have their methodology, but we’re pretty confident that there will be a huge global impact here on Cobb.” Click here to read the story at ajc.com. Discussion Questions: What is economic Read more…
Glass ceilings and the Space Needle, the 19th Amendment and “Equality.” As part of the WNBA’s 25th anniversary season in 2021, players will wear new Nike jerseys with individual messages and city-specific flourishes for each of the 12 teams. On Thursday, Nike unveiled the collection, which adds a highly anticipated Read more…
A new age in collegiate athletics is dawning. While we are not sure the degree of control student-athletes will have, the consensus is that at some point, the NCAA will soon allow them to monetize on their name, image and likeness (NIL). Click here to read the story at si.com. Read more…
“Being green isn’t about what’s easy,” says Kermit the Frog, an acknowledged expert on the subject, in Johannes Leonardo’s charming new sustainability campaign for Adidas. “Being green can be something big that’s just too hard to miss,” he explains in the anthem spot below. “Or even, doing the little things Read more…
After a landmark WNBA season, the league is telling the nation to pay attention. To celebrate the upcoming 25th season, the professional women’s basketball league unveiled a series of new initiatives as well as a new logo, basketball and uniforms as part of its “Count It” campaign. The plan includes an Read more…
March Madness is the NCAA’s biggest money maker, but it’s also lucrative for conferences. That’s because the NCAA bases certain aspects of its annual distributions calculations on basketball performance in its men’s postseason tournament. A unit system tallies how revenue is distributed through two key NCAA funds, which will distribute a combined $222.5 Read more…
Collaborating to inspire the next generation of female athletes, Nike announces a new grant initiative with the NFL that commits a total of $5 million in product to growing flag football within high school athletics. This multi-year initiative will provide a one-time donation of up to $100,000 in product to Read more…
If there’s one thing we know about sports in 2021, it’s that there will be sports in 2021. (Well, more sports than we’ve already had in the past week. Go, Bills!) 2020 made sure of that. If the NFL and college football — in which 22 competitors breathe heavily into Read more…