Last week the New Zealand All Blacks made history by becoming the first-ever repeat winners of the Rugby World Cup. However during the tournament, with help from sponsor AIG, the All Blacks set a little virtual history of their own, becoming arguably the first global sports brand to embrace a ...
Read More »MLB Network’s offseason programming features exclusive coverage of end-of-season awards announcements
With the 2015 World Series in the history books, MLB Network’s live offseason programming will begin this week and feature exclusive coverage of several end-of-season awards throughout the month of November. Starting today at 8 p.m. ET, the winners of the Players Choice Awards presented by MLB The Show will ...
Read More »Topps Takes Another Step In Brand Expansion
From digital to the throwback, Topps keeps trying to reinvent itself, and give fans a little extra to bring them back to the brand. They are also trying to advance the audience through new partnerships, and this week rolled out the latest: cards with MLB’s approval of players who have ...
Read More »You May Know the Story of the Brooklyn Dodgers, But You Don’t Know the Whole Story… Until Now
Coinciding with the 60th anniversary of the Brooklyn Dodgers’ only World Series title, author David Krell’s Our Bums: The Brooklyn Dodgers in History, Memory and Popular Culture (October 1, 2015; $29.95) brings to life the lesser-known stories of the team’s 125-year history. With the Foreword written by Branch Rickey III, ...
Read More »EPIX And NHL Reunite For A Second Season Of ‘EPIX PResents Road To The NHL Winter Classic’
Premium TV network EPIX and the National Hockey League (NHL) today announced that EPIX Presents Road To the NHL Winter Classic™ will be returning to the channel and will make its U.S. television premiere Wednesday, Dec. 16 at 10pm ET/PT, 9C. The weekly series, consisting of four one-hour episodes, will ...
Read More »Pacquaio Packs Politics, Boxing, Into His Business
We have heard a good amount about Floyd Mayweather since his mega-meeting with Manny Pacquiao and then his supposed last-ever fight with Andre Berto, but what’s been up with the legendary boxer from The Philippines. He surfaced this week to accept the Asian Game Changers Award from the Asia Society, ...
Read More »New York Times Columnists Reflect On Yogi Berra In Oct. 19 Panel At Yogi Berra Museum
A trio of preeminent New York Times sports columnists – Dave Anderson, George Vecsey and Harvey Araton – will reflect on the extraordinary life and career of Yogi Berra in a panel discussion at the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center in Little Falls, N.J., on Monday, Oct. 19 at ...
Read More »Topps Reveals First-Ever “Final Five” Fan Vote For 2016 Number One Card
After thousands of online votes, the “Final Five” athletes have been chosen for a chance to be featured on Card No. 1 in 2016 Topps® Baseball Series One, joining a line of players that has included Hank Aaron, Ted Williams and Derek Jeter. It is the first time ever fans ...
Read More »2015 Ford C. Frick Award Ballot Finalized
Ten of the National Pastime’s legendary voices have been named as the finalists for the 2015 Ford C. Frick Award, presented annually for excellence in baseball broadcasting by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. The 10 finalists for the 2015 Frick Award are: Richie Ashburn, Billy Berroa, Rene ...
Read More »Fairfield University Basketball To Honor Len Elmore, Jackie MacMullan And Bob Wolff With Third Annual Leader Of The Herd Awards On November 10 In NYC
Fairfield University basketball will present three award-winning sports commentators – ESPN standouts Len Elmore and Jackie MacMullan, and the legendary Bob Wolff – with the Third Annual “Stags Lifetime Achievement Award: Leader of the Herd” for long and meritorious service on Tuesday night, November 10, at the Manhattan Club (@ ...
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