The Making of a Giant Today, the Costacos Collection announced its inaugural drop will feature one of the most respected legends in professional sports, Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays. The 90th Birthday Celebration Drop will take place this Sunday, October 24, as an ode to Willie’s iconic number and ...
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Hoops Legends Group Taps Heartlent Group For New ID
Charles Barkley-Animation The National Basketball Retired Players Association (NBRPA), in celebration of its 30th anniversary, is teaming up with sports marketing collective HEARTLENT Group to re-fresh the organization’s visual identity. As part of the partnership, the creative team at HEARTLENT Group, led by managing partner and head of creative Elliot Gerard, is creating new enhancements for ...
Read More »New Season of Mike Krzyzewski’s SiriusXM Show Debuts October 21
Mike Krzyzewski, who is entering his final season in a Hall of Fame career as head coach of the Duke University Blue Devils, will host the premiere episode of the 17th season of his weekly SiriusXM show, Basketball and Beyond with Coach K, tomorrow, October 21 (6:00 pm ET). Basketball ...
Read More »Iconic, Award-Winning Sports Pop Culture Artist John Costacos Unveils New Blockchain-based Digital Collectibles Company
Iconic, award-winning pop culture artist John Costacos, who established a genre of sports art with his famed sports personality poster creations, along with co-founder and CEO Justin Moorad and Digital Art Director Mike Campau, today unveiled a new blockchain-based digital collectibles company, the Costacos Collection. The Costacos Collection is partnering ...
Read More »USADA Expands Whistleblower Options Utilizing RealResponse State-Of-The-Art, Secure Text-to-Report Technology
The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) and RealResponse announced today that USADA’s Play Clean Tip Center will now provide athletes and support personnel with a real-time texting option to report potential abuse of performance-enhancing drugs and suspected doping behavior. USADA serves Olympic, Paralympic, and UFC athletes and is the first ...
Read More »FlexIt Adds ‘Basketball Whisperer’ Hanlen
FlexIt, known for its personalized fitness offerings such as its premium training platform, FlexItPRO™, announces a focus on improving its athletic performance offering. This initiative is being headed by Drew Hanlen, one of the most sought after personal trainers in the NBA, who has worked with Joel Embiid, Bradley Beal, ...
Read More »TeamWorks Media Launches La Vida Sports
TeamWorks Media, the parent company of La Vida Baseball, today announced the launch of La Vida Sports, a newly created business to connect brands, media companies and content creators with the LatinX community, the largest growing and most underserved demographic in the U.S. La Vida Sports is a natural progression ...
Read More »‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson Autographed Photo Sells for Record $1.47 Million
A new world auction record for a signed sports photograph was established for an exceedingly scarce and important 1911 “Shoeless” Joe Jackson Autographed Photograph by Frank W. Smith (PSA/DNA 9 MT)(Unique Surviving Example) which sold for $1,470,000, far exceeding the estimate of $200,000-400,000. The signed photo was offered by Christie’s ...
Read More »SGPN Rides Football Prognostication Success To Strongest Consumer Traffic Month
Sports Gambling Podcast Network (SGPN) has leveraged its combination of college/pro football prognostication success and entertaining user experience to deliver its strongest consumer activation month – 495,000 unique downloads — since the inception of the platform 10 years ago. According to the podcast analytics website Megaphone, SGPN also had 69, 483 active listeners in the month of ...
Read More »Electronic Gaming Federation To Launch Season Three With New Titles and Over 100 Teams
The Electronic Gaming Federation, the national governing body for formalized collegiate D-I esports and high school level leagues, today announced their most comprehensive lineup for both games and participating schools in the organizations three year history. The season three of EGF will have participation from over 100 teams representing 60 ...
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