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Paige Bueckers and Caitlin Clark high five during Basketball World Cup game.
Sports Marketing

Warner Bros. Discovery is embracing youth to hype the Basketball World Cup

The Team USA women’s roster skews younger, with Paige Bueckers, Angel Reese, and Caitlin Clark all making their senior national team debuts. The media company is using that to promote the tournament to viewers and advertisers.


Collage clockwise from top: Coco Gauf, a Black woman tennis player, sits in front of microphones at a press conference in front of Mercedes Benz logos, Taylor Fritz, a white man tennis player serving a ball while wearing an Oura ring on his middle finger, and a promotional image from Grey Goose showing a Honey Deuce cocktail, a pinkish drink with 3 melon balls skewered on a swizzle stick, being held up in front of a crowded tennis court.
Sports Marketing

Even luxury brands are adapting to the US Open ticket price surge

While premium sponsors may have some insulation from the rising price of attendance, many are also looking to attract fans outside the grounds.


Portland Fire mascot Rose, a pink, glitter-breathing dragon.
Sports Marketing

House of the dragon: How the Portland Fire found its mascot

Rose, a glitter-breathing dragon, made her debut on the team’s home court at the Moda Center in late August, and “the place went nuts,” a team exec said.


Graphic showing Mondelēz brands and football team helmets.
Sports Marketing

Mondelēz is scaling up its sports marketing by going more regional

The company, which owns multiple snack brands, recently announced partnerships with the Kansas City Chiefs and five NCAA programs.


LA Galaxy players celebrate a goal against San Diego FC.
Sports Marketing

No LA Galaxy players competed in the World Cup. The team capitalized anyway

“You can create a plan around an individual player with the hopes that that player advances really far, but if he doesn’t, then you’re kind of left with no plan,” the Galaxy’s president and COO said.


the New Jersey Fives pro pickleball team posing with the Raisin Bran sun mascot wearing jerseys reading "The Fibes" as part of a sponsorship deal with Raisin Bran
Sports Marketing

Why major brands are tapping into pro pickleball team sponsorships

The audience for the sport is growing, and teams are starting to pull in big brands with even bigger marketing budgets, like Kellogg’s Raisin Bran.


Jake from State Farm and Cam Skattebo standing side by side in a commercial.
Sports Marketing

State Farm gets personal with new NFL campaign

The insurance company, which has worked with Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid, is adding Cam Skattebo, Fernando Mendoza, and Curt Cignetti to its talent roster.

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