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MLS player Son Heung-min leans over a camera smiling, with the stylized text "MLS IS BACK" framing his face, from a still out of an MLS campaign promoting the league's new season
Sports Marketing

Inside Major League Soccer’s World Cup year marketing playbook

From its opening campaign to partnerships lasting beyond the World Cup, the league is primed to “pull every lever” in an effort to convert four-year fans into die-hard audiences.


ESPN brand assets, including its signature font and the ESPN logo, appearing on different sized screens in front of a black background
Sports Marketing

ESPN never had one official brand identity—until now

The ESPN Creative Studio recently introduced guidelines defining its iconic logo, font, and color for the digital and DTC age. But don’t call it a rebrand.


Celtics guard Derrick White, Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet, retired Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman, and former Bruins captain and defenseman Zdeno Chára cheers glasses of Sam Adams beer in brand campaign.
Sports Marketing

Sam Adams taps hometown roots in new campaign

The brand is kicking off a yearlong marketing campaign to promote its new variety pack created in collaboration with Boston sports icons.


Photo collage of screenshots from TNT Doubleheader ad for NHL coverage, including some NHL players and the Stanley Cup.
Sports Marketing

How the NHL plans to keep Olympic fans hooked through the Stanley Cup

Hockey fandom is booming, and the NHL is aiming to make it last. Plus, “we need to be likeable,” one exec said.


Screenshots of athletes training with their dogs from an Olympics-tied ad campaign for Nulo Pet Food
Sports Marketing

Why a pet food company went all-in on the Olympics and Paralympics

After a successful Paris 2024 campaign, Nulo upped its spend on Milano Cortina and has plans for LA28.


Collection of Instagram posts and videos from WNBA schedule release campaigns
Sports Marketing

The art of the WNBA schedule release

Fans expect creative announcements of game schedules. If teams fail to meet them, “you’re gonna get trolled,” one CMO said.


Good Good golfers huddled in a circle
Sports Marketing

How Good Good Golf is carving out its place in golf history

The golf brand, which got its start on YouTube, released a new campaign as part of an effort to build its reputation among "traditional golf audiences,” its marketing director said.

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