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Alyssa Meyers

Alyssa is a senior reporter for Marketing Brew who’s covered sports for three years, with a particular interest in brand investment in women’s sports. Prior to that, she wrote about podcast and audio advertising for Marketing Brew and Business Insider and was a data journalist for Morning Consult. She started her career covering crime and breaking news for the Boston Globe and the Virginian-Pilot.

Surfers in the water at Snapper Rocks, Gold Coast.
Sports Marketing

How the World Surf League is leveraging fan data without tickets or arenas

The organization kicked off an audience segmentation initiative a few years ago, which stands to be supercharged when surfing takes the Olympic stage in 2028.

Photo collage showing the back of a cheerleader's head with Poppi soda cans as hair curlers, next to a photo of a group of 4 cheerleaders in their dressing room with cans in their hair and in their hands.
Sports Marketing

Poppi’s latest sports deal puts it ‘on the sidelines of culture’—literally

The prebiotic-soda brand announced an official sponsorship of the Dallas Cowboys with a post starring the team’s cheerleaders, exemplifying its nontraditional approach to sports.

Athletes on the field at Overtime's QB Showdown.
Sports Marketing

State Farm to sponsor Overtime’s inaugural girls flag football game

The sponsorship is part of a broader, extended deal that also encompasses the existing Overtime Elite, Overtime Select, and OT7 leagues.

SharkNinja product in McLaren garage.
Sports Marketing

How SharkNinja went from the big screen to real life in Formula 1

The product design company recently announced a wide-ranging deal with McLaren Racing focused on content creation.

Thursday Night Football analysts shooting a segment on the field.
Sports Marketing

How Amex is incorporating ‘Thursday Night Football’ into its NFL marketing

Media buys were “always part of the calculus” for pursuing an official NFL sponsorship, which kicked off this year, one Amex ad exec said.

Zip CEO Joe Heck with the Philly Phanatic.
Sports Marketing

Inside Zip’s ‘surgical’ approach to sports sponsorships

The BNPL company’s deal with the Philadelphia 76ers is the latest effort to “build a real presence” in the fan-forward Philly area, its CMO exclusively shared.

An illustration composed of three stills from Under Armour's most recent ad campaign, including players in a locker room wearing red jerseys, flag football player Diana Flores wearing a white Under Armour shirt, and football players including Justin Jefferson wearing an Under Armour shirt
Brand Strategy

Under the hood of Under Armour’s quest to reconnect with its football roots

The sports equipment brand “never got away” from football in its marketing, one exec said, but has been putting the sport more obviously front and center in recent years.

New York Knicks guard Josh Hart doing the scout sign in Scouting America recruitment campaign video.
Sports Marketing

Scouting America drops recruitment campaign starring Josh Hart

The organization, formerly Boy Scouts of America, has been doing more digital marketing and leaning into athlete partnerships, including with Hart and NFL running back David Montgomery.

New York Liberty's graphic for Breanna Stewart MVP campaign.
Brand Strategy

Uncorking the New York Liberty’s end-of-season-awards campaign

While the players compete to advance in the playoffs, the team’s marketers are doing their part to help the 30th season of the WNBA end on a high note for Liberty players and fans alike.

Two hands reach toward each other, each wearing Oura Rings, one silver and one gold
Sports Marketing

Inside Oura’s year of sports marketing

With wearables, sports, and health-minded thinking getting more popular, the smart ring maker has upped its investments in sports orgs.