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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in a fur coat at the 2025 NBA All-Star Weekend
Sports Marketing

Amid Super Bowl and Olympic season, some brands go all in on NBA All-Star

With this year’s US vs. World format going down at Inuit Dome in LA, league sponsors are leaning into player partnerships, community activations, and social extensions during All-Star Weekend.


Super Bowl LX halftime show Bad Bunny Lady Gaga
TV & Streaming

Super Bowl 2026 brings in 125 million viewers, down slightly from last year

Viewership peaked at 137.8 million viewers, becoming the “highest peak viewership in US TV history,” per NBC.


The Olympic rings appear in front of a mountain range, promoting the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics
TV & Streaming

Games, AI recommendations, and multicams: NBCU’s plans to boost engagement ahead of a sports-packed winter

Ahead of “Legendary February” with the Winter Games, the Super Bowl, and NBA All-Star Weekend, the network is pulling out all the stops.


Executives onstage at ESPN Edge conference
TV & Streaming

ESPN plans more NBA, NFL alt casts as it looks for more ways to innovate sports viewing

Newer technology like VR allows for rightsholders to “completely reimagine” storytelling, an exec said at a conference.


The Toronto Blue Jays celebrating winning Game 7 of the American League Championship Series against the Seattle Mariners.
Sports Marketing

MLB swings at international, young baseball fans during record World Series

The World Series and league championship series have reached massive audiences worldwide, and MLB is looking to capitalize.


A wide shot of a busy street in Cleveland with a NFL x United billboard overlooking the street.
Sports Marketing

United is capitalizing on the growing link between fashion and football

The airline’s latest campaign, “Football Flies United,” is meant to evoke a high-fashion magazine, an exec said.


an overhead shot of runners on the 2024 NYC marathon course, surrounding by buildings and with the NYC skyline behind them
Sports Marketing

As run clubs surge, brands flock to marathon sponsorships

Running, once seen as a grueling and solitary sport, now has a certain cachet, and marketers are lacing up their metaphorical sneakers.

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