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Sports Marketing

Inside the rise of franchise-based MLB theme games

MLB theme nights have long been popular, but new trends are starting to take shape as teams across the league court families with theme nights tied to children’s shows, and women with book-related themes.


Rendering of court design for AT&T's 2026 WNBA All-Star Weekend activation.
Sports Marketing

Inside AT&T’s WNBA All-Star Weekend playbook

During this year’s event, the title sponsor is looking to build on the momentum the league and its partners have experienced since its last All-Star Game in Chicago four years ago.


Lionel Messi, Son Heung-Min, and other MLS players standing in a pyramid formation on a soccer pitch.
Sports Marketing

Inside US soccer leagues’ plans to make World Cup fans stick around

MLS is rolling out its largest marketing campaign in league history.


Graphics of soccer players, logos, and balls representing &friends, a digital archive of NYC soccer teams.
Sports Marketing

A chief creative officer’s quest to document NYC soccer culture

Malcolm Buick, ECD and partner of Brooklyn-based branding agency Athletics, put together a living, digital archive of grassroots soccer teams from around the city.


Ilona Maher standing among red bleachers with a TJ Maxx bag at her feet.
Sports Marketing

Why TJ Maxx is sponsoring the ESPYs

The retailer’s partnership with ESPN’s awards show, now in its second year, marks a continuation of its commitment to women’s sports.


Inflatables of Argentina’s Leo Messi, Spain’s Lamine Yamal, and Christian Pulisic of the USMNT standing at 40 feet tall.
Sports Marketing

Inside Fox Sports’s World Cup marketing blitz

The network is throwing serious marketing might behind its World Cup rights, including a Miracle on Ice–themed ad and the hiring of “chief World Cup watchers.”


Josh Hart posing with Blueair air-care prodcut.
Sports Marketing

How air-care company Blueair upped Instagram views by more than 1,000%

Earlier this year, Blueair became the official air-care partner of the New York Knicks, who went on to win the NBA championship. “I’m not saying it’s the air, but I’m not saying it’s not the air that’s helped them win,” the brand’s CMO said.

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