Menu
Marketing and Sponsorship

Marketplace Roundup

SI's Daniel Roberts reports Gary Player's golf merchandising business is "strong," as the Black Knight Int'l website "sells $200,000 worth of apparel and accessories every month." Marc Player, Gary's son and manager, said, "I think 20 years from now, 50 years from now, people will go into the Gary Player boutique, and they will buy the apparel, they will buy the book on diet and health, they will buy the golf instruction video. They will believe in the spirit that is all things Black Knight -- healthy, enthusiastic" (SI, 6/30 issue).

NORTHERN EXPOSURE: The CP's Ethan Lou noted Hockey Canada unveiled a new jersey "that will be worn by the men's, women's and sledge hockey teams as the organization marks its 100th anniversary." The jersey "was introduced at Toronto's MasterCard Centre as Hockey Canada kicked off a cross-country exhibition tour" (CP, 6/26).

MANNING UP: In New Jersey, Rebecca Greene reports Giants QB Eli Manning last week made an apperance at a Dunkin' Donuts in Ramsey, N.J. He was there to "announce the winner of the 'Find Eli' contest, a Dunkin’ Donuts promotion in which 31 contestants registered on line for a chance to appear in a commercial" with Manning (Bergen RECORD, 6/27).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: March 25, 2024

NFL meeting preview; MLB's opening week ad effort and remembering Peter Angelos.

Big Get Jay Wright, March Madness is upon us and ESPN locks up CFP

On this week’s pod, our Big Get is CBS Sports college basketball analyst Jay Wright. The NCAA Championship-winning coach shares his insight with SBJ’s Austin Karp on key hoops issues and why being well dressed is an important part of his success. Also on the show, Poynter Institute senior writer Tom Jones shares who he has up and who is down in sports media. Later, SBJ’s Ben Portnoy talks the latest on ESPN’s CFP extension and who CBS, TNT Sports and ESPN need to make deep runs in the men’s and women's NCAA basketball tournaments.

SBJ I Factor: Nana-Yaw Asamoah

SBJ I Factor features an interview with AMB Sports and Entertainment Chief Commercial Office Nana-Yaw Asamoah. Asamoah, who moved over to AMBSE last year after 14 years at the NFL, talks with SBJ’s Ben Fischer about how his role model parents and older sisters pushed him to shrive, how the power of lifelong learning fuels successful people, and why AMBSE was an opportunity he could not pass up. Asamoah is 2021 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

Shareable URL copied to clipboard!

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/2014/06/27/Marketing-and-Sponsorship/Roundup.aspx

Sorry, something went wrong with the copy but here is the link for you.

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/2014/06/27/Marketing-and-Sponsorship/Roundup.aspx

CLOSE