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SPONSORSHIP & PROMOTION
As NASCAR revs up for the season opening DAYTONA 500 this Sunday, the org laid out a slate of sponsor activations with its partners taking place throughout the weekend. - Busch: The “Official Beer of NASCAR” is saying cheers to 40-years of NASCAR support with the Busch ‘Car To Can’
- Ford will lead with a digital and social fan-focused campaign rolling out a Mustang-related clip per day via Twitter in the 10 days leading up to the Mustang’s first time taking the track on Sunday for the Daytona 500. Additionally, Ford is creating a larger Mustang four-part documentary series that features the making of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race car.
- Monster Energy will have numerous activations on-site that include the Harley Davidson stunt team and Freestyle.com FMX shows throughout the weekend.
- SiriusXM will host the ‘SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Tailgate Live at the Chevy Experience at Daytona’.
- Sugarlands Distilling will be hosting tastings and meet & greets with cast members of the Discovery Channel Show “Moonshiners”.
- Sunoco will host a number of fan-focused activities to get fans in on the action at their Sunoco injector throughout the weekend.
- Toyota will have two Supras on display at the Toyota injector for fans to get a closer look at the new car.
The National Basketball Association and PUMA entered into a new multiyear partnership that will make the international sports brand an official marketing partner of the NBA that will see PUMA now be able to feature athletes in their respective NBA uniforms and team logos. Additionally, the brand will be able to curate authentic and original content that will allow better story telling of the company and their athletes.
Major League Soccer formally announced its multi-year partnership with Kellogg. running through 2020, with Cheez-It and Pringles remaining the league’s official snacks and Eggo now the official waffle. Kellogg’s will also become a core partner of eMLS with Cheez-It and Pringles becoming presenting partners of the eMLS Player Lounge and the presenting partners of the 2019 eMLS Player Profiles, a digital series highlighting competitor’s personal stories. DIGITAL, DATA & TECH
Rotoworld.com will debut its own video platform for the first time as part of a site overhaul that will feature expanded content across all sports. In addition, Rotoworld’s player news will see improved filters while navigation and player pages will provide better statistics and relevant information. The new site also features direct access to Rotoworld’s premium products, allowing users to navigate draft guides, season passes and daily fantasy sports (DFS) toolkits for the NFL, NBA, NHL, and most recently, MLB.
ESPORTS
- Esports enter NBA All-Star & Daytona 500
- ESL preps Clash Crown
- FACEIT’s PUBG Summit
- Call of Duty stakes out franchisees
- Apex Legends packs a punch for Twitch
- breaking down the battle royals
ROSTER/INDUSTRY MOVES
The Professional Fighters League named Dan Ghosh-Roy as Chief Digital Officer where he will oversee all audience, engagement, product, programming, promotion, and technology at the company, expanding the league’s direct-to-consumer platform and capabilities. Ghosh-Roy joins the PFL from Complex Networks, where he served as SVP, Marketing and Audience Development. THE MAIN EVENT
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ON THIS DAY in 1966: Wilt Chamberlain breaks the NBA career scoring record. In the Know: Which Billy Joel Song makes reference to Joe DiMaggio, Sugar Ray Robinson, Rocky Marciano, Roy Campanella, Mickey Mantle, and Sonny Liston? (Email chris-sports@cynopsis.com with your answer and be sure to include your name, company and city.) Answer to Our Last Sports Trivia Question: In the movie The Warriors, what is the name of the gang that took its look from the New York Yankees? Answer: The Baseball Furies. Kudos: Synda Kollman-Charter Marketing Group/Boca Raton; Brad Stern/Carbondale; Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA; David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA Federal Credit Union/Burbank; Jaymz Wooden-Bottelsen American Dart Lines/Santa Maria; Rebecca Kline-Canvas Worldwide/Playa Vista Later -- Chris |
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