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SPONSORSHIP & PROMOTION
Avis, an Official Marketing Partner of the PGA TOUR since 2011, has extended its relationship with the organization through 2022, keeping its designation as the Official Rental Car Company of the PGA TOUR, PGA TOUR Champions and Web.com Tour. In addition to Avis-branded content across PGA TOUR telecasts, PGATOUR.COM and multiple licensed media partners, Avis will help customers “sneak in a little golf” through exclusive golf-themed offers and promotions. Avis will also continue to work with various tournaments, including those run by the TOUR’s Championship Management division, to provide vehicles and logistical support throughout the season. Tough Mudder Inc. is partnering with Alive Publishing Group to bring alive magazine, to Tough Mudder participants, spectators and volunteers during the 2018 North American event season. of the deal, Alive Publishing Group will distribute more than 25,000 copies of the magazine at events throughout the 2018 season in locations such as Seattle, Northern California, Southern California, Colorado and more. DIGITAL & STREAMING
Thirty Five Media, owned by NBA star Kevin Durant and business partner Rich Kleiman, and American Family Insurance are launching an online series titled Dream to Achieve. The four-part series “aims to inspire people to pursue their dreams. It showcases an impressive line-up of guests who demonstrate the success that can come with hard work and determination.” The first two episodes in the series will go live on Kevin Durant’s YouTube channel and feature Kimberly Bryant (CEO of Black Girls Code), Idalin Bobe (Founder, TechActivist.Org), Adrian Aoun (CEO and Founder, Forward) and Fritz Lanman (Investor & ClassPass CEO). Mars Reel announced the completion of its initial $4.7M funding round with new investment from influential digital media company Otter Media, which recently became a unit of WarnerMedia. In addition to its cash investment, Otter Media will also serve as an advisor and strategic partner for Mars Reel in several areas of growth. Notable figures in the round included Drake and Dwyane Wade. Tiger Woods, playing in the FedExCup Playoffs for the first time in five years, and Brooks Koepka, winner of two of this year’s four golf majors, will be among the stars in featured group action airing on ESPN+ Thursday morning from The Northern Trust.Woods, grouped with Marc Leishman and Tommy Fleetwood, tees off at 7:54a on Thursday and fans can see his full round on ESPN+. Jay Glazer announced plans to join The Athletic, announcing on the site that "My job at Fox, and now here at The Athletic, is to get you guys, the reader, connected to a subject in a way you haven't seen before," Glazer wrote. "I don't stand for coach-speak or vanilla, and I have the relationships to call bulls--t in a way others can't." ESPORTS
Motorsport Network continues to dive deeper into gaming. After announcing the Le Mans esports series in June, the company has now added 704Games, NASCAR Team Properties' exclusive console simulation-style video game licensee, under its umbrella. Motorsport Network joins other high-profile existing investors including HC2 Holdings Inc., PlayFast Games, LLC, Leo Capital Holdings LLC, and Gaming Nation Inc. as investors in the company. The move means that Motorsport Network is investing in NASCAR gaming for the first time and expanding its footprint within esports. 704Games' newest video game release, NASCAR Heat 3, arrives at retailers on Sept. 7, while NASCAR Heat Mobile, the first authentic NASCAR mobile racing game, surpassed two million downloads earlier this year. In an announcement posted by the company on Monday, Twitch stated that it would start to phase out ad-free viewing with Prime on Sept. 14, while new Twitch Prime accounts made after that date will not have ad-free viewing. Viewers will still be able to access ad-free viewing on a channel by using your Twitch Prime sub, if the creator has the benefit enabled. Twitch Prime members who have monthly subscriptions will continue to receive an ad-free viewing experience through Oct. 15, while annual subscribers and those who upgrade to an annual subscription before Sept. 14 will continue to enjoy ad-free viewing until their next renewal date. Psyonix announced that Collegiate Rocket League would return for the Fall 2018 semester courtesy of a partnership with Tespa. The year’s season will offer $75,000 in scholarship prizing, which will be split with $50,000 divided across the four regional group conferences, with a pool of $25,000 made available for the final four teams that move on to the national championship. THE MAIN EVENT
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ON THIS DAY in 2007: The Rangers rout the Orioles, 30-3, at Camden Yards to mark a record for most runs scored in a game by a team in modern MLB history. In the Know: What is the yardage penalty for a tripping infraction in the NFL? (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: According to NBA rules, how long does a player have to make a free throw after receiving the ball? Answer: 10 seconds. Kudos: Greg Conner-Tennis Media/NY; Ken White-KWTV/Charlotte; Synda Kollman-Charter Marketing Group/Boca Raton; Wayne "World B." Otto-Pro-Am Sports/Boone; Andy Pittman-TAMU/College Station; Kathryn Denbow-Discovery, Inc./Chicago; Greg Moloznik-GLM Media/Scottsdale; Rich Wolfe-RichCraft/Scottsdale; Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA; David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA Federal Credit Union/Burbank; Anne Wettig-Fox Cable Networks S&P/LA
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