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Football Sponsorship: How 18 Brands Blitzed Fan Engagement this Season

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COCA-COLA CocaCola Zero Sugar partnered with Electronic Arts (EA) for the college football season as the exclusive CPG sponsor of the new EA SPORTS College Football 25 video game. The strategy is quite relatable: Sports and tailgating are fun, but the bathroom situation at such events is most certainly not.

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Wendy’s NCAA Sponsorship Sizzles with Supersized Visuals and a Growth Mentality

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Along for the ride was Wendy’s, the Official Hamburger of March Madness and the Official Breakfast of March Madness, which signed on in 2017 and, since then, has been growing its experiential programming around the sponsorship every year. Agencies: The Marketing Arm (experiential); VML (social content); Spark (media buying); Ketchum (p.r.).

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Sports Sponsorship Update, Part 2: How Brands are Driving Measurable Change for Women’s Sports

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Four insights on how women’s sports sponsors are working to level the playing field The phrase “a rising tide lifts all boats” isn’t often associated with competing brands. But when it comes to increasing visibility for women’s sports, sponsors are steadfast in their commitment to inspiring other brands to jump aboard.

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NBA All-Star 2025: Sponsor Activations from Google, Nike, Amex and More

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AMERICAN EXPRESS As part of its longstanding partnership with TNT Sports, American Express, the Official Card of the NBA, arrived in SF with a three-floor Amex Experience activation, along with another live edition of NBA on TNT American Express Road Show. Both Xtadium and Horizon are owned by the social media giant.

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Pickleball Sponsorship: Four Tips for Engaging ‘Picklers’

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As the nation’s fastest-rising sport, pickleball is attracting sponsors from a host of categories as tournaments , tours and festivals dedicated to the sport continue to crop up. The PPA is involved with amateur games, so they’re making the sport super accessible. Let’s make this sport more accessible.

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Four Sponsorship Tactics Chase Leveraged at the US Open to Increase Engagement

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Here, we explore the four key facets of the brand’s sponsorship program. From the US Open Archives: How evian Cruised into the US Open with a Floating Tennis Court Sports Sponsorship Q&A: How American Express Keeps it Fresh at the US Open Fan Engagement: Five Brands That Aced the US Open 1.

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How adidas Leveraged its Men’s World Cup Sponsorship to Spotlight Female Athletes

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So as the event’s final matches approached, the brand unveiled a set of three murals on the shores of Doha dubbed the “Beach Club Billboard” to underscore its commitment to ensuring equity and access for female athletes, and remind sports fans that “the game has two halves.” Overwhelmingly, men were named. But on Dec.