What do you usually do Tuesday morning following a weekend’s worth of non-stop NFL action? Well, besides checking your fantasy football league? How about subscribing to a few NFL Team YouTube Channels and watching your favorite NFL personalities on camera? At Sports Networker, we’ve compiled a few of the league’s accounts for a behind-the-scenes look…
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Manchester City: Winning In Brand Promotion Via Social Media
Just take a look at Manchester City’s website and you’ll see an organization that puts the utmost importance on connecting its fans — those in England as well as worldwide — to the team, which is a member of England’s Premier League. Last year, the football club won Sports Website of the Year at the…
The Top News In #Sportsbiz – 08.27.12 – 09.03.12
The Top News In #Sportsbiz is a collection of articles curated by Sports Networker’s Lead Writer – Mark Burns Sports Business 50 Years Of Fantasy Football: The Story Of Andrew Mousalimas With his grandson on one side and his son-in-law on the other, 87-year-old Andy Mousalimas chose Philadelphia Eagles running back LeSean McCoy with the first pick of…
An Inside Look at NFL Sports Technology (INFOGRAPHIC)
Sports Technology is deeply ingrained in all aspects of the National Football League. Over the years, players have become bigger and faster, but thanks to developments in technology, professional teams can now better understand how the human body works. Big or small, the advancements allow teams to maximize players’ potential on the field. The folks…
NCAA College Football Coaches By The Numbers (INFOGRAPHIC)
With college football just starting up for the 2012 season, there are a handful of storylines to watch. How will Penn State fair under first-year coach Bill O’Brien following a summer of sanctions and bowl bans? Can LSU function without Tyrann “Honey Badger” Mathieu after his dismissal from the program on August 10? Will the…
Twins To Host 2014 MLB All-Star Game
For the first time in 25-plus years, the Twin Cities will host the 2014 MLB All-Star Game, Major League Baseball officially announced on Wednesday afternoon. The last time Minnesota hosted the All-Star Game, it was held at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. Yet, on July 15, 2014, the recently-constructed Target Field will play host to the…
10 Must Follow Sports Marketing Blogs
So you’re interested in sports marketing and want to allocate a half hour of your day reading up on the recent news within the industry. There’s only one problem — you’re not really sure where to go to find that valuable information. Well, don’t worry, because Sports Networker has compiled a resourceful list of valuable sports…
Cadbury’s Olympic Sports Sponsorship Leads To 2.5 Million Social Media Fans
Since the beginning of the new calendar year, Cadbury Chocolate has made its presence known across its UK social media channels — and in a very big way at that. As a sponsor of both the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London as well as the Paralympics, the Kraft-owned chocolate brand has added 2.5 million fans…
The Top News In #Sportsbiz – 08.20.12 – 08.27.12
The Top News In #Sportsbiz is a collection of articles curated by Sports Networker’s Lead Writer – Mark Burns Sports Business Lance Armstrong Gives Up Fight Against USADA Charges Lance Armstrong is giving up his fight against the latest wave of charges by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency , which will likely rule that the seven-time Tour de…
Texas High School Installs State-Of-The-Art $750,000 Jumbotron
Carthage High School in Carthage, Tex. is proving once again that ‘Everything is bigger in Texas.’ To go along with three Texas 3A football titles in the past four years, the Bulldogs are nearing completion of what they claim to be the world’s largest stadium screen for a high school sports team. The latest development…
NFL vs. EPL: Who Wins The Social Media Playoffs? (INFOGRAPHIC)
Football versus, well, football. The National Football League is widely popular within the United States while English fútbol (soccer) is a global phenomenon, with one of Europe’s best known leagues being the English Premier League. So, according to social media, what league comes out on top? Granted, this isn’t an exact science comparing the two…
Anheuser-Busch, MLB Properties Extend Sports Sponsorship to 2018
Major League Baseball and Budweiser have co-existed for the past thirty-plus years, and earlier Wednesday, the two parties agreed to extend that relationship. MLB Properties and Anheuser-Busch settled on a six-year extension of the sports sponsorship agreement that lists Budweiser as the Official Beer Sponsor of the MLB. Anheuser-Busch will continue to have exclusive rights…