SportsNewser Video: Under Armour's Latest Advertising Campaign By Marcus Vanderberg on Aug. 9, 2011 - 5:23 PM Under Armour rolled out their largest footwear advertising campaign to-date this week, entitled “Footsteps.” According to the sports apparel giant, “the soon-to-be-released footwear line embraces the Brand’ ...
SportsNewser Ad In SF Weekly Likely Has MLB Smokin' Mad By Marcus Vanderberg on Jul. 20, 2011 - 1:42 AM Well, this ad in the SF Weekly can’t make MLB commissioner Bud Selig happy. Care to take a guess what kind of hydroponics and lamps Plant’ It Earth are selling? And no, we can’t confirm that Tim Lincecum i ...
SportsNewser Shaquille O'Neal Introduces The World To Tout By Marcus Vanderberg on Jun. 1, 2011 - 8:50 PM Shaquille O’Neal introduced the world to Tout.com Wednesday, when the veteran center announced his retirement from the NBA via their social media platform. The iPhone app allows users to record 15-second video messages that ...
SportsNewser Pittsburgh Penguins Top Local NHL Ratings Again By Marcus Vanderberg on Apr. 19, 2011 - 12:44 PM The Pittsburgh Penguins averaged the league’s highest local TV rating for the fourth consecutive season. Pens games on Root Sports (formally FSN Pittsburgh) averaged a 8.68 rating and 101,000 homes per game. Pittsburgh is th ...
SportsNewser TruTV Expands Sports Slate By Alex Weprin on Apr. 13, 2011 - 10:45 AM Turner’s TruTV, which televised a number of NCAA March Madness basketball games this year, is adding to its roster of sports programs. At its upfront presentation in New York last night, Tru announced a slate of new programm ...
SportsNewser Sunday MLB on TBS Rolls Out Early 2011 Schedule By Marcus Vanderberg on Mar. 7, 2011 - 10:30 AM With the MLB regular season just around the corner, TBS announced on Monday the first two months of its Sunday MLB on TBS schedule for 2011. Out of the gate, baseball fans will get multiple appearances by the New York Yankees (May ...
SportsNewser Sean Payton Joins ESPN's Super Bowl Coverage By Marcus Vanderberg on Jan. 25, 2011 - 11:59 AM With Super Bowl XLV less than two weeks away, ESPN is ramping up their roster of analysts. Their latest addition is New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton, who will appear on ESPN three days leading up to the big game. Payton w ...
SportsNewser New York Post Basically Ignores World Cup News By Noah Davis on Dec. 1, 2010 - 1:34 PM (Oh boy, that’s Morgan Freeman’s music.) On Thursday, FIFA will award the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to two separate nations. This is massive news. The New York Times has George Vecsey and Jere Longman on the case. Reute ...
People | SportsNewser SB Nation Gets Paid By Noah Davis on Nov. 8, 2010 - 1:17 PM Is this the equivalent of a young upstart phenom signing his first big contract? All Things D reports that SB Nation raised $10.5 million in Series C funding. Khosla Ventures led the round. The collection of 290 sports and news si ...
SportsNewser Almost 400,000 People Watched the World Cup at Work Every Day By Noah Davis on Sep. 28, 2010 - 12:00 PM The results are in, and the World Cup is a hit. According to ESPN, the tournament averaged 7.2 million viewers per day across ESPN’s host of platforms (television, mobile, Internet, radio, print). Of those, nearly 400,000 wa ...