Last Rights
Blog | www.avia.com | 3 hours ago
It’s 2:28 a.m., my throat has mogul-sized pocks of infection and I’m drinking Guinness. The bedside is a minefield of sticky tissue and month-old New Yorker magazines. In quarantine and for the first time in 911 days, it does appear that I’m close to admitting that I am sick. So, this is how it
Little ambiguity behind the commercialisation of Boat Race | Richard Williams
Blog | www.guardian.co.uk | 3 hours 12 minutes ago
Richard Williams: Sponsorship of this supersized game of Pooh sticks sullies the enjoyment of this much loved fixture
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2009/nov/24/boat-race-sponsorship-oxford-cambridge
JockStocks: Tailgating policies won't affect 'real' fans
Blog | www.bloggingstocks.com | Nov 19, 2009
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http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/11/19/jockstocks-tailgating-policies-wont-affect-real-fans/
DirecTV picks beverage executive as its new chief
Blog | latimesblogs.latimes.com | Nov 18, 2009
DirecTV, the nation's largest satellite television provider, has named Pepsico International chief executive Michael White, who also serves as vice chairman of the beverage giant, to its top job. He replaces former chief executive Chase Carey, who was named chief...
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2009/11/directv-gets-new-chief-executive.html
NFL breaks up the party after player strikes Captain Morgan pose
Blog | www.brandfreak.com | Nov 13, 2009
If there were a guerrilla marketing hall of fame, Captain Morgan would have just earned his induction.
Nike Designers to Tackle College Football With Pro-Combat Gear
Blog | www.fastcompany.com | Nov 12, 2009
Nike's new mantra should be Just Re-Do It. In recent years they've successfully tacked everything from Olympic running shoes to swimsuits, to creating a essentially an elaborate pedometer that plays music, the Nike Plus. Next up, it seems they've borrowed a page from design guru Ken Carbone's own
Muscular monkeys prompt sports doping fears
Blog | www.newscientist.com | Nov 11, 2009
Linda Geddes, reporter A gene therapy that appears to bulk up muscle mass and strength in monkeys - reported today in Science Translational Medicine - will undoubtedly raise fresh concerns about the potential for gene doping in sport.
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2009/11/muscular-monkeys-prompt-sports.html
Report: Six Degrees Adds $7M in Funding
Blog | www.virtualworldsnews.com | Nov 10, 2009
Six Degrees Games, parent company behind sports-themed virtual world ActionAllStars.com, picked up $7 million in a second round of funding in a deal led by Time Warner Investments. TWI joins existing investors Clearstone Venture Partners and Prism VentureWorks. The company...
http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2009/11/report-six-degrees-adds-7m-in-funding.html
Avis helping out baseball's abused mascots
Blog | adweek.blogs.com | Nov 4, 2009
McCann Erickson's "Billy the Bear" mascot needs a "rental health day" in this Avis commercial.
http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/2009/11/avis-helping-out-baseballs-abused-mascots.html
Keith Ferrazzi: Would You Be More Successful If You Golfed?
Blog | www.huffingtonpost.com | Nov 3, 2009
Ive met plenty of people who are interested in golf but are afraid to get started. Golf is foreign, something other people or even rich people do.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/keith-ferrazzi/would-you-be-more-success_b_343580.html
