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NHL Expands Annual Cancer Awareness Month with #HockeyFightsCancer Campaign

The National Hockey League Players’ Association is a prominent figure in the fight to end cancer. Their charitable initiative, founded in 1998, funnels its attention on raising money and awareness for this issue throughout the year, and has always culminated in October with the Hockey Fights Cancer Awareness Month. Throughout October, the Hockey Fights Cancer […]

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NFL Pregame Shows Are Failing at Integrating Social Media

They occupy this magical space of anticipation, where the entire week begins to come to a boil for the NFL fan. They are tailor-made to showcase their journalistic prowess, spending power, and technological advancement. They are windows into the gridiron-centric world the fan will come to occupy for the better part of the Sunday. And […]

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Phoenix Suns Assist Sponsor’s Social Media Strategist Efforts

Tech enterprises’ role in sponsoring sports organizations perpetuates potential yet to be completely realized. They’re a litmus test for undefined boundaries. The former enters this arena to build goodwill from fans. The latter attempts to position themselves as forward-thinking as possible. Both parties strive to create an enhanced fan experience as a byproduct of the […]

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Real Madrid and Microsoft Partner to Build New Fan Engagement Platform

Ranked as “the best club of the 20th century,” Real Madrid announced yesterday a new partnership with Microsoft. The goal of this new partnership is to create a new digital platform that will help fans connect in a new, unique way. Microsoft’s Chairman and Corporate Vice President of Emerging Markets, Orlando Ayala, described the deal in […]

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