Baseball 2011 Begins


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The 2011 Major League Baseball season begins tomorrow! In celebration, enjoy Hulu’s presentation of one incredible baseball movie, Pride of the Yankees. The film version of Lou Gehrig’s short but brilliant life was a perennial on WPIX in New York, and is part of the lore that helps create the Yankees and their fans’ identity. […]

March 30th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Marketing, Music, Sports | Comments are closed

Super Bowl XLV Ads by Sector


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The lack of precision on pricing (apparently beer is a lot more expensive than I thought) makes it difficult to compare years, but I believe the sector breakdown is just as telling as the total price. The tech community will laud the increased presence of web-based services on the Super Bowl, but I am concerned […]

February 6th, 2011 | Tags: , , | Category: Marketing, Sports, Technology | Comments are closed

The Rosenfelder Index of Super Bowl XLV Advertising


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This year’s live blog tallying the price of every item advertised during the Super Bowl, also known as The Rosenfelder Index, will commence at 6:30pm, when the Fox broadcast gets going. As with last year, I will present a spreadsheet that will update itself throughout the game to show how much we are being hit […]

February 6th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Marketing, Sports, Television | Comments are closed

Black Eyed Peas Super Bowl XLV Performers


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Promotion for the Super Bowl has picked up this week, as the Black Eyed Peas were announced as Half Time performers. This is the first non-classic rock artist since Janet Jackson’s legendary “wardrobe malfunction.” Can you remember the last few off the top of your head? Springsteen, Prince, McCartney, Petty, Rolling Stones… oh, I forgot […]

November 30th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Marketing, Music, Sports, Television | Comments are closed

Hall of Fame Manager Sparky Anderson Battling Dementia


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Sparky Anderson with one of the posts he used as strategic hunting blinds in the Tiger Stadium dugout.

Hugh Surratt has informed me that the legendary Sparky Anderson, who won the World Series as manager of the Reds and Tigers, age 75, has been battling dementia, as reported today by the Detroit News. […]

November 3rd, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Opinion, Sports | Comments are closed
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