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SPONSORSHIP & PROMOTION As AVP gears up for the 2017 AVP Pro Beach Tour season, the organization revealed its lineup of sponsors for the year with Boston Beer’s Truly, Kona Deep, Frontier, Rox and Klenskin now joining the roster of official sponsors, alongside returning sponsors Wilson, Smarty Pants, Obrigado, Power Crunch and Breville. The eight-stop tour kicks off in Huntington Beach from May 4-7 and will continue onto Austin, New York, Seattle, San Francisco, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach and Chicago. Also sponsoring the 2017 AVP Pro Tour are Obrigado Coconut Water, Power Crunch, Breville and Rox. Competitor Group, operators of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon Series, locked in an expanded relationship with Michelob ULTRA to serve as the new title sponsor of the Rock ‘n’ Roll St. Louis Half Marathon. As part of the deal Michelob ULTRA has also extended its longstanding partnership as ‘Official Beer Sponsor’ and ‘Official Sponsor of Post Race Celebrations’ across the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon Series 22 events in the United States. Michelob ULTRA has served as the official beer sponsor of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon Series since 2012. Toyota and AEG are extending their comprehensive partnership across AEG’s key Southern California properties in a multiyear, multimillion-dollar renewal agreement. The new agreement, brokered by AEG Global Partnerships, renews Toyota’s longstanding Founding Partner status at STAPLES Center, L.A. LIVE and StubHub Center. Toyota will also remain an official partner to the LA Kings. The NBA, FIBA and the Israel Basketball Association today announced that the next edition of Basketball without Borders Europe will be held Aug. 13-16 at The Wingate Institute in Netanya, Israel. This marks the first time that the NBA and FIBA’s global basketball development and community outreach program will be held in the country. DIGITAL & STREAMING April 27 will see Yahoo Sports offer a live show covering the NFL Draft starting at 8p with host Mike Hill will be joined by Charles Robinson, Pat Forde, Tank Williams, Brad Evans, Brandon Funston Tony Siragusa in Yahoo’s New York City studios. The group will offer football and fantasy analysis, breaking news and live questions from social media throughout the entire first round. Day 2 of the draft will see Yahoo Sports coverage evolve into an all-fantasy cast from 7-8:30p with streaming on Yahoo Sports and Facebook Live. Video platform SportsCastr.Live is officially off and running, allowing users to serve as color commentators and enabling viewers to select which sportscaster they wish to have call, recap or make predictions on a game. Founding investors include David Stern, NBA Commissioner Emeritus; Jim Boeheim, Syracuse University Head Basketball Coach; Donald Schupak, former Managing Partner of the ABA’s Spirits of St. Louis; Vernon Davis, two-time NFL Pro Bowler and Washington Redskins tight end; Andrew Schupak, SGI MB CEO; and Eric Bechtel, IdeaQuest Founder. The company is led by CEO Kevin April. Users can enhance their streams with real-time scoreboards, on-air motion graphics and augmented reality. The platform is now in public beta and available for free on the iTunes App Store. Olympic Channel announced plans for the second season of The Z Team and is now casting for sports teams that could benefit from the help of an Olympian. Cameroon Olympic gold medalist and former Arsenal defender Lauren and Olympic gold medalist in beach volleyball Jackie Silva have signed on to volunteer with additional Olympic athletes announced at a later date. Stream unveiled a partnership with Go To Team in a move to allow end customers to go to Stream for a “turnkey solution” and remove the need to source an additional vendor for production services. “The Stream partnership allows us to continue to offer added value to our clients that are constantly looking for high quality cost effective solutions to move content efficiently to whatever platform, server and end user they choose,” says Go To Team Managing Partner/COO, Shawn Moffatt. fuboTV will now offer Chelsea TV, the English Premier League club’s channel featuring 24-hour-a-day programming, to Fubo Premier subscribers as an add-on package for $5.99/month. fuboTV will be the first third-party platform in the United States to make Chelsea TV available to its customers. ESPORTS In this week’s edition of Cynopsis Esports & Gaming… **DreamHack Austin gears up with new twists for viewers **Daybreak Games’ Laura Naviaux talks Promax, marketing and H1Z1 **Shaq leads lineup for ELeague’s celebrity invitational **Who is esports top-paid team? **DC’s NRG surge **ESA’s 2017 Essential Facts ROSTER MOVES Octagon named Matthieu Fenaert as Executive Director of Octagon Russia to lead the agency’s marketing and events business through FIFA World Cup 2018. Fenaert previously served as the Co-Managing Director of Octagon Brazil. THE MAIN EVENT Thunder/Rockets on TNT at 8p. |
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ON THIS DAY in 1986: Michael Jordan sets an NBA playoff record by scoring 63 points. In The Know: Which team remains the sole franchise to beat the Spurs in the NBA Finals, winning the series 4-3? (Email Chris-Sports@Cynopsis.com with your answer and be sure to include your name, company and city.) Answer to Our Last Sports Trivia Question: Who was the last receiver picked with the very first (as in #1) pick in the NFL Draft? Answer: Keyshawn Johnson. Kudos: Joshua Duboff-Reuters News Agency/NY; Andreas Droste-Time Inc./NY; Andrew Feingold-Fox News/NY; Aymon DeMauro-Discovery Communications/NY; Ken White/Charlotte; Tom Wetzel-MMSI/Warwick; Rich Dubroff-PressBoxonline.com/Baltimore; Rob Keith-Partnership Sports Marketing Group/Davidson; Andy Pittman-TAMU/College Station; Kevin Micklo-Pinnacle Marketing Group/Chicago; Tom Doherty-Starcom Media/Chicago; Larry Hutchings/Nipomo; David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA Federal Credit Union/Burbank; Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA Later -- Chris |
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