Archive for the 'Sports' Category
Roland Dickey Jr. of Dickey’s Barbecue Pit will throw the first pitch at the Texas Rangers vs. Toronto Blue Jays baseball game on April 25. This is the first series game between the Rangers and the Blue Jays and will be held in Arlington at Rangers Park on Monday, April 25th at 7:05 p.m. “I [...]
April 20th, 2011 | Posted in Media News, Sports | No Comments
Cadillac Championship, part of the 2011 World Golf Championships series began on Wednesday, March 9 at the Doral Resort & Spa’s TPC Blue Monster and conclude on Sunday, March 13. The PGA Tour confirmed last week that the Top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking have all committed to compete in the Cadillac [...]
March 11th, 2011 | Posted in Media News, Sports | No Comments
The Portland Timbers and Alaska Airlines invite soccer fans to create artwork to adorn a Boeing 737-700 in a “Paint the Plane” contest. The Timbers-branded plane will be revealed this spring during the club’s 2011 debut Major League Soccer season. Fans can download the plane’s design template at www.portlandtimbers.com and submit their unique Timbers-centric design [...]
January 29th, 2011 | Posted in Media News, Sports | No Comments
Notional and Electus are pleased to announce their partnership with TV Asahi Corporation and Yoshimoto Kogyo Corporation, Ltd, to produce and distribute the studio based game show UNBEATABLE. Notional’s award winning creative team, led by Dave Noll and Chachi Senior, will work with TV Asahi and Yoshimoto Kogyo’s creative teams to develop and produce the [...]
January 26th, 2011 | Posted in Media News, Sports | No Comments
Marin Institute’s 3rd annual Free The Bowl Video Contest will be held on January 24. Youth 10-20 years old are encouraged to compete in this action to eliminate exploitative alcohol ads on TV sports programs. This year’s contest calls for 30-60 second original music, dance, rap or spoken word performance counter-beer-ads. The top prize is [...]
January 21st, 2011 | Posted in Media News, Sports | No Comments
United Sports has partnered with LUPO TKD to open an Olympic-style Taekwondo school in its Downingtown facility. Classes will begin January 31st and will run weekday afternoons and evenings, and on Saturday mornings. The program is open to people of all ages and abilities. Regardless of your size, shape, or conditioning, Taekwondo training will take [...]
January 12th, 2011 | Posted in Media News, Sports | No Comments
The 2010 NFL ON FOX regular season goes down in the record books as the most-watched in FOX history based on ratings released by Nielsen Media Research, and for the third consecutive year FOX Sports holds the distinction of being home to the No. 1 television program in the country and the NFL’s top pregame [...]
January 6th, 2011 | Posted in HD Programming, Media News, Sports | No Comments
SURFER Magazine has announced SURFER Poll Agent of Change Award for 2010 to James Dunlop (Executive Director of MOF) and Charles Dunlop (CEO of Ambry Genetics), founders of the Mauli Ola Foundation (MOF). The Foundation will benefit from the proceeds of VIP table sales, and their award will be presented on December 6, 2010 at [...]
November 30th, 2010 | Posted in Media News, Sports | No Comments
Verizon and the World Champion Los Angeles Lakers have announced that they are offering Southern California fans a chance to win incredible prizes by entering the Super Fan Sweepstakes online contest. The contest offers a grand-prize package of luxury-suite tickets at STAPLES Center, a behind-the-scenes VIP tour of the Lakers’ practice facility, and the title [...]
November 17th, 2010 | Posted in Media News, Sports, Verizon Communications | No Comments
Harris Interactive College Football Poll (SM) shows the Top 25 results compiled from rankings submitted by the Harris Interactive panel of former coaches, players and administrators, and current and former members of the media. Oregon and Auburn each won and held on to the top two spots, while Boise State regained the number three ranking [...]
November 17th, 2010 | Posted in Media News, Sports | No Comments