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While many sports fans say the Cleveland Indians were right to get rid of their old name, they aren’t nearly so willing to see the 2021 World Series-winning Atlanta Braves make the same decision.
Teneo has decided to end its Tipperary Gaelic Athletic Assocation sponsorship. Tipperary-born Teneo co-founder & CEO Declan Kelly resigned from the 'global CEO advisory firm' in June after he behaved inappropriately during a Global Citizen event.
The United Soccer League has named Will Kuhns senior VP of communications and PR as it fields an expansion team in Queens, NY in 2022.
Finn Partners has added imre's Matt Saler, a 15-year sports and consumer marketing pro, to its sports division.
Some likely implications of the Supreme Court's judgement against the NCAA in the antitrust case over paying college athletes.
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Ben Sosenko has joined Overtime as its first head of communications and public affairs as the Brooklyn-based sports platform for Gen-Z fans rolls out its Overtime Elite pro-basketball league for high school basketball players.
Julie Andreeff Jensen, who previously led corporate affairs and communications at financial services company Citadel, is joining the Washington Football Team as senior vice president of external engagement and communications.
In a PR about-face, the NFL has apologized for its former stance regarding athletes kneeling during the national anthem.
NASCAR announced it will resume this season beginning in May, but how the auto racing giant will ensure the safety of its drivers remains to be seen.
John Acunto, a 20-year veteran of the National Basketball Association's communications team, has joined Finn Partners as senior partner.
With the COVID-19 pandemic putting the sports world on hold, ESPN made the best of a bad situation by releasing a documentary series highlighting Michael Jordan's career with the Chicago Bulls.
Former Oklahoma Republican Senator Don Nickles represents LA 2028 as the organizing committee for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics/Paralympics Games seeks to generate US government support.
USA Gymnastics, which has been rocked by a sex abuse scandal and bankruptcy, has appointed Carol Fabrizio chief communications & marketing officer, effective Feb. 13, as the national governing body for the sport seeks to restore its image.
Jonathan Gasthalter represents billionaire financier Steven Cohen as he works to finalize a deal to take over the New York Mets from the hands of the team's recalcitrant majority owners.
While the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs will be facing off in Sunday’s Super Bowl LIV, the Seattle Seahawks take the prize for top net favorability rating among NFL fans, according to a new study from Morning Consult.
The sign-stealing scandal that led to the season-long suspensions and subsequent firings of Houston Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow and manager A.J. Hinch provide more visible examples of crisis management than your standard corporate crisis does.
The National Basketball Association is looking to hire a PR executive to oversee communications strategy and execution for its Basketball Africa League set to tip-off in March with 12 teams from a dozen nations. (Updated)
Tiger Woods booted long-time PR point man Glenn Greenspan following last month's Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. The golfer hosted that event.
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