Topic: Football

NFL Training Camps Ban Twitter on the Sidelines, and in the Stands

We reported yesterday that the National Football League is reviewing its social media policy with regards to players Tweeting from the sidelines of games. But now the ban on social media has expanded from the locker room to the press ...READ»

Football Inspires the Unthinkable (And That's Why I Dig It)

In the past 48 hours, I've consumed roughly 12 hours of NFL. I've watched as more yards got run than plays got stopped, seen a team emerge from their imminent 0-2 status to clinch a game in the final 3 minutes, and another team ...READ»

Peyton Manning's copy pullover is in high plea in Indy

They've got courage, yes they do. They've got specter, how 'bout you? Fans of Super Bowl XLI Champions Indianapolis Colts aren't afraid to show their pride, representing their band by dressing in down.To boon, you must dearest ...READ»

To be fair to the fans of NFL or American seminary football

To be fair to the fans of NFL or American seminary football NFL jerseys, I looked up the jargon used in football of the English kind. The lexis I skimmed through were as succulent and distinguishable as English food. I could honestly ...READ»

Sports: Goodell Faces Tough Decision On Patriots

In my last post, I praised the NFL for providing fans with the best possible product. One week later, it seems that I may need to revise that statement. If the New England Patriots really cheated, the fallout might be worse than ...READ»

Fast Talk: Good Sports

These five executives from the world of sports bring an array of clever approaches to finding, wooing, and retaining their fans as competition for their devotion--and their dollars--increases.READ»

Relive Your Team's Glory Days

An all-time record family amusement is undoubtedly the NFL football. Just about every person, men, women and kids alike, Sundays and Monday nights take on an unbroken different worth during football season. Friends and families ...READ»

Tough Guys

How the NFL and its corporate partners have been able to avoid a permanent black eye despite persistent drug and violence problems.READ»

The Money Game

Despite the NFL's problems, the league remains the premier advertising and marketing platform for companies that target men. An official sponsorship lets companies use all NFL and team logos in their marketing and promotions, and get value from being seen on television during games (in sideline Gatorade dunks, for example). Rival companies that lose out on an official deal cleverly formulate counterstrategies to associate themselves with NFL teams and players. Here are the marketing muscle matchups in four popular advertising categories.READ»

Sports: Blacklist the Patriots!

Before the start of the NFL season, Eric Gillin, editor of Esquire.com, compared this year's New England Patriots to Communist China. At the time, he focused mainly on positives, including the team's enormous potential and the "for ...READ»

Cincinnati Health Insurance Quotes

Cincinnati health insurance rates are quite affordable. But you need to know where to look. Health insurance rates in Cincinnati are found at Ohioquotes.com, the premier resource for Ohio health insurance.READ»

Monster.com Offers $100k for "Ultimate Dream Job" at Super Bowl [video]

Wanted: Director of Fandemonium for the NFL and Monster.com. Benefits: $100,000 signing bonus and massive pigskin perks. Job Skills: Love of football.READ»

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The Flutie Effect

20 years ago today, an undersized quarterback named Doug Flutie improbably threw a 48-yard touchdown pass in the waning seconds to beat Miami in what is arguably the best play in college football history. (A BC grad myself, that play ...READ»

Is the New Wave of Super Big Buildings Wretched Excess? Or Is Bigger Still Better?

With the NFL season less than a week old, the new $1.15 billion stadium for the Dallas Cowboys may be the most talked about piece of architecture in the country. Designed by HKS, the go-to architecture firm for splashy sports ...READ»

Apple Announcements

Apple announced a host of new products today including iPods, iTunes 7, QuickTime 7.1.3, and iTV. iPod The new iPod Shuffle is now about the size of the iPod Radio Remote with an aluminum design and contains one gigabyte of flash ...READ»

The Soul of a Sports Machine

His players are called undersized and undertalented. They also haven't lost a game in 11 straight seasons. Study the leadership secrets of an extraordinary high-school football coach.READ»

The Wal-Mart of Food Banks

How Michael Mulqueen is using smart logistics to deliver 42 million pounds of food to Chicago's inner-city poor.READ»

Penalty! Unnecessary Blandness! Redesigning the Worst NFL Helmet Graphics

Ken Carbone couldn't stand to let another football season go by watching great teams play with subpar helmet graphics. So he redesigned three of the worst offenders.READ»

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Sports Business: College Football Fans Vote With Their Eyes

College football is dead to me. And, apparently, if TV ratings are any type of accurate gauge, more and more sports fans share that sentiment. The average ratings for Fox's four Bowl Championship Series (BCS) games fell 13 percent ...READ»

Voting for the NFL Pro Bowl

Voting for the NFL Pro Bowl tops on Tuesday at noon. So, I hunted to go online and election, not so much to get my voice heard, but because I sought to get a glance of the practice. What did I find? The voting is completely ...READ»

NFL Kickoff Weekend

"How do we bring back casual fans?" Mark Waller, the NFL's SVP of marketing and sales, asks rhetorically. Well, are you ready for some football ... and some event-driven marketing? Kickoff Weekend is a clever marketing construct ...READ»

Scouting The NFC West

Scouting The NFC WestPredicted order of Finish: Seahawks (11-5), Rams (9-7), 49ers (8-8), Cardinals (6-10)Seattle SeahawksA lineup stacked with high profile veterans emergence off injury/down seasons look at 2007 as an attempt to ...READ»

Sports: Is This New Football Startup Made to Stick?

If you knew who Marcus Katz was, you would probably think he's crazy. Katz is a San Diego entrepreneur who made his money in private school loans. And now he's committed $75 million to start a new professional football ...READ»

Our Home. Our Team. Be a Saint.

Well, the news did not make the front page of today's Wall Street Journal and New York Times, but it did make the cover of my Cleveland Plain Dealer and I suspect most other local papers: The New Orleans Saints returned to the ...READ»

Sports: A Season to Sling?

The 2007 NFL season kicks off tonight, as Super Bowl MVP Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts take the field against Reggie Bush and the New Orleans Saints. While fans across the country are rightfully eager for their own teams ...READ»