How Supply And Demand will shape the Sports Content Business.
Sep-01-2010 My brother and I still have the scars from fighting each other as we raced to the kitchen, diving like Wes Welker for the morning sports section. We battled for the first crack at the precious box scores and game summaries, but also for the right to spoil the fun for the other by blurting out "Giants 5, Phillies 3 ... Jack Clark hit a home run ... ."
It’s hardly a secret that Hispanic sports fans in the U.S. love soccer. In some cities, the word “love” may be an understatement.
Fervent, fanatical fútbol lovers have been the target of many a Chief Marketing Officer, working on behalf of a brand, product or service seeking to maximize its potential for growth in the U.S. Hispanic market.
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Census data indicates that Hispanic population has grown faster than
overall U.S. population since 1990. In 2006, Hispanics became the
largest U.S. ethnic group with a population of 45 million, making up 15
percent of the total U.S. population. By the year 2020 the Hispanic
population is projected to reach 53
million. Hispanics are expected to spend over $900 billion as a consumer
group next year and this buying power is projected to surpass the $1
trillion mark by the year 2010.
As the 2008 Major League Baseball season comes to an end, ESPN Deportes will present the most extensive coverage of winter baseball from the Dominican Republic, Venezuela and Mexico. ESPN Deportes will televise more than 60 winter league baseball games, including each league's championship series. In addition to its extensive coverage of each league, ESPN Deportes will for the first time air Beisbol Esta Noche every Sunday at 3:30 p.m. ET.
Rich "Goose" Gossage, who tormented batters as one of the game's most intimidating relief pitchers over a 22-season career, was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers' Association of America in balloting verified by Ernst & Young. He will be inducted into the Hall July 27 at the Clark Sports Center in Cooperstown, N.Y.
Cooperstown, New York - Ten former Major League players, whose careers began in 1942 or earlier, will be considered for election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009 by the Veterans Committee, with results of a Dec. 7 vote to be announced Dec. 8 at baseball's Winter Meetings, it was announced today.
History is being written this week in baseball's postseason, but several historic artifacts from the 2008 Major League Baseball season are already on display at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown.
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum will open an exhibit dedicated to the 2008 World Series and the Philadelphia Phillies' second World Championship in mid-November in Cooperstown, N.Y. The exhibit will feature a number of treasures donated by members of the Phillies and Tampa Bay Rays to represent the 104th Fall Classic.
Hall of Famer Robin Roberts, one of the most
durable and talented right-handed pitchers of the 1950s and 1960s, will
share stories and memories in an Oct. 11 version of the Baseball Hall
of Fame's Voices of the Game series.
Fox Sports en Espanol has once again acquired the exclusive U.S. Spanish-language television rights to the 58th Caribbean World Series of baseball. Taking place in Carolina, Puerto Rico, the four-team, six-day tournament will be televised for the ninth consecutive year on Fox Sports en Espanol, beginning Friday, February 2 at 3:00 p.m. ET/12:00 p.m. PT with a match-up between Venezuela and the Dominican Republic; Mexico takes on host Puerto Rico later that day at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT.
"We're proud to be once again the only Spanish-language network in the U.S. to carry the Caribbean World Series and to offer our viewers an exclusive glimpse of their favorite big-league stars in action," said David Sternberg, executive vice president and general manager of Fox Sports en Espanol. Suplemento Especial de Las Series del Caribe 2007
The Caribbean World Series, first held in 1949 in Havana, Cuba, will be played this year at Roberto Clemente Walker Stadium in Carolina, Puerto Rico. The champions of the Dominican, Puerto Rican, Venezuelan and Mexican winter leagues will compete in an exciting 12-game round-robin series that will decide the new Caribbean champion.
NEW YORK -- Plans for a new ballpark for the New York Yankees moved forward Wednesday when the City Council approved several key aspects of the planned $800 million stadium.
Fox Sports en Espanol has once again acquired the exclusive U.S. Spanish-language television rights to the 58th Caribbean World Series of baseball. Taking place in Carolina, Puerto Rico, the four-team, six-day tournament will be televised for the ninth consecutive year on Fox Sports en Espanol, beginning Friday, February 2 at 3:00 p.m. ET/12:00 p.m. PT with a match-up between Venezuela and the Dominican Republic; Mexico takes on host Puerto Rico later that day at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT. 