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Media Blitz: The Changing Media Culture in College Football

Media Blitz: The Changing Media Culture in College Football

Published on March 4, 2024, 4:34 p.m.by Meg Fullen. College football holds a special place in sporting fans’ hearts through the legacy of intensity and competition passed on since 1869. Throughout the last decade, college football fans find themselves saying goodbye to old traditions and transitioning

The Rise of the Personal Brand and NIL

The Rise of the Personal Brand and NIL

Published on Oct. 26, 2022, at 7:45 p.m. by Carleigh Clark. Name, image and likeness. Three words that have changed the landscape of college athletics almost overnight. NIL deals created millionaires out of college athletes seemingly instantaneously. The National Collegiate Athletic Association voted on June 30, 2021, to

Women’s Sports — They’re Good Business

Women’s Sports — They’re Good Business

Published on March 30, 2022, at 6:55 p.m. by Katie Holec. “The Worldwide Leader in Sports” — better known as ESPN — launched in 1979. Many consumers sat in front of their TVs to watch the premiere episode of “SportsCenter.” Since then, ESPN has created a name for itself. Its

Kobe Bryant: A Legacy Beyond the Court

Kobe Bryant: A Legacy Beyond the Court

Published on January 29, 2020 at 8:37 p.m. by Allie Rose. I was eating lunch with friends on Sunday, Jan. 26, when all around the restaurant people were struck with the news that basketball legend Kobe Bryant had passed. He and his daughter Gianna died

Get Ready, Get Set, Stop?

Get Ready, Get Set, Stop?

Published on September 26, 2016, at 4:21 p.m. by Mary Catherine Molay. Opening week for the National Football League (NFL) brings in a lot of attention; however, this year, much of the media attention was negative as ESPN’s Fantasy Football app crashed — for hours.

Keeping the Press in Public Relations: Lessons from Kobe Bryant

Keeping the Press in Public Relations: Lessons from Kobe Bryant

Posted on December 9, 2015, 7:00 p.m. by Shelby Bonner. Fan or not of Kobe Bryant, the news of his emotional poem announcing that he would retire at the end of the current NBA season was one of the biggest sports news stories over Thanksgiving weekend. Bryant’s

Snapchat Makes the Final Four

Snapchat Makes the Final Four

Posted: April 3, 2015, 12:05 p.m. by Esther Workman. Snapchat is on the fast track to becoming the Kentucky basketball of social media, making slam dunks on and off the court. According to Adweek, Amazon and Hollister paid the company a hefty $750,000 each for

Michael Sam: First a Football Player

Michael Sam: First a Football Player

Posted: February 12, 2014, 2:40 p.m. by Shannon Auvil. On Feb. 9, 2014, University of Missouri defensive lineman Michael Sam revealed that he is gay via a breaking article in The New York Times. Sam was named Defensive Player of the Year in the Southeastern

NASCAR Wreck Drives Home Need for Spectator Safety

Posted At: March 12, 2013 9:00 A.M. by Jessica Ruffin Millions of Americans sat horrified in front of their televisions as one of the tires and the flaming engine from Kyle Larson’s racecar went soaring into the stands at the Daytona 500 race on February 23,

Out-of-the-Park PR

Out-of-the-Park PR

Posted At: February 20, 2013 2:42 P.M. by Jessica Ruffin The smell of freshly mown grass fills your nose, mixing with the thud of shoulder pads colliding against one another. The sound of Air Jordans squeaking on the waxed floor becomes muffled by the growing noise

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