A summary of the most exciting news in multicultural sports marketing. If you’re trying to keep up, consider this your one-stop shop.
- Pepsi presented their latest Pepsi Generations spot. It brings back Uncle Drew, played by NBA Celtics’ star Kyrie Irving, across different decades and celebrates the feature film, Uncle Drew. Content will hit the big screen for the first time on June 29. “Creating the Uncle Drew character with Pepsi and being a part of the creative process has been an incredible experience,” said Kyrie Irving.
The game is filled with stories of legends and how they were born. This is not that story. Watch the NEW trailer for #UncleDrew now and see it in theaters June 29! pic.twitter.com/mMP6KCtQQ9
— Uncle Drew (@UncleDrewFilm) April 26, 2018
- ESL made a deal with AT&T to sponsor a slate of mobile game tournaments in North America. AT&T will present a 5G demo at the ESL Arena at E3 and score a presence at upcoming events that include the Arena of Valor Pro League, ESL One New York in September, and IEM North America in November.
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Jacqueline Hernandez, Combate Americas President. Combate Americas has named Jacqueline Hernandez, as Combate Americas President. She will be based in New York and will report to Campbell McLaren, CEO, and Founder of Combate Americas, overseeing the entire business apparatus and P&L of Combate Americas.
- ESPN Deportes Radio, ESPN’s Spanish-language radio network in the U.S., will offer around-the-clock World Cup news, information, and updates throughout its programs. Reporters include Pedro Vita (Covering Panamá), Marden Devia (Colombia), Stephanie Chaverri (Costa Rica) and Miguel Álvarez (México).
- FloSports locked a deal to carry the Union Cycliste Internationale World Championships for Canadian viewers, along with the UCI Cyclocross World Cup and UCI Track World Cup. They will all stream live on FloBikes.com. Coverage of the UCI events started with the UCI BMX Supercross World Championships in Azerbaijan.
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