2020 NBA Summer League Dates Announced
The Las Vegas NBA Summer League, which begins a little later this year, will take place July 10-20 at the Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion. The event, which includes all 30 teams, usually begins shortly after July 4. Vegas Summer League co-founder and executive director Warren LeGarie said Team USA is expected to [...]
The Digital Tools Every Creative Team Needs
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The 5 Biggest Design Trends of 2019 and Their Impact on 2020
By Jordan Cuellar As the world continues to evolve, creative design is assisting in driving the visual aesthetics. Although we’re only a month away from the end of 2019, I continue to see things out in the design world gaining notoriety that can transition well into the New Year. It’s good [...]
3 Strategies to Boost Open Rates on Your Next Email Marketing Campaign
By Jake Kelfer Hey hey! Imagine getting hundreds of emails with the subject line - Payment Received… You’d feel pretty great, right? Now, imagine getting 5 times the amount of emails with the same subject line. You’d be feeling really great. The only thing that changed from the first to the second [...]
3 WAYS TO INCORPORATE LIVESTREAM VIDEO WITH SPORTS
By Max Miller As we move forward into the world of 5G and beyond, the demand for instant content at your fingertips is ever growing! Whether you’re in retail, technology, entertainment, or sports, in order to build your brand you’ve got to keep up with trend of instantaneous content. So if [...]
5 TRENDS TO CONSIDER IN DIGITAL MARKETING IN 2020
By Sergio Millas Digital marketing is an incredibly powerful tool that cannot be ignored. Digital marketing is increasingly being recognized by many marketers as the most important tool in their toolbox and rightfully so. According to eMarketer, worldwide digital ad spending rose by 17.6% to $333.25 billion in 2019 (roughly half of [...]
Intern Report: Where are they now?
After another record-breaking NBA Summer League, the VSL team has helped over 25 current and former interns and Sports Business Classroom attendees land roles with the NBA, G League, UFC, NCAA, and Marketing Agencies. Other Notable Alumni: 1. Abby Hornacek – Fox 2. Adam Mann – Adam Mann.TV 3. Addison Mercer – DocuSign 4. Adrian [...]
Feature Friday: Heavyn Jackson
Q: What has been your journey in sports? A: I was born into the sports world. My father played basketball professionally for 17 years and has been a sports analyst since his retirement. With that being said, I ran away from playing sports myself, but after graduating college I decided to take my turn with [...]
Return Of Runnin’ Rebel Tickets For Teachers Program Announced
UNLV Athletics has announced the return of its "Tickets for Teachers" program for the upcoming 2019-20 Runnin' Rebel basketball season as a way to say "thank you" to local teachers. Working with the Clark County School District School-Community Partnership Office, the Tickets for Teachers program aims to provide two UNLV men's basketball season tickets to [...]
Summer League Co-Founders Albert Hall and Warren LeGarie Sit Down with Prominent NBA Partner, Tencent
Albert Hall and Warren LeGarie caught up with Renjun Bao, Director of Business Development for Tencent America, to discuss the evolution of the NBA Summer League and the integration of growing the game of basketball worldwide. Tencent is the NBA's largest partner outside of the United States with 490 million fans in China watching NBA [...]