Fan Apparel
January 9, 2019 at 12:21 pm
On Sunday afternoon, the Philadelphia Eagles took on the Chicago Bears in the NFL playoffs Wild Card round. The game was intense, to say the least, but it was the final seconds that will go down in history. With the Eagles up 16 to 15, Bears kicker Cody Parkey had a chance to win it…
January 4, 2019 at 1:30 pm
With respect to self-preservation—or the lack thereof—and admission of culpability and defiance, we have always found ourselves drawn to Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” and the 1995 film “Heat.” A weird pairing, we know, but hear us out. In the former, the protagonist experiences such pangs over his guilt that he admits his crime…
January 3, 2019 at 1:46 pm
Given that the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) dubs its sports teams the “Rebels”—with the men’s basketball team adding “Runnin” to accentuate the players’ quickness—one should not find it surprising that the overall athletic fan base would have looked to take rapid action against something with which it disagreed. Just ahead of the new…
January 2, 2019 at 12:50 pm
Ever since he obtained megastar status in 2010, many interesting news bits have been afoot in the life of Justin Bieber. Each time the Canadian hitmaker steps out, it seems the press finds itself enthralled with another opportunity to track his existence, no matter if the opportunity has anything to do with music. Thanks to…
December 20, 2018 at 12:09 pm
Fanatics has firmly solidified itself as one of the powerhouses of sports merchandise. This year alone the company got the license to produce NFL fan…
December 20, 2018 at 11:45 am
Fast food restaurants really decided to step up their promotional game this year. Maybe they were afraid that they'd be one of those things millennials supposedly are killing. Or maybe they just finally realized how much people love merch. Either way, it led to a ton of, well, creative promotional campaigns from the likes of…
December 19, 2018 at 2:26 pm
We don't have the rights to use ESPN's SportsCenter theme song, so you're just going to have to imagine it here, as we dive into some of our favorite sports-related promotional campaigns and stories from the year. Let's call it our Top Plays, just to keep the theme alive, shall we?...
December 19, 2018 at 12:16 pm
The Chicago Bears eliminating the Green Bay Packers from NFL playoff contention this past Sunday is only the latest installment in the long-standing rivalry. As we all know, sports rivalries are intense and heated, so it's no surprise that this case involving the Packers-Bears rivalry and, weirdly, fan apparel made its way all the way up to a federal court...
December 19, 2018 at 11:45 am
Come 2019, music fans will be able to reflect on 25 years of Weezer albums, as the year will mark the anniversary of the band’s eponymous debut and see the release of its 12th studio disc, another self-titled collection also known as “The Black Album.” Given the group’s longevity, the Rivers Cuomo-fronted foursome has inspired…
December 13, 2018 at 2:04 pm
In the difficult media landscape of the 21st century, news publications need to offer much more than just relevant content and ad space. Brands like the New York Times and the Daily Beast are moving beyond the tried-and-true tote bag offering and going with full lines of apparel and other merchandise for readers to show their preferred media...
