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What Excited Marketers Most About April?
NBA Playoffs Begin 23.2%
NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Begin 23.2%
NCAA Final Four March 31-April 2 14.3%
NFL Draft April 26-28 12.5%
MLB Openers April 2-8 10.7%
The Masters April 5-8 7.3%
Boston Marathon April 16 3.6%
Other: 5.4%

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    College

    • March Madness 2012

    • Aflac Won't Duck Heisman

      A sponsorship deal between the insurance firm and the group that oversees the Heisman Trophy brings a new cheer to college football: "Aaaflaaack!" MORE

    • NCAA Examines Bowl Branding

      The NCAA has formed a task force to review and oversee football bowl sponsorship deals, and has also put a three-year moratorium on new pacts. MORE

    • March Madness 2011

      From the First Four March 15 through the Final Four April 2-4 in Houston, the marketing, media and mass communications for the tournament will be mad.

    • CBS, TBS Made For March

      Sean McManus of CBS Sports and David Levy of Turner lift the curtain on a remodeled NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. MORE

    • ESPN, Marketers Eye UConn-Win

      Nike, New York Life, Dunkin' Donuts, AT&T and Toyota are among the companies activating on Dec. 21 as the UConn women's team takes a shot a immortality. MORE

    • Gator Bowl Gets Progressive

      Progressive Insurance replaces Konica Minolta as title sponsor for the Gator Bowl, adding to the list of college football games with new marquee partners. MORE

    • Nike In Gear For College Bowls

      Nike jump-starts its coming NFL official gear alliance by unveiling uniforms and cleats for some of the nation's top college football teams. MORE

    • TicketCity Scores In Dallas

      The inaugural TicketCity Bowl game gets to play with marketers, fans in Dallas' venerable Cotton Bowl. MORE

    • BBVA Plays Ball

      The financial firm, which recently became the official bank of the NBA, signs a deal with ESPN to become title sponsor of the former PapaJohns.com Bowl. MORE

    • Vizio Smells The Roses

      The electronics firm signs a deal to become title sponsor of the Rose Bowl college football game and the BCS Championship Game in 2014. MORE

    • GoDaddy.com Goes Bowling

      Irreverent Web hosting provider and domain registrar firm becomes title sponsor of the GoDaddy.com Bowl, vowing, "College football will never be the same." MORE

    • LG, Best Buy On EA Tour

      EA Sports gives it that old college try, with help from LG Electronics and Best Buy, for a videogame competition at campuses nationwide. MORE

    • Liberty Mutual $1M

      The insurance firm wants to see college football teams play a game without a penalty being called, and will donate upward of $1M to charity if it happens. MORE

    • Big Ten Big Push

      What are Drew Bees, Tony Dungy, Mark Cuban and the father of the modern trampoline doing in a national campaign for the Big Ten Conference? MORE

    • Discover The Orange Bowl

      Discover replaces FedEx as title sponsor of the Orange Bowl, gets title sponsorship of 2013 BCS championship game and becomes official card ofBCS series. MORE

    • Bonds Now BMOC

      The NCAA has named its College World Series Legends Team, including all-time greats Barry Bonds, Dave Winfield, Nomar Garciaparra and Fred Lynn. MORE

    • March Madness 2010

      En route to the Final Four in Indianapolis, marketers, the NCAA, CBS Sports, fans and consumers will make a racket building (and busting) their brackets.

    • Kraft's New Bowl

      Kraft Foods, in conjunction with Feeding America, takes over naming rights to the post-season college football Emerald Bowl in San Francisco, which will be known as the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl. MORE

    • ESPN's Vitale A Fathead

      To coincide with the 2010 NCAA men's basketball Division I tournament, Fathead is spreading the word about it's talking Dick Vitale wall hanger. MORE

    • Pinstripe Bowl A Go

      Yankees, New Era, ESPN ready to roll with the debut of the college football New Era Pinstripe Bowl this December. MORE

    • UM Calls Domino's

      Domino's delivers the next athletic director to the University of Michigan - chairman and CEO David Brandon, a former Wolverines football player. MORE

    • Little Caesars

      After 12 years as the Motor City Bowl, Little Caesars is supporting it's first-year sponsorship of the college football Little Caesars Pizza Bowl with a multi-media campaign. MORE

    • Hardee's UNC 100

      The quick-serve restaurant chain expands its alliance with the University of North Carolina to help celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Tar Heels men's hoops program. MORE

    • SWAC Farmers

      Farmers Insurance signs deal to become title sponsor of the SWAC's football and basketball championship games. MORE

    • Dr Pepper ESPN

      Dr Pepper becomes big player on campus with ESPN deal. MORE

    • NCAA NBA

      A change in rules by the NCAA and NBA will have a direct impact on undergrads who declare themselves eligible for the draft beginning in 2010. MORE

    • Arby's March Mad

      Arby's said it would give away All-American Roastburgers on Monday, March 23, if any 16th seeded team defeats any of the four No. 1 seeded teams. MORE

    • MMOD Up 60%

      CBSSports.com said increased marketing has pushed usage for "NCAA March Madness on Demand" up by 60% over the first four days vs. 2008. MORE

    • Coke Zero Madness

      Coca Zero wants college basketball fans to join in with March Madness by sharing photos and videos that could be incorporated into a 30-second TV spot. MORE