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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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    • Nintendo Swings Tennis Deal

    • Megatron Makes Madden 13 Cover

    • EA Gives NHL 13 Vote To Fans

    • Tiger Woods Vs. Shaq-Fu

    • Can Madden NFL Star Snap Jinx?

    • RG3 Gets EA 2013 Cover

    • Madden Hall Of Fame Game

    • NBA Renews With 2K, EA Sports

      LeBron, D-Wade, D-Rose and other NBA stars drive the game live and on TV, but their simulated counterparts continue to help the league reach a core demo. MORE

    • Perfect Party For 'MLB 2K11'

      2K Sports is again offering a cool million dollars for the first authenticated perfect game on its MLB 2K11, and has activated behind the effort. MORE

    • NFL Madden 12: Players' Choice

      EA Sports offers up a March madness worth of brackets and players — 32 — for fans to pick the cover of Madden NFL 12. MORE

    • Agassi Back On Tennis Attack

      Tennis legend Andre Agassi is back on the court, in video form, as the cover star and a featured player in Top Spin 4. MORE

    • Kobe Videogame Sales A Hit

      Some videogames scored in 2010, including those with Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan, but videogame sales — and Tiger Woods — were down. MORE

    • Woods Still In EA's Game Plan

      With Tiger Woods' marketing stock still in decline, EA Sports is hedging its bets by putting Woods' name, but not image, on its new golf offering. MORE

    • Mauer Back For MLB The Show

    • THQ Ups WWE Deal

      In a tag team power play, THQ expands and enhances its exclusive alliance with WWE to make its titles more interactive and accessible to fans. MORE

    • Venus Joins EA Orbit

      Tennis star Venus Williams named as North American spokesperson for EA Sports' Active 2, joining David Beckham in company efforts. MORE

    • Johnsonville's Fantasy Deal

      Johnsonville Sausage teams with Best Buy, Athlon Sports to offer NFL fans a pigskin fantasy challenge. MORE

    • Beckham Active For EA

      EA Sports signs David Beckham as global brand spokesman for its new Active 2 videogame, which encourages fitness and activation from users. MORE

    • Landon Donovan Scores Again

      The star of the U.S. National Team adds EA Sports' FIFA Soccer 11 cover to his post-World Cup feats. MORE

    • EA Xmas In July

      The videogamer turns a hot summer July day in New York into a holiday celebration by opening a bag of anticipated titles. MORE

    • Wii Games 2010

      Move over World Cup: Nintendo is launching the Wii Games Summer 2010 and bringing Mario and Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson along for the ride. MORE

    • Durant Does EA

      NBA top scorer Kevin Durant scores as the cover athlete for EA Sports' highly anticipated NBA Elite 11. MORE

    • Jordan Covers EA

      Showing that he still has (video)game, Michael Jordan will appear on the cover of, and star in, NBA 2K11. MORE

    • NFL's Fantasy Run

      NFL adds video, game highlights, Madden to Fantasy Football platform. MORE

    • Gretzky Got Game

      Videogame company EA Sports has enlisted Wayne Gretzky to star in, and be the cover athlete for, its upcoming NHL Slapshot for the Wii. MORE

    • ESPN Gets Social

      A new alliance with social gaming developing Playdom has put ESPN into a growing global genre. MORE

    • Atari Says Game On

      The once might videogame company has lined up a roster of marketing partners to help support Backyard Sports: Sandlot Sluggers. MORE

    • Brees: Madden 11

      QB Dree Brees of the Super Bowl XLIV champion Saints was voted by consumers as the cover athlete for EA Sports' Madden NFL 11. MORE

    • Tebow Covers EA

      No controversy here - soon to be NFL rookie Tim Tebow gets cover athlete status for EA Sports' NCAA Football 11. MORE

    • Woods An EA Star

      Despite getting co-billing on the cover of the upcoming Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 videogame, Tiger Woods remains a star for EA Sports. MORE

    • Longoria At Bat

      2K Sports has named Evan Longoria as the cover athlete and marketing spokesperson for its Major League Baseball 2K10 videogame. MORE

    • Kobe 2K10 Ads

      Multi-media campaign for NBA 2K10 starring Kobe Bryant asks, "How will you take over?" MORE

    • Video Sales Boom?

      Videogame category sees sales blowin' in the wind behind Madden 10, Guitar Hero 5, The Beatles: Rock Band. MORE

    • Beatles Vs. Hero 5

      Two highly anticipated videogames, The Beatles:Rock Band and Guitar Hero 5,  seek to revive a lackluster category as they bring plenty of musical ammunition and a score of marketing support. MORE

    • Madden 10 ESPN

      Are you ready for some Madden NFL 10, ESPN Marketing? MORE

    • Video Holiday 09

      Videogame companies are loading up for the second half of 2009 with titles including The Beatles: Rock Band, Gran Turismo 5, Grand Theft Auto 4 and NBA 2K10. MORE

    • RotoHog Op-Sports

      RotoHog planning NFL fantasy platform for Operation Sports. MORE

    • Ovechkin NHL2K

      High-scoring star lands coveted cover spot for upcoming videogame. MORE

    • EA Live10 Howard

      Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard expands his marketing profile by being named cover athlete for EA Sports' NBA Live 10, coming in October. MORE

    • Sporting News

      Icon sports magazine filling its fantasy needs with RotoHog. MORE

    • EA Sports Ads

      Real videogame players take the stage alongside Tiger Woods, Venus and Serena Williams and Ben Rothlesberger in a multi-media brand campaign for EA Sports. MORE

    • Kobe 2KNBA10

      Kobe Bryant will be the cover athlete for 2K Sport's NBA 2K10, but Spike Lee gets in on the action in helping consumers choose which photo of Bryant will be used. MORE

    • EA Pizza Hut

      Sweeps offering trip to Vegas to see pro fight anchors Pizza Hut support of EA's Fight Night Round 4. MORE

    • FSV College Web

      Fantasy Sports Venures gets smart about university Web sites. MORE

    • EA NFL 10 Cover

      Electronic Arts said that Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald and Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu will both be featured on the cover of Madden NFL 10. MORE

    • JMc EA Tennis

      The hottest marketing star in tennis is John McEnroe, who now adds the cover of 'EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis' to his portfolio. MORE

    • EA Madden 10

      The next version of EA's hot-selling Madden NFL hits retail in August, but marketing is now underway. MORE

    • Kelly Perdew

      CEO, RotoHog How a former military intelligence officer and a winner of Donald Trump's The Apprentice became a key player in the $2 billion fantasy sports category. MORE

    • NBA London '09

      The NBA will return to Londom to play a preseason game there for the fourth consecutive year as part of the 2009 NBA EA Sports Europe Live Tour. MORE

    • RotoHog Baseball

      RotoHog, which operates and develops online fantasy sports games, launches a Spanish-language version "Stock Exchange Fantasy Baseball" for the 2009 MLB season. MORE

    • EA Tiger Woods

      Electronic Arts will ship Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 to retailers on June 16. MORE

    • Sega Olympics

      Sega has signed a deal with the IOC to become the exclusive videogame publisher of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. MORE