⚽ Primed for success
NWSL expands use of Amazon’s suite of services with extensive multiyear partnership
Commerce behemoth Amazon is expanding its recent NWSL media rights deal through a multiyear partnership with the league that involves Amazon Prime and Amazon Web Services (AWS). Additionally, the deal makes Amazon the exclusive retail partner of the NWSL and an official licensee.
March 13, 2024
📈 She’s got next
New data explores advertising trends for women’s sports in 2023
A new report by EDO — a marketing platform that measures the effectiveness of TV ads — offers metrics about 2023’s women’s sports viewership. It shares meaningful insight on ad engagement trends in sports like tennis and basketball, with data supporting the marketability case for rising stars like Coco Gauff and Caitlin Clark.
March 13, 2024
📈 Driving women’s sports forward
Canadian Tire shares results of Women’s Sports Initiative after one year
Canadian Tire (CTC) is leveraging its unparalleled brand power to become a changemaker in Canadian women’s sports sponsorship. CTC’s AVP of Community Impact & Sport Partnerships Ashley Curran recently spoke with The GIST about the company’s efforts to transform the women’s sports landscape in Canada through its Women’s Sport Initiative.
March 11, 2024
🏟️ Elevate her pitch
WSL attendance is on the rise as clubs continue to break records
The Women’s Super League (WSL) is enjoying a 43% attendance boost YoY, with Arsenal leading the way in proving that the league deserves a bigger stage. While popularity and crowd sizes do vary among clubs, the overall numbers show upward trends across the board.
March 11, 2024
🏆 Make way for the comeback kids
Colorado wins NCAA Skiing Championships, Arkansas and Texas Tech take indoor track & field titles
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Winter sports’ first national champs were crowned this weekend, with more coming down the pipe at breakneck speed.
March 11, 2024
🎾 That didn’t go so well
No Canadians remain at Indian Wells Open after week one
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Just one week into the prestigious Indian Wells Open hosted in California and every Canadian singles player has already been ousted from the tournament.
March 11, 2024
🏀 Rough and tumble
The ACC, Big Ten, Pac-12, and SEC crowned their NCAA women’s basketball conference tournament champions yesterday
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Eight women’s squads booked March Madness tickets in this weekend’s jaw-dropping conference tourney finals, even as injuries continued piling up.
March 11, 2024
⚽ Let the rain fall down
No. 10 CanWNT crashes out of the inaugural Concacaf W Gold Cup
The inaugural Concacaf W Gold Cup championship match is set with the No. 2 USWNT advancing to face No. 11 Brazil on Sunday at 8:15 p.m. ET, but the road to get there was, in fact, a river.
March 08, 2024
🏎️ Pressing the brakes
What we know about the F1 investigation into Red Bull team principal Christian Horner
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Less than two weeks into the new F1 season and the grid is already jam-packed with controversy amid the continued fallout from an investigation into allegations of “inappropriate behavior” against Red Bull team principal Christian Horner.
March 08, 2024
⚽ Let the rain fall down
No. 2 USWNT advances to the inaugural Concacaf W Gold Cup final
The inaugural Concacaf W Gold Cup championship match is set with the No. 2 USWNT advancing to face No. 11 Brazil on Sunday at 8:15 p.m. ET, but the road to get there was, in fact, a river.
March 08, 2024
🏀 The grand finale
Tomorrow’s men’s basketball regular-season finale will decide the last conference titles
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The regular season wraps up tomorrow, and while some squads have already secured conference titles, others are still fighting for their crowns — and top seeding in next week’s conference tourneys.
March 08, 2024