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Louis’s well-documented whupping of Jim Crow provided a public outlet for diverse expressions of black struggle across the socioeconomic and political spectrum. Houston singer Joe Pullman’s recording, entitled “Joe Louis is the Man,” was the first song to honor Louis’s toppling of Carnera. As a rallying point for black communities across the nation, the figure of Louis served to unite the ethereal realm of diasporic politics with the everyday troubles of African Americans.
If the Cardinals go the distance in the World Series, St. Louis projects economic impact from the playoffs to exceed $56 million. Each game in the division and league championship series was worth $5.2 million; World Series games likely are worth $1-2 million more. To accommodate fans searching for World Series gear – including apparel featuring St. Louis’ new darling, the Rally Squirrel – the Cardinals’ store at Busch Stadium “more than doubled its normal staff on Monday -- and plans to ...
This is just the third time since 1995 that neither World Series team has a top ten payroll. Also hurting matters – the top seven most popular MLB teams, according to Harris Poll data, were eliminated before the League Championship Series, or failed to make the playoffs. Game One of the World Series, pitting the St. Louis Cardinals against the Texas Rangers, was Wednesday night, and without knowing who will ultimately be crowned champion, here are some of the things we can take away from ...
The St. Louis Rams’ plans to play home games in London in each of the next three seasons could be in jeopardy. The St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission said the Rams’ lease requires the team to play all home games at Edward Jones Dome. Rams owner Stan Kroenke also owns the English Premier League club Liverpool, and viewed the London games as a way to grow his NFL team’s brand internationally.
With MLB teams on the road to the World Series in both regions, the question hangs in the early fall air: which market is better equipped to top Boston as America’s reigning sports town? The Brewers also set a new club record for single-season ticket sales – the team drew a Miller Park record of nearly 3.1 million fans this season, good enough to rank seventh in MLB. And with the Cardinals close series with Philadelphia, the region, according to the St. Louis Convention and Visitors ...
Whether or not rally squirrel Buschy attempts to run the bases and dominate post-game highlights once again, it’s a Fox that will be looking to buck the trend of low World Series ratings in 2011. Last season’s Giants-Rangers five-game series on Fox was tied with the 2008 Phillies-Rays series as the lowest-rated all-time World Series, and the Central Standard Time Rangers-Cardinals matchup “looks to be a contender for least-watched Series since Nielsen began tracking such things,” according ...
Last week, MLB Senior VP/Licensing Howard Smith reported that Cardinals "Rally Squirrel" gear has been a "shockingly large" component of World Series merchandising transactions. Last week, MLB Senior VP/Licensing Howard Smith reported to SportsBusiness Journal that Cardinals "Rally Squirrel" gear has been a "shockingly large" component of World Series merchandising transactions thus far, that concessionaires and retailers are having a hard time keeping squirrel-centric items in stock, and ...
A sports business snapshot of October would burst with three colorful images: the return to prominence of a certain Tim Tebow; the move west of Theo Epstein, and the dramatic World Series between the Texas Rangers and the St. Louis Cardinals. Forgetting for a minute the NBA lockout that drags on, and the blizzard of breast cancer pink on NFL fields, a sports business snapshot of October would burst with three colorful images: the return to prominence of a certain Tim Tebow; the move west of ...
