Like money in the bank, BBVA's alliances with the NBA, ESPN and NCAA, and involvement with consumers and communities, led NYSportsJournalism readers to vote BBVA the first Grand Sports Marketer of the Year. MORE

Winners and losers from a mashed-up sports weekend - Feb. 12-14, 2010 - that included the Olympics, NBA All-Star Game, Daytona 500 and Danica Patrick. MORE

Ads at stadiums and arenas are not new, but marketing soon will be on previously sacred spaces, including baseball and NBA uniforms and first, second and third base. MORE

MLB said farewell to Yankee Stadium with a year-long fest and the '08 ASG, but Shea Stadium's last year was an afterthought. Now, the best the new Citi Field can do is the 2013 ASG. MORE

Cut your sports marketing budget and you'll miss all those (eye) balls. MORE

Manny, A-Rod, Beckham, Stephon ... stuff happens and you wonder why. MORE

New York, don't hold your breath waiting for the next Michael Jordan to sign on as a free agent. MORE