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The Sports Fan Playground announces markdowns on various NCAA basketball apparel in time for the NCAA Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments. Detroit, Michigan (PRWEB) May 24, 2013 The Sports Fan Playground announces markdowns on a variety of NCAA apparel, particularly the NCAA basketball apparel and accessories in time for the upcoming 2013-14 NCAA Basketball season and tournament time, also known as "March Madness." Items available include jerseys, hats, t-shirts,...

NAPLES, Fla., March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The NCAA Basketball March Madness tournament is now in full swing. The games are filled with upsets, fans young and old cheering for their team, bracket challenges are everywhere. America loves this tournament. The NCAA, the Colleges and Universities, the college coaches and the TV stations and advertisers also love this tournament. The tournament is a huge money maker for all parties. In 2010, the NCAA signed a 14 year media rights...

Consumer Electronics, Appliances and Mobile Brand Engages Fans for 2013 Basketball Tournament Activities ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- LG Electronics USA is strengthening its alliance with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as an official NCAA Corporate Partner, gearing up to take over Atlanta through a series of immersive activities and initiatives for hoops fans at the 2013 NCAA Men's Final Four(®), April 6-8. (Logo:...

Avid college basketball fans can find information on the "Big 12" teams, constantly updated bracket information, the full schedule, odds and lines as well as ticket information for the 2013 NCAA Basketball Tournament. SAGINAW, Mich., Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- College basketball fans are flocking to the new website MarchMadnessAction.com to catch up on all of the latest information about this year's NCAA March Madness. The new website, started by avid March Madness fans,...

LOS ANGELES, June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Brooke Pancake, who sank a title-clinching putt to propel her University of Alabama team to its first NCAA championship, has been named the Honda Sports Award recipient for golf. Pancake's selection by the Collegiate Women Sports Awards program recognizes her as the country's top female athlete in her sport. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111209/LA20211LOGO) Pancake's four-foot putt at the 18th hole on the final day of play at...

FRANKLIN, Tenn., May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Infiniti capped another winning year of support for NCAA® Division I men's basketball, the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), and various coaches' charities with a check presentation ceremony at Infiniti Americas Headquarters - part of more than $1,000,000 donated during the 2011 - 2012 season. The event was emceed by ESPN sports analyst Doug Gottlieb. (Logo:...

MCLEAN, Va., April 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF), an official NCAA® Corporate Champion, announced the winter standings for the Capital One Cup, which is awarded to the best men's and best women's Division I athletics programs in the country. North Carolina, fresh off an Elite Eight® appearance in the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship, has taken sole possession of the lead on the men's side with 75 points. In the women's...

MILWAUKEE, April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Watertown, N.Y., resident Tammy Thomas has won the Northwestern Mutual NCAA March Madness Bracket Challenge, featured at SI.com. More than 20,000 college basketball fans from throughout the country participated in the 2012 Bracket Challenge that required players to predict the winners throughout the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship. To view the multimedia assets, please click:...

NEW ORLEANS, La., April 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Veritix®, the Cleveland-based state-of-the-art paperless ticketing, event marketing and relationship management technology company, was the primary ticketing services provider for the 2012 NCAA Men's Final Four. Veritix worked with the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and the NCAA to assign and sell the more than 144,000 seats for the games over the Final Four weekend. Once the seats were sold, Veritix exported all the ticket barcodes to the...

NEW ORLEANS, April 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal is bringing his DOVE® Men+Care® "Journey to Comfort" campaign to New Orleans during Final Four Weekend, to show sports fans that he understands the importance of taking care of himself and others. O'Neal has been giving guys a look beyond his on-court achievements through his 'Journey to Comfort' stories airing throughout the NCAA tournament, which share key moments that have helped him become comfortable...