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The rise of Men in Blazers.

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Men in Blazers

When the US last hosted the FIFA World Cup in 1994, it wasn’t exactly a nation of soccer lovers: Major League Soccer (MLS) didn’t exist yet, the women’s game hadn’t had its breakthrough moment (the 1999 World Cup) and, perhaps most symbolically, some of the stadiums needed real grass, not Astroturf (a FIFA regulation). Today, the landscape is almost unrecognizable: Soccer has fully entered the mainstream and, according to a November report from The Economist, is now the third-most popular sport in the US (following football and basketball).

One media network meeting the needs of this rapidly growing fan base is Men in Blazers. What started as a podcast in 2010 by sports journalist Roger Bennett and producer Michael Davies has exploded in popularity amid the increasing demand for international and domestic soccer coverage. Men in Blazers has grown its portfolio of podcasts to cover everything from the English Premier League to the US national team, as well as expanding into television projects (most notably a multiyear deal with NBC Sports signed in 2014), social media content, and more.

“Soccer wouldn’t be where it’s at in the United States, especially the Premier League, if it wasn’t for Men in Blazers,” said soccer journalist Michael LoRé. “If it wasn’t for Men in Blazers, Premier League, the national teams, all of that would be popular, but they wouldn’t be successful without Roger and Mike and all those guys.”

Men in Blazers has expanded to different verticals in the last two years, launching The Women’s Game in 2024 for women’s soccer coverage and Vamos in 2025 for Latin American soccer news, led by former professional soccer players Sam Mewis and Herc Gomez, respectively. According to the company, in 2025 Men in Blazers saw 44% YoY growth in overall network impressions and 65% YoY growth in overall network engagement. The Women’s Game experienced 300% growth in followers and Vamos saw 49% growth in impressions and 38% growth in engagement.

Read more about Hispanic and Latino communities’ impact on soccer’s growth.—LI

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Whoop

The health and wellness space is booming, with the global market projected to reach over $11 trillion by 2034. One of the darlings of the space is Whoop, maker of screen-free wearable tech. It’s known for its subscription model (annual memberships start at $149) and was valued at $3.6 billion in 2021. Revenue Brew spoke with CMO John Sullivan about the messaging behind that growth and how to market for a new health ecosystem.

This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

The fitness space seems to be in the middle of a boom. What’s it like marketing around all this increased interest?

It’s the golden age of health, performance, fitness, well-being, wellness in general…The golden age is this combination of the democratization of all of the inputs. You can go get a cancer screening, you can go get blood testing, you can get a continuous glucose monitor off the shelf. Whoop is really unique because we have continuous monitoring, but then you add that AI layer, you can ingest more data, make more sense of it, and make that experience more personalized than ever before.

With Whoop coming out with so many new products, how do you think about messaging around the ecosystem that is being created?

Our marketing playbook is pretty straightforward insofar as we try to make full-funnel impressions, generating awareness, telling people what it is about Whoop that should be considered, and ultimately helping them figure out exactly what problems we can solve for them.

We just announced recently this multiyear deal with the Ferrari F1 team…It’s cool to see Lewis Hamilton wearing Whoop, but it might be more important to you to understand how you can review a synapse or lose weight, or prevent prediabetes.

Read on for Whoop’s marketing strategy and future plans.—BS

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