ESPN's Euro 2008 Ads Are Very Entertaining
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| Ladies... found this 5/16/2008 on awfulannouncing.blogspot.com [flag] |
I don't know what's going on over in Bristol, but ESPN's coverage of Soccer has actually gotten really good. They're airing the UEFA Champions League Final next Wednesday and then go into the month long Euro 2008 Tournament. ESPN is going to start promoting for Euro '08 heavily and has already released ads featuring the Countries of Germany, Spain, Portugal, Greece, and Italy. Here are two of ...
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Soccer Commercials Are Sexy
Published 5/16/2008 by SA at Ladies...
... for linking to all the commercials out now and Awful Announcing where I saw this first. Go and watch them now. They’re awesome. I don’t know why but I’m really liking the one for Greece. Might be the whole crowd cheering togetherness thing. ...
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Published 5/17/2008 by Ryan Hudson at RealClearSports - Blog
... via Awful Announcing). I'll post my favorite one - Portugal - but EPL Talk has commercials for Germany, Spain, Italy and Greece, the defending champion. ...
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