New Zealand Basketball Team Partners With Starbucks for Minority-Focused Sponsorship Amid Black Lives Matter Protests (EXCLUSIVE)
Scott Soshnick The New Zealand Breakers basketball team has signed a sponsorship agreement with Starbucks Corp. that’s born out of the Black Lives Matter protests, Sportico, Penske Media’s new sports business publication, has learned.The company will pay the team, part-owned by former NBA star Shawn Marion, about $100,000 annually over the course of the multiyear deal.