Submitted by Randy Burgess on Sat, 2011-11-12 13:21
A Nevada man says that a St. Charles County fantasy football league failed to pay him $95,000 in prizes.
Submitted by Randy Burgess on Sat, 2011-11-12 13:18
Exeter, England-based Fantasy Shopper has developed a social game platform that allows users to make virtual purchases of their favorite outfits, sharing those virtual outfits with friends.
Submitted by Randy Burgess on Mon, 2011-10-31 10:20
Gannett and USA Today are getting serious about sports, with a major refocus and investment that includes the hiring of top names in editorial, marketing and sales to fill an expanding USA Today Sports Media Group.
Submitted by Randy Burgess on Wed, 2011-10-26 10:12
I’ve seen a few well known entrepreneurs make mention of services that they pay for and I’d like to join the club. The following companies are awesome and deserve my money and/or praise.
Submitted by Randy Burgess on Wed, 2011-10-26 10:10
A new service has been launched by Fanatix to allow sports fans to create private messaging networks around live events.
The service, which is available as a free iPhone app, automatically connects friends around live entertainment and enables group chat via iMessage, iPhone's new messaging service. Fanatix matches a user’s Facebook friends and their activities with a database of more than 200,000 sports events and concerts at some 16,000 venues in 186 countries, before connecting them via iMessage. For live sports fans, Fanatix will find out which friends are at the game or who is watching on TV, and will allow users to initiate private group chats and share photos and videos as well as opinions.
Submitted by Randy Burgess on Wed, 2011-10-19 15:52
Helpful stats to put the penetration of social media and sports in context.
Submitted by Randy Burgess on Mon, 2011-10-17 15:14
We have relationships with major domestic leagues (data is part of the larger rights deals), we work with third-party vendors for current and historical data sets as appropriate, and we handle live data entry for some sports right from our newsrooms in Bristol [Conn., where ESPN’s headquarters is located]. We also use all the traditional research tools, a number of sports analytics websites, and we certainly have plenty of hard-copy encyclopedias and media guides. What we don’t do is scrape data from other sites. We have a close business relationship with the Elias Sports Bureau, the official statistician for the MLB, NFL, NBA and NHL. In fact, ESPN.com is the only place online you can find the official stats of all four major sports in a single place.
Submitted by Randy Burgess on Thu, 2011-10-13 12:01
After five weeks of the season, the overall ratings for the NFL continue to remain high. NFL games registered nine of the top ten sporting events in ratings for the year.
Submitted by Randy Burgess on Tue, 2011-10-11 21:13
Facebook gaming giant Zynga today took the wraps off several new games, some of which work on the new Facebook iPad app that was released yesterday. The company also unveiled its new gaming platform, Zynga Direct.
Submitted by Randy Burgess on Fri, 2011-09-30 17:31
What sports do women watch on T.V.? Yes, Abby Wambach in the women’s World Cup and Serena Williams in the women’s final at the U.S. Open were popular picks this year. But soccer and tennis still pale next to football, basketball, baseball and yes, Nascar.
