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Fantasy Sports 2.0

Web 2.0 + Fantasy Sports = Putting the ‘Fan’ back into Fantasy Sports.

Is it the next stage in predicting fantasy sports and game results? Accuscore.com certainly thinks so. This site allows you to compare players, forecast your fantasy squad, forecast individual player performance, and also allows you to analyze the probability of a player reaching a particular statistic, e.g. TDs thrown, yardage rushed, etc.
According to its co-founder:
“The […]

Years from now, we’ll look back at the Wii as the gateway to virtual sports…

Madden 08: Hitstick Video

Here’s a video displaying the new changes to the Hitstick in this year’s Madden.  Pretty cool, but why didn’t they do this last year?
 

According to Paige Wiser of the Chicago Sun-Times, a new site, www.StarVsStar.com, brings a long-awaited aspect to fantasy gaming: celebrity gossip. By forming leagues and drafting 10 celebrities to your squad that you follow and get points for their good - and bad - deeds. Each season lasts 9 weeks and culminates in a “championship”.
 
It’s […]

NFL.com to unveil new site soon.

The NFL is schedule to release its new NFL 2.0 website sometime over the next few days.  (From Joel Price)
Check out a preview below:

STATS, LLC Expands Its Reach Into Europe

From the Sportsbusiness.com article
STATS, LLC, the leading sports information provider, has announced a joint venture to expand its reach into soccer in Europe by teaming up with industry-experts Warner Leach and JHB Publications.
STATS Europe will provide UK and European football fans with live data, editorial, photos, statistics and fantasy game coverage. The Premier League, Bundesliga, […]

Fanball changes it’s look

One of the leading fantasy sports portals, Fanball.com, recently introduced their “new and improved” user interface. The announcement is dated in June but to the best of my memory these changes are rather new. Visiting the site today is when I noticed the new look.
At first glance I was shocked not to see the […]

NBC to Offer Beijing Olympics Over Internet

In a strong indication of consumer, technology and market trends, the National Broadcast Company (NBC) has announced that it will provide over 2,200 hours of live coverage of next summer’s Beijing Olympics on its website, nbcolympics.com.
It will be the first time that NBC or any network for that matter has carried the Olympics on the internet.

Scientific Football returns for 2007

KC Joyner, the ESPN.com writer, has now released the latest in his Scientific Football series. While I haven’t seen this year’s edition, I did purchase the book last year and was impressed. With all of the data and charts, you could say it’s Moneyball for fantasy football.
KC’s essays combine the game-tape acumen of a […]

YES worth $3 billion?

YES Network, the cable network that exclusively carries New York Yankees games, is reportedly for sale. The reported price tag could be as high as $3 billion, which is truly a staggering amount for a cable network that carries only one team. The success of the network goes to show just how many more fans […]

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