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Fantasy Sports 2.0

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

Here are some stories we’re following for you on March 31, 2008:

A team of your own - If you’ve never played fantasy baseball before here’s a nice little primer including some web resources for getting started.

Goodell could get another tool to defend sport - The NFL is fed up with “Spygate” and player tampering so […]

Happy Friday, everyone! Here are some interesting news stories for today:

Takkle.com launches rankings for high school boys and girls - The site now features top 100 rankings of boys and girls lacrosse and baseball players.

CraveOnline acquires two basketball niche sites - They’ve now acquired HoopsVibe and StreetBallTalk - growing the b-ball empire, it appears.

What’s so […]

Joining an increasing number of social networking sites catered to amateur and youth athletes is WePlay.com. The site focuses on youth athletes, parents and coaches. According to the National Council of Youth Sports, about 52 million children a year participate in organized sports leagues, so there’s a big market for this niche.
Similar to social […]

Here are some interesting stories for today, Tuesday, March 25:

Mr. Mediocre shares about his fantasies - according to ESPN’s Matthew Berry, the internet and fantasy sports are the perfect combination.

It’s time to foster fantasy baseball - A fantasy baseball enthusiast shares his thoughts now that the season has officially begun.

Rotohog.com unveils 2008 Fantasy Baseball Championship […]

Some interesting news stories for Monday, March 24, 2008:

ESPN 10th Anniversary Issue: Fantasy Sports Are Fun - an interesting visual for use in the ESPN cover story.

MMAFightSpace.com Offers a Free Contact Network for the Fighting Community - social network for MMA fight fans and aspiring MMA fighters.

Nike the #6 Most Innovative Company in the […]

As reported by Techcrunch, users of the popular CBS Sports/Facebook application that allows picks of NCAA basketball tournament brackets is coming under fire for not working properly. For instance, the brackets on Facebook were showing that Texas A&M had lost to BYU, when in fact the opposite occurred, Texas A&M won that game. This was […]

Here are some interesting links from around the web for March 20th:

What Happens When a Video Game Gets a Player’s Race Wrong? - Gary Glover, is portrayed in MLB 2K8 as a black man, while in real life, he is white - can he sue?

MLB.com IPO: You Can Just “Strike Out” The Idea - It […]

Interview with Jacked.com

About a month ago, we gave you the lowdown on Jacked.com, a browser based sports dashboard which allows you to track multiple sports games at once. We were able to catch up Bryan Biniak, their CEO, and he provided us with an in depth look at the product. When I spoke with him one […]

The day before the NCAA basketball tournament and the news is predictably flavored with stories on March Madness. Some top stories we aggregated for you this Wednesday, March 19, 2008:

Yahoo Drives March Madness Mobile - Yahoo! announced yesterday that it is offering an array of mobile news and search-related services designed for fans of the […]

Here are some news stories of interest for today, March 18th:

Edmunds.com introduces Fantasy Car Stock Exchange - A new take on fantasy racing - where consumers invest virtually in the sales performance of their favorite vehicles.

Rotoresume – Classifieds for fantasy sports leagues (via Rotonation) - now you won’t have to worry about finding a fantasy […]

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