31 Mar
Posted by Jim Nguyen as Baseball, Business, EA, Fantasy Sports, Media, Soccer, Technology, Video Games
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 […]
28 Mar
Posted by Jim Nguyen as Athletes, Baseball, Basketball, Blogs, Business, Media, News, Social Media, Technology
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 […]
27 Mar
Posted by Jim Nguyen as Athletes, Business, Legal, News, Social Media, Technology
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 […]
25 Mar
Posted by Jim Nguyen as Athletes, Baseball, Basketball, Blogs, Business, Fantasy Sports, MLB, Media, News, Social Media, Technology
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 […]
25 Mar
Posted by Jim Nguyen as Apparel, Baseball, Business, ESPN, Fantasy Sports, MLB, MMA, NCAA, News, Nike, Social Media, Technology, press releases
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 […]
21 Mar
Posted by Jim Nguyen as Basketball, Business, NCAA, News
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 […]
20 Mar
Posted by Jim Nguyen as Baseball, Basketball, Business, Legal, NCAA, News, Social Media, Technology, Video Games
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 […]
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 […]
19 Mar
Posted by Jim Nguyen as Baseball, Basketball, Business, Media, News, Social Media, Technology, Virtual Sports
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 […]
18 Mar
Posted by Jim Nguyen as Blogger, Blogs, Business, Commercials, Fantasy Sports, Media, News, Soccer, Social Media, Technology, Widgets
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 […]