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Fantasy Sports 2.0

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

Enjoy these stories from today, Friday, May 30, 2008:

The Thick-Skinned Mr. Roto - Oh, how difficult it must be to be Matthew Berry!

Flight of fantasy: RotoWire.com folks live their dream in Madison - A story on how Rotowire.com came to be and the success it has achieved.

A decision from Supreme Court on whether to […]

Here are some stories we’re following for you on Thursday, May 29, 2008:

NFL Rookies Under the Spotlight - Event brings NFL rookies to Los Angeles, for a trading card photo shoot.

RotoHog.com Names Michael Stark New CTO - Seems like the fantasy sports league site is making some moves to bolster it’s management team.

Ubisoft to release […]

Some interesting stories on your Wednesday, May 28, 2008:

Intertainment’s Itibiti Begins Tests With Pro Sports - voice enabled social network meets sports; this will be interesting to see how it works once it comes out of testing.

Fanball Launches Pick’em 64 Superstar Baseball Tournament Contest - It’s a fantasy-based head-to-head competition featuring the 64 best players […]

Among the types of social networking sites that proliferating on the web these days is the contest/sports pick site. One of the newer entries in this niche include Kontend.com, which is a social network that allows fans to connect and compete against one another by picking players or teams within certain sports (NHL, MLB, golf, […]

Here’s your link roundup for today, May 26, 2008:

Whole new ballgame in digital age - Highlights how sports writers are influenced by the digital age and the need for statistics instantaneously by fantasy sports and sports fans.

NHL uses Web 2.0 to hook fans into following Stanley Cup playoffs - Hockey joins the 2.0 fray by […]

Wii Fit Reviews

The Nintendo Wii continues to push the barriers as far as gameplay goes with sports video games.  The Wii Fit has finally hit the streets and word is that it’s pretty damn cool.  Check out the two reviews below, courtesy of IGN and Gamespot.  One day virtual sports is going to be a reality and […]

Stories of interest for Friday, May 23, 2008:

Survey Says: Without Sports Fans, Game Industry Could Fail - More interesting analysis from the CEA report.

Fantasy Sports Fans Like Buying Consumer Electronics, too (via RotoNation) - Not surprising stuff here, but yet more data about how fans are driving the purchase and development of consumer electronics.

Indy 500: […]

In a story we mentioned in our Link Roundup from yesterday, the Consumer Electronics Association released some very interesting statistics about how sports fans are not only driving HDTV sales, but also how sports fans are pushing consumer electronic technology in general. There are some interesting numbers that I wanted to share with our readers […]

Some sporty stories for today, Wednesday, May 21, 2008:

Sports fans drive consumer electronics market - No arguing with the numbers here - sports fans own more consumer electronic goods than anyone else.
RotoHog.com Names Kelly Perdew New CEO - “The Apprentice” winner makes good with fantasy sports website.

New Euro Football Manager game from Jadestone launched by […]

Stories of interest on Tuesday, May 20th:

Take advantage of free fantasy football draft software - Fantasy Football Starters has what looks to be a useful program on its site, so give it a try!

ESPN primed for ad growth - The sports media giant is seeing continual growth with no end in sight.

Social Networks Dominate […]

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