If you were watching the NBA All Star game yesterday then you saw Craig Sager interviewing Steve Nash about his new kicks. Dubbed the Nike “Trash Talk,” the shoe is made primarily from recycled materials.
The shoe’s top is constructed from leather and synthetic leather waste from the factory floor. The midsole uses scrap-ground […]

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It’s always nice when sports is paired with technology. The folks at Jacked.com are the latest to play matchmaker and have unveiled their first product, the Jacked Sportstop.
Jacked provides viewers with a customizable ’second screen’ experience to give you real time access to the news, information, links and images that are available elsewhere on […]

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What if your fantasy basketball team could have a squad that included all-time greats like Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Oscar Robertson? What if you could be GM, coach, and the owner of your fantasy team? These are the features of a new fantasy game released by San Francisco-based Imagine Sports, the focus being fantasy-based simulation […]

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For those of you celebrating Lunar New Year, Happy Year of the Rat! Without further ado, let’s get into a few stories of interest for today from a 2.0 perspective:
CBS, Facebook Team Up on NCAA Coverage

In a very interesting development, CBS announced yesterday that it will be teaming up with popular social utility Facebook to […]

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Check out this Youtube created by a Lakers fan who thinks that the NBA and Adidas are cheating consumers by advertising that they sell authentic, pro-cut jerseys.

(from Darren Rovell)

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Thought I’d go over to the excellent resource that is Alexa.com and see which fantasy sports sites are the most visited. The descriptions that follow each entrant is also taken from Alexa. The top ten it listed are as follows:
10. Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Baseball - Offers free and paid games, news, stats, player rankings, and […]

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IGN reviewed the recently released NBA 2K8 and labeled the newest addition to the video game franchise “not a slam dunk”. The main complaint is that you can turn any player into a top defender through the Lock-on D mode (even if they are not) while the overall defensive AI has its issues in that […]

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The best time of the year is undoubtedly when Fantasy Baseball playoffs, Fantasy Football opening weeks, and Fantasy Basketball drafts occur.  That time is now!  Signup or create your league now.  Cheers, it’s good to be a sports fan!

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Amidst all the offseason NBA news (Kobe and the Lakers, gambling scandal, KG trade, etc.) the time is no better than now for the NBA to release the 2007-08 NBA Schedule.
Oddly enough, I heard this on KNBR this afternoon (thanks Bob Fitzgerald) but I can’t find any news of this online. Is it supposed […]

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On the heels of the NBA gambling fiasco, don’t expect to see the Las Vegas (insert NBA mascot here) anytime soon. It was less than a year ago when the ballers hit Sin City for the All Star Game and after the success of the event you’d figure that it was only a matter of […]

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