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Fantasy Sports 2.0

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

Fantasy Sports’ Reverse Crossover - Interesting article from the Wall Street Journal
which chronicles how cutting-edge technology used to track baseball stats can help fantasy owners own their competition.

Press Release: Play Hard Sports Announces Beta Sign Up for Its Free to Play Online Football Game - Get in now to lock in your team name […]

Some interesting stories on Tuesday, June 10, 2008:

NBCSports.com Partners With AirPlay to Deliver Live Interactive Game for U.S. Open - You can predict the action at the U.S. Open this year through this interactive game.

Stats aren’t for sale - Some more post-analysis on the Supreme Court case.

MLB draft on ESPN shows promise - A review […]

Happy TGIF to everyone! Some interesting stories you should check out:

A Doomsday Scenario for Fantasy Sports - The Wall Street Journal wonders what would happen if the Supreme Court decided to hear and sided with MLB on the CBC case.

Pro Sports Team Challenge to see which sport has best golfers - Which sport has the […]

Fantasy sports companies can breathe a sigh of relief; the US Supreme Court has declined to hear the CBC case. This was a rejection of the appeal filed by Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association. It essentially is a victory by fantasy sports companies (and a huge loss for MLB) over the issue […]

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 […]

Some stories of interest for Friday, May 16, 2008:

Battle over swimsuits moves to the courtroom - TYR is suing Speedo, claiming that Speedo is engaging in tampering with its’ athletes, persuading them to switch to the high-tech Speedo swimsuits in large numbers ahead of the Beijing games.

Stitcher Streams Customized Audio Feeds to Your iPhone - […]

Some interesting stories we’re following on Wednesday, May 8th:

Horse racing fantasy game in development - Montana is one of four states that allows fantasy betting on horse racing, demonstrating the growing gulf between state and federal legislation on fantasy sports betting.

The Elephants in the Room - Interesting story that states that traditional sports writers […]

Here are some stories of interest for April 25, 2008:

PrepChamps Raises $1.2M to Recruit High School Jocks - We’re really seeing a proliferation of these sites and the money shows they are here to stay.

Play Hard Sports launches casual online sports game company - Company gets $5 million in venture capital and will create casual […]

Some sports stories of interest for today, April 21st:

Searching for the Next Wii Sports - This company is hoping to replicate the success of the popular Wii game.

WWE Smackdown Gets a Social Network - Wrestling fans now have a social network home at the WWE website.

Sports Prime Time Network (SPTN), an Online […]

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 […]

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