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: […]

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It’s no secret that NASCAR is big business. The constant television and media coverage reminds us of this everyday. Racing can be appreciated by everybody and that’s probably why there’s over 100,000 people packing the stands every weekend to experience the burning rubber and twisted metal.
Economically, there’s more opportunity than ever to land a job in the […]

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Starting this year, viewers will be able to experience the Daytona 500 from a whole new perspective. Fox has unveiled it’s new Gopher Cam and it’s the latest addition to the existing audio/video equipment that’s used to make raceday a riveting experience for the fans at home.
Gopher Cam is a small, stationary high-definition point-of-view camera […]

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Start your engines, ladies and gentlemen. ESPN.com announced that they are launching a free Fantasy Stock Racing game, called aptly enough ESPNFantasy Stock Car Racing. This is not to be confused with their Stock Car Challenge, which is a season-long game where you select drivers and compete against others by collecting Nextel Cup points.
This new […]

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LiveHive Systems, a company centered around interactive technology, recently inked a deal with Turner Sports to bring live race trivia to NASCAR.COM.
“NASCAR is one of the top-rated televised sports in the United States, with an estimated 75 million fans,” said Dave Bullock, President and Co-Founder of LiveHive Systems. “Signing with Turner Sports will bring NanoGaming […]

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Joost, the promising internet tv service from the makers of Skype, has added Indy racing to their lineup of available sports content.  
The IndyCar Series and Indianapolis 500 announced today that they will provide their content on their own IndyVision channels on Joost, including IndyCar Races, Iny 500 Films, and exclusive IndyVision programming.

After receiving […]

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Business week recently highlighted the top 3 highest paid athletes of 9 different sports.  Check out some of the numbers:
Basketball

Joe Johnson ($12.7 million a year)
Zach Randolph ($12 million)
Carlos Boozer ($11.6 million)

Football

Vince Young ($9.7 million)
Reggie Bush ($9 million)
Mario Williams ($9 million)

Tennis

Roger Federer ($8.3 million)
Justine Henin ($4.2 million)
Maria Sharapova ($3.8 million)

Soccer

Cristiano Ronaldo ($12.4 million)
Wayne Rooney ($11.7 million)
Landon Donovan […]

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In case you missed it, NASCAR racing star Tony Stewart recently took some shots at his employer and offered his own conspiracy theories on race fixing. He even compared it to pro wrestling.
That’s why Smoke (Tony Stewart) has such a huge following, he’s never afraid to voice his opinion.
NASCAR didn’t seem to mind too […]

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