When CBSSports.com launches its 2012 Fantasy Baseball league platform later this month, fans will have a whole slew of new tools to give them an edge against competitors.
Fantasy sports, just like everything else, have also been making the transition to mobile, with news aggregating apps turning to fantasy sports ( a la Taptu , Evri , and more). But few of the big media properties have gotten with the times and opened their data-rich platforms to indie developers and data hounds. Today, it looks like CBS Sports is leading the way, as it is officially opening up ...
Developers will be able to create and sell just about any fantasy sports-related apps they can think of to users of CBSSports.com , one of the world's three largest fantasy sports websites.
While most everyone in the mixed-martial-arts industry believes the UFC's deal with FOX is a positive for the sport as a whole, there is at least one segment of MMA sponsors unhappy with the new arrangement. UFC officials recently made an internal announcement that "absolutely no firearms, ammo, hunting or knife companies will be permitted as sponsors in any Zuffa-promoted events." Chris Irwin ...
LAS VEGAS, Nev. - CBS Sports is opening its fantasy sports platform to third-party developers, allowing them to sell league-specific apps that will likely make this year's games a lot more competitive for millions of players and — developers hope — the $800 million per year fantasy sports industry even more lucrative.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. , Jan. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Fanatics, Inc., the world's largest online retailer of officially licensed sports merchandise, announces their newest division that gives back to the ...
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Seminoles.com introduces a new mobile experience for Florida State fans with iPhone and Android devices. The official mobile application of Florida State Athletics offers iPhone and Android owners easy and instant access to video content, up-to-the-minute news, scores, live game play-by-play, stats, schedules, rosters and photo galleries for the 2011-12 school year. The new mobile application is ...
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Submissions for Community Calendar are required two weeks preceding the date of publication. Send to: Mary Ann Bottari, Pioneer Press, 3701 W. Lake Ave., Glenview IL 60026; mbottari@pioneerlocal.com. Information may be faxed to (847) 486-7495. Agenda The city of Park Ridge lists the following meetings which take place in City Hall, 505 Butler Place, unless otherwise noted. For a complete ...
A highly-anticipated and exciting title fight featuring two of the world’s elite mixed martial artists will take place when STRIKEFORCE® returns to Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio on Saturday, March 3, when newly-crowned women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate makes her first title defense against undefeated sensation Ronda Rousey.
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In an extraordinarily short period of time, Twitter has become the most important source of media in the NBA community. It is at once the newsroom and the barbershop; a place where reporters can break news of trades or extensions – and that stuff is always broken on Twitter before television or national websites these [...]
