Archive for February, 2008
Posted on February 29, 2008. Filed under: Venture Capital | Tags: sports venture capital, start a sports business, Venture Capital |
Thanks to Pat Coyle over at Sports Marketing 2.0 we have learned that Accrue Sports and Entertainment Ventures has opened up. Their catch phrase is “We identify next-generation sports-related companies involved in the media, entertainment and technology sectors.” The firm is led by:
Bryant Mcbride: He advised Sports Technologies, Inc. (STI) [...]
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Posted on February 28, 2008. Filed under: Sports Podcasts, Sportscasting | Tags: sports casting, sports podcast |
Website: YouCastr
Interview With: Ariel Diaz
Is their more then one founder? If so, who are they?
Yes, there are 4 co-founders, and currently a total of 5 people on the team. Ariel Diaz, Co-Founder and CEO. Jeff Hebert, Co-Founder and COO. Matt Hodgson, Co-Founder and CTO. Brad Johnson, Co-Founder and CSO. Colin [...]
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Posted on February 26, 2008. Filed under: NBA Blogs, NFL Blogs, Sports Blogs, mlb blogs | Tags: Sports Blogs, mlb blog, NFL Blog, nba blog, Yahoo! Sports Blogs |
Take us through your time line of early Mister Irrelevant, AOL, the relaunch of Mister Irrelevant, The Blog Show, and finally Yahoo:
At the time I started Mr. Irrelevant (March ‘04), I was a Community Manager for AOL Sports and a bunch of other AOL verticals, as they were called: Games, News, Personal Finances, Autos, etc. [...]
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Posted on February 23, 2008. Filed under: Sports Blog Network | Tags: Open source sports, Sports Blog Network, sports network |
Website: Bleacher Report
Interview With: Dave Nemetz
How many founders does Bleacher Report have and what are their names?
Bleacher Report was founded by four diehard sports fans – Bryan Goldberg, Zander Freund, Dave Finocchio and me.
What are the founders’ backgrounds and qualifications?
We’re four young guys who grew up in Silicon Valley and started Bleacher Report [...]
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Posted on February 19, 2008. Filed under: Sports Blogs | Tags: sports blog, football blog, baseball blog, basketball blog |
Website: The Legend of Cecilio Guante
When did you start your blog?
July 2007
What made you start it?
I work in the communications business and have always had a passion for writing…as well as sports. Creative writing isn’t something I get to engage in every day anymore (with the day job), so The Legend of Cecilio Guante [...]
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Posted on February 14, 2008. Filed under: Fantasy Boxing, Fantasy Sports | Tags: boxing information, Fantasy Boxing, Fantasy Sports |
Website: KO Fantasy Boxing
Interview With: Alex Pierpaoli
What is your background?
I worked for about seven years in customer service and I have always wanted to do something that involved writing. i have been a boxing fan for decades so the fusion of internet, writing and boxing seemed like a comfortable fit..
What is the story behind [...]
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Posted on February 12, 2008. Filed under: College Blog, Featured Blog | Tags: acc blog, Bosten College blog, college basketball blog, College Football Blog, Duke blog, Miami blog, north carolina blog |
Website: www.accnation.com
Interveiw with: Patrick Hite
When did you start ACC Nation?
Started in January 2005 as a local radio show and companion Web site. We moved to producing the show as a podcast a year later in January 2006. The current blog was launched in January 2007. My co-host of the show and [...]
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Posted on February 9, 2008. Filed under: Top Sports Blogs |
Blog
Sport
Compete.com Unique Visitors January
Alexa.com 3 Month Rank Jan
Absolute Unique Visitors
1
Deadspin
All Sports
204560
1383
1190000
2
The Big Lead
All Sports
67513
60371
429949
3
Barstool Sports
All Sports
117064
36217
702384
4
MLB Trade Rumors
MLB
100850
30393
605100
5
With Leather
All Sports
98987
27024
593922
6
Sports By Brooks
All Sports
84449
26426
506694
7
Kissing Suzy Kolber*
Football
71663
0
8
Awful Announcing*
All Sports
90886
0
9
Fan Blogs
College Football
43039
198156
258234
10
Need 4 Sheed
NBA
9932
160197
175697
11
Bad Jocks
All Sports
31740
218225
190440
12
Burnt Orange Nation
College Football
30529
151903
183174
13
Mets Blog
MLB
30432
48716
182592
14
The 700 Level
All Sports
27265
219917
163590
15
EDSBS
College Football
25588
107935
153528
16
Busted Coverage
Football
24207
177547
145242
17
Football Outsiders
NFL
19857
83915
119142
18
Mr. Irrelevant
All Sports
18764
219926
112584
19
Can’t Stop The Bleeding
All [...]
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Posted on February 5, 2008. Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: baseball blog, basketball blog, football blog |
Website: www.cobrabrigade.com
Interview With: Jack Cobra
When did you start Cobra Brigade?
I believe May 12, 2006 was our ‘official launch date’.
What made you start it?
I used to write at another site but left because of a disagreement. I asked a few of my friends (Buck Rampage, Cpt. Morgan and Bruce Paine) who know about certain sports [...]
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Posted on February 2, 2008. Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Social Network, sports social network |
Website: www.freethefan.com
Interview with: Dan Myers
How many founders does Free the Fan have and what are there names?
Founders: Dan Myers and Derek Tabacco
What are the founders’ backgrounds and qualifications?
Dan Myers: Worked in television and media industry for the last 10 years. Myers has held roles in both marketing and programming for numerous [...]
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