25 Jan
Posted by: Bryan Bennett in: FanSection, General Musings, Statistics
When Jane McGrath, wife of Austalian cricket great Greg McGrath, died in June 2008 after a long battle with breast cancer, the cricket world and an entire nation mourned. Mrs. McGrath had been battling cancer for over ten years and along the way had used her and her husband’s celebrity to build awareness for the [...]
22 Jan
Posted by: Bryan Bennett in: Broadcast Networks, FanSection, NFL Football, Sports
In case you’ve missed this blog, ESPN, or the Internet in general, the Arizona Cardinals are in the Super Bowl. That is not a typo. The Cardinals really did beat the Philadelphia Eagles last weekend to earn their first ever Super Bowl appearance and the good people at NBC couldn’t be more terrified. I mean [...]
19 Jan
Posted by: Bryan Bennett in: FanSection, NFL Football, Statistics
Arizona Cardinals fans were late to join the playoff party, but they certainly have a lot to celebrate now. Defying the laws of science, nature, and any other force out there, the Cardinals have made their way to their first Super Bowl. As a friend of mine said on his Facebook status today: Sandy is [...]
As mentioned previously on the FanSection Blog, Richard Loat, our intern up in Vancouver, doubles as an officer of the Vancouver Canucks Fans application on Facebook. Due to his work on the Facebook app, he was also asked by the Canucks to be one of the faces of fans all across the city as part [...]
16 Jan
Posted by: Bryan Bennett in: FanSection, NFL Football, Statistics
It appears that Arizona Cardinals fans have finally shown up. Phoenix has always been considered a Suns town and the performance of the Cardinals Fan application on Facebook seemed to solidify the Cardinals as second class citizens. I had assumed, wrongly as it turns out, that once the Cardinals wrapped up a playoff spot in [...]
