FanSection Blog

Last Friday, ESPN.com sent out an email to subscribers of its Insider service announcing a beta period for its redesigned website . While FanSection and other online sports start-ups are growing rapidly, ESPN, with its dominant online presence and family of cable networks, broadcast tie-ins and print media, is still the gold standard.  That said, [...]

A few months ago I wrote a blog post over at the TVLoop Blog asking the question: Is watching TV a social experience? My opinion is that because of the synchronous relationship required, the CBS social viewing rooms would not be successful.  A big reason users watch TV shows online is because of the convenience [...]

The annual Army-Navy game is set for the 109th installation this Saturday, December 6, at noon EST on CBS.  While the records are very different with Army coming in at 3-8 and Navy likely heading to another bowl game at 7-4, this one is always fun and entertaining to watch.  The pageantry, history, and relative [...]

Where did October and November go?  As we suddenly find ourselves staring at the end of the college football season with the final weekend coming up, those of us die-hard sports fans can take solace in the fact that the college hoops season is well underway.  From my perspective as a burnt orange bleeding Texas [...]

Anyone following Monday Night Football on ESPN.com yesterday might have noticed a couple front page blurbs about Greg Reynolds, who would have won $1 million from ESPN had the Packers prevailed in a game that was close until the 4th quarter. ESPN’s “Beat the Streak” Contest is sponsored by Progressive, and ESPN has done a [...]