FanSection Blog

We just ran a fan photo contest for Ohio State and Michigan football fans in anticipation of “The Game” this weekend. Everyone who follows sports knows that this rivalry is huge, and our numbers here at FanSection confirm this. When we started the contest 11 days ago there were 323,000 fans between our [...]

That’s right, when The Diesel isn’t talking smack about tonight’s Lakers vs Suns showdown, he’ll be twittering about the good life that is the NBA.  Mashable reports that @THE_REAL_SHAQ is in fact the real Shaq and unlike a lot of other celebrity Twitter users, Shaq is really the guy behind the tweets.  A post on [...]

Watercooler and FanSection were recently mentioned prominently in an article by Eric Fisher in Street and Smith’s Sports Business Journal.  While you have to be a member of the site to read it, the complete article is included here in its entirety:
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Mike Kerns and Jeff Ma, the lead executives of San [...]

I’ve been to more sporting events than I can count on all my fingers and toes.  NHL?  Check.  MLB and NFL?  Check and check.  MLS?  Check (it was a San Jose Clash game, but it still counts).  College football, basketball, baseball, and water polo?  Check.  Fencing, equestrian horse vaulting, racquetball and every other obscure sport [...]

Bostonians have long been considered some of the most passionate sports fans around, especially as it pertains to their professional teams.  Of course, if your college championship dreams relied solely on the performance of Boston College, you can see why most fans in New England tend to navigate to pro sports.  Whatever the case, I [...]