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LSU Vs. Alabama Sets Record For Largest Digital Football Audience Of All Time

Megan O'Neill — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 02:59:29 +0000

Did you watch as the Louisiana State University Tigers beat the University of Alabama Crimson Tide over the weekend? If so, how did you watch it? According to a press release from CBS Interactive, a huge number of people watched the game through digital platforms. In fact, the LSU/Alabama game is believed to hold the record for the largest number of fans to watch a football game via the web and iOS devices.
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Pro Soccer Teams Trade In Names For Twitter Handles On Their Jerseys

Megan O'Neill — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:04:48 +0000

Social networking and sports seem to be involved in a love-hate relationship, with some athletes finding themselves caught in Twitter snafus while some teams have been banned from tweeting altogether. But one football club—Mexico’s Jaguares—is fully embracing Twitter. This month they’ve done away with their traditional jerseys, replacing their names with their Twitter handles!
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Florida State Players Vote to Ban Social Media

Kenna McHugh — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:00:00 +0000

Add Florida State to the increasing number of college football programs that have banned social media.
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Football in a Social, Local, Mobile World [Infographic]

Kenna McHugh — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:10:20 +0000

Being an American, I tend to have a limited view of European football, or “soccer”. Nevertheless, the rest of the world has a much boarder view of football, as “The World Game,” and it reflects in mobile and social media usage.

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Jets, Eagles, Giants, Lead NFL Teams in Social Scoring

Anthony Marcusa — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:39:09 +0000

The NFL season is just over a week away, and the football world could not be more excited to welcome back the most popular league in North America, and one that threatened not to even take place this fall. While most people would agree that the preseason doesn’t mean very much, it doesn’t mean that fans aren’t watching and aren’t getting excited for what is ahead. The past few weeks have seen several teams take the lead in social popularity, all of which are located in the northeast. continued…

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90 iPads for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Please!

Todd Ogasawara — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 06:26:35 +0000

Image courtesy of St. Petersburg Times.

Everyone seems to be using an iPad these days. So, why not professional football players? An iPad 2 has been given to each of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ 90 players. The iPads are loaded with playbooks, game videos as well as practice and situational videos of any NFL team.
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Does YouTube Threaten to Give Away Secrets of the NFL?

Anthony Marcusa — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:13:07 +0000

With the preseason halfway done, fantasy leagues drafting, and the Packers and Saints game nearing, NFL fans are relieved and ecstatic about the 2011 football season. Only one game was lost to the lockout, and while training camps were shortened, much of the sport has proceeded with business-as-usual. However the prevalence of social media has made some team more vigilante than ever. continued…

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Viral Radar: Evolution Of The Touchdown Dance

Megan O'Neill — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:40:31 +0000

The great NFL lockout of 2011 is over! Football is back and to celebrate its return ESPN has uploaded an awesome video to YouTube called ‘Evolution of the Touchdown Dance’. The ESPN video pays homage to ‘Evolution Of Dance’, the #1 top-favorited YouTube video of all time, with over 177 million views.
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Steelers vs Ravens: An Historic Rivalry Takes to Twitter

Anthony Marcusa — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 08:58:55 +0000

It is not just that the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens are fierce rivals. It is not just that both teams are always perennially competing for the division title in the AFC North. It is that both teams will take any and every opportunity to stir the pot of drama and trash talk whenever the opportunity and the latest one came in the virtual world of Twitter. continued…

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Footballers’ Association Issues Social Media Policy, Will Not Allow Online Indiscretions

Anthony Marcusa — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 13:45:29 +0000

After much thought and more than a few examples both positive and negative in nature, the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) has made a determination about the usage of social media among its members. The goal will be to improve the image of the game, and conversely, come down hard on those that misuse Twitter, Facebook, and other platforms. continued…

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Football Player Tackles Newspaper with Profane Tweets

David Cohen — Wed, 25 May 2011 12:05:36 +0000

Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Roddy White took to Twitter to voice his frustrations with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution over a story about his cousin, Ali White.

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Reggie Bush’s Twitter Followers Think NFL Lockout Is No Laughing Matter

David Cohen — Tue, 10 May 2011 19:00:04 +0000

The National Football League lockout is no laughing matter to fans, as New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush was ripped by several of his Twitter followers for consecutive Tweets (here and here) making light of the situation, ESPN.com reported.

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Mendenhall Clarifies Bin Laden Tweets While Some Steelers Distance Themselves

Anthony Marcusa — Thu, 05 May 2011 17:18:04 +0000

Rashard Mendenhall, the 23-year-old Pittsburgh Steeler running back who made news on Monday following his tweets that both questioned the celebration surrounding the death of Osama bin Laden and his involvement in the World Trade Center bombing, made an attempt to clarify his remarks last night. continued…

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United Football League Conducts 2011 Draft via Twitter

David Cohen — Tue, 03 May 2011 15:13:28 +0000

When Auburn University quarterback Cam Newton was selected by the Carolina Panthers with the first pick of the 2011 National Football League Draft last Thursday, millions of people were watching live on ESPN or NFL Network, or following along via any number of sports sites on the Web.

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New Social Site Links High School Football Players with University Recruiters

Kenna McHugh — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:45:39 +0000

Reel Playmakers is a new social media website that seeks to link high school football players with recruiting organizations, fans and other athletes. Reel Playmakers already averages anywhere between four and five thousand hits a day and provides student athletes the opportunity to create impressive looking profiles, layouts and easy-access videos. If you have a future star football player in your family, you might want to consider uploading a video reel. Once the video is up on the web site, you can network through the website with coaches and scouts of universities. At best, you might even secure more than one offer or a scholarship.
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