Posts Tagged ‘U.S. Open’

CBSSports.com, USOpen.org to Live-Stream Men's Final

If the Major League Baseball pennant races, the host of rivalry games in college football, and the opening weekend of the National Football League season weren’t enough to quench sports fans’ thirst this weekend, CBSSports.com and USOpen.org will live-stream CBS Sports’ broadcast of the U.S. Open Men’s Final at 4 p.m. ET.

The match-up of No. 1 seed Rafael Nadal and No. 3 seed Novak Djokovic was originally scheduled for Sunday, but steady rain forced a postponement.

Perfect Match: Why U.S. Open Tennis Is Made For Social Media

us_openThe 2010 U.S. Open, the annual grand slam tennis tournament in New York, is now in full swing until Sept. 12. This year, the players’ stakes are the highest, with recent shakeups in the rankings and the new largest ever prize in a tennis tournament: a base prize of $1.7 million for the champion. And what is a high-drama sports event better for than social media? Here are the top reasons why the U.S. Open works perfectly for the social online world. Read more