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Introducing: The Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey!
To all stadium, arena, ballpark, race track, concert-hall, convention-center, airport, casino and other large public venue owners, operators and administrators and deployers of connectivity technology: We need you! That is, we need you to take our Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey, a vehicle designed to find out "where we're at, and where we're going" when it comes to connectivity technology and the business Read More>>
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Worst Moments of the Summer Olympics: Opening Ceremony to Synchronized Diving
August 13, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
The Summer Olympics in London had wondrous times. But there were also moments of catastrophe. Athletes and announcers said stupid things and NBC obsessed over the irrelevant. Here are the top-10 worst moments of the London Olympics: 10. The over-the-top-after-every-point gyrations by American beach volleyball silver medalists Jennifer Kessy and April Ross. Ladies, please, don't do Read More>>

Best Moments of the Summer Olympics: Oscar Pistorius to Missy Franklin
August 13, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
Sports we otherwise don't care about. Subjective judging. Commercial overload. The 30th Summer Olympics were ripe with issues. But it was still hard not to watch and there were plenty of reasons we're glad we did. Here are the Top-10 Best Things about the London Olympic Games. 10. Michael Phelps. Mission Accomplished. Now go and enjoy life. 9. Bulgarian gymnast Yordan Read More>>

RotoWire Delivers Fantasy Football Draft Kit 2012 App
August 13, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
The first round of pro football preseason games has just concluded and so naturally many fans minds turn to fantasy football and how they can get that one game changer that will put them over the top in their league and so win boasting rights for the next year. One good tool to have in your arsenal is the latest sports app from RotoWire, the Fantasy Football Draft Kit 2012, along with the usual Read More>>

Gabby Douglas Soars in Gymnastics and in Twitter Popularity
August 13, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) might not readily come to mind as a leading source of sports news from the London Olympics. But with the 30th Summer Games now complete, the newspaper should be rewarded with its own gold medal. Where else could a Summer Olympics enthusiast read a front page article about former figure skating gold medalist Peggy Fleming and other former Olympians who have had Read More>>
Mobile Sports Report TechWatch: Olympics a Big Win for NBC
August 13, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
The Pew Research Center has done a study on the Summer Olympics in London and U.S. viewership and the numbers are truly amazing, and must make the bean counters at NBC very happy indeed since it invested $1.12 billion for the broadcast rights. According to the report 78% of Americans were watching the game either on broadcast television, online or on social media. TV is head and shoulders above Read More>>

Early Sunday Start for PGA Championship on TNT, also Online; Players Turn to Twitter to Amuse Themselves
August 11, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
With the rain interrupting Saturday's third round of the PGA Championship things will get a much earlier start than planned Sunday, with golfers finishing up the third round starting at 7:45 a.m. Eastern Time. According to the PGA's Twitter stream, the broadcast coverage on TNT will start at 8 a.m. Eastern, and the online stream (which will follow Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh as the "featured" Read More>>
Spartan Races Expands- Three this Weekend!
August 10, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
After competing for the attention of fans against the Olympics for two weeks it looks as if Spartan Races is taking the upcoming weekend off prior to heading into a very busy period that will see multiple races on several of the next dates. http://youtu.be/K5QLUsr6yMA For competitors in the UK there will be a third event in a row (not counting the off week) as the contestants head down to Read More>>

Watching NASCAR: The Curves at Watkins Glen Beckon
August 10, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
Last week at the Pocono Raceway’s Pennsylvania 400 was shrouded in tragedy as tragedy struck fans as a thunderstorm came through and a lighting strike caused the death of one fan and injured nine more. The storm also led to a shortened race, but of course that is of lesser importance. The storm and its aftermath has NASCAR examining its severe weather policy. The race was won by Jeff Gordon, Read More>>






