Pokémon Go rivals Rio Olympic Games in popularity
RIO DE JANEIRO (By Anthony Boadie for Reuters) — Forget beach volleyball, soccer or tennis, not to mention the steeplechase or discus. Pokémon Go is challenging...
How marketers tap sports fans in connected stadiums
Marketing to sports fans has changed a great deal over the last few years, and marketers face new challenges to bring fans into stadiums....
Backyard Sports returns on mobile platforms — and now works with real basketball hoops and more
Backyard Sports, the children’s sports video game series that began back in 1997, comes to mobile for the first time, moving the long-running console and PC franchise into the $25 billion dollar mobile game market.
Daily fantasy sports game startup DraftKings buys rival DraftStreet
Both DraftKings and previously IAC-owned DraftStreet allow people to participate in daily fantasy sports competitions where they can win real cash prizes that range in value from pocket change to $1 million. The services offer fantasy competitions that primarily focus on baseball, football, basketball, and hockey.
Daily online fantasy sports become real as DraftKings closes $24M round
DraftKings has paid $50 million out in 2013 to thousands of winners.
Beyond Madden: Microsoft, ESPN, and NFL turn the Xbox into a football box
The Xbox 360 and Xbox One have new ways for you to dig into your fantasy football teams, pro football, and other sports.
NFL will bring exclusive original TV content to Xbox One
With Microsoft's introduction of the new entertainment watching experience through its new Xbox One console, one of the biggest winners will obviously be for those that love live sports.
Want NFL stars Drew Brees or Jerry Rice as your Facebook friend?
Microsoft's Xbox team and the NFL have joined forces to make America healthier and reduce childhood obesity. One of the incentives is an actual NFL star friending a kid on Facebook and giving him or her a "social autograph," which kids can then share with their friends.
Weekend warriors: Track your fitness with Novusport’s social mobile sports game
Novusport measures and ranks your activity. The more you play sports, the more you score.
Touchdown for cord-cutters: DirecTV offers ‘NFL Sunday Ticket’ on PlayStation 3 again
DirecTV and Sony have come to a new agreement to bring the NFL Sunday Ticket programming package to PlayStation 3 owners this season.