Great stats from Facebook regarding the Olympic Hockey game yesterday afternoon:
Olympic Spirit: The sending of status messages on Facebook peaked Sunday at 2:29 pm PST and 2:54 pm PST during two significant goals in the …

This morning, Nike announced the unveiling of their new Nike Golf website via Facebook:

Twitter handled the volume of Super Bowl XLIV… until Peyton Manning threw the game-ending interception and effectively sealed a New Orleans Saints victory. Immediately after the play, Twitter was overwhelmed:

Congratulations to Dogpatch Labs residents Fanpulse on the launch of their iPhone App – just in time for the Super Bowl. FanPulse allows sports fans to “check in” to sporting games and interact with other …

A week ago, I wrote that only three of Apple’s top twenty grossing iPhone Apps feature in-app purchases. I wondered whether developers have determined that direct sales were more dependable and profitable than relying on …

beRecruited.com had a terrific 2009 – as a recruiting platform, an athletic network and a business (covered in the Sports Business Daily here).
During 2009, the beRecruited platform drove nearly 7,000,000 recruiting connections between …

There are a handful of websites that push the edge on rich ad units: the New York Times, Gizmodo, Yahoo and ESPN (to name a few). There are also a handful of brands that create …

ESPN’s Scorecenter iPhone App is the top sports application in iTunes, alongside several other successful ESPN apps: ESPN Radio ($2.99), ESPN Fantasy Football ($2.99), ESPN Zoom ($2.99), ESPN Streak for the Cash, ESPN 2010 World …

As an athlete and sports-enthusiast, I am disappointed by the news that Expresso Fitness is “turning out the lights” (according to the Wall Street Journal). Expresso makes interactive, web-connected stationary bikes for high end gyms. …

Golfers have two consistent pains:
- determining the distance to the pin and measuring the length of your last shot
- capturing data to analyze and improve your game
Golfers solved these needs respectively by purchasing expensive equipment …

This week, as world records crumble at swimming’s World Championships in Rome, Gemma Spofforth took home a gold medal and a world record in the 100 meter backstroke (today she is competing in the 200 …

MLB.com’s At Bat 2009 iPhone App released a major update today that allows subscribers of both MLB.tv and the MLB At Bat app to stream all regular season games via the iPhone. Until today, At …