From All Things Digital’s Kara Swisher:

Jim Bankoff–the well-regarded former AOL exec who runs an online sports news network called SB Nation–has nabbed $7 million in funding from investors to grow the company, including Comcast Interactive Capital, said sources…

SB Nation has used that investment to grow like gangbusters over the last year, especially since Bankoff arrived last fall as its chairman and CEO.

Read the full story here: Former AOLer Jim Bankoff Scores $7 Million for Sports News and Community Start-Up

Congrats to Jim and the SBN team.