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November 2010
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Shoals Joins Levy On the DL
Bethlehem Shoals (nee: Nathaniel Friedman) joins Dan Levy today on the On the DL podcast. Dan brings Shoals on talk about FreeDarko’s new book, and a ton of other things, mostly sports: We talk about the book, its promotion, how annoying people are who send in corrections to a history book and expect you to be able [...]
Making the Most of a Bad Monday Night Game
So you’re less-than-enthused about that Broncos-Chargers matchup on Monday Night Football? You, me, and the executives at ESPN (not to mention the Chargers’ and Broncos’ shell-shocked fanbases) are all in the same boat. So why not make it a little more interesting with some help from The Daily Bunch and the good people at P&G: THE [...]
EDSBS Hits the Road with Allstate
Whether doing it ourselves or advocating on its behalf with others, we’ve long been proponents of brands and bloggers developing original, interesting, mutually-beneficial content. We’ve also been big fans of EDSBS’s Spencer Hall – as evidenced by the fact that he’s been a mainstay on panels at all three conferences. Recently, Spencer, vis-a-vis SB Nation, teamed with Allstate and [...]
What They’re Saying About SB Nation’s Latest Round of Funding
SB Nation made news recently as All Things Digital announced “the Washington, D.C.-based sports blog and news start-up, has just completed a $10.5 million Series C round, which is being led by Khosla Ventures, according to sources. SB Nation has already raised about $13 million in total venture funding from Accel Partners, Allen & Company, [...]
Shoals and Bomani on Left of Black
Mark Anthony Neal talks with Free Darko creator Nathaniel Freidman and radio host Bomani Jones. Side note: Love this video-cast-set-up by Neal.
Selling Women’s Sports
Check out this post from colleague Megan Hueter, cofounder of WomenTalkSports.com, and a passionate advocate for women’s sports online. She casts opinion on a recent SportsBusiness Journal article about “selling women’s sports.” Megan believes the answer lies in building and activating a community, which currently isn’t organized on a big level in the women’s sports world. [...]
Before ESPN the Mag, There Was Blogs With Balls MyTown
I think ESPN is challenging BwB to bust out our 8 hours of b-roll. Regardless, this vid brought back some fun memories of our day in the Chicago Suburbs with Joakim Noah.
A Case Study on Sports Bloggers: Can You Count, Suckers?
Over the past few months, we’ve followed Fantasy Sports Venture transformation beginning with its purchase of The Big Lead for “low six figures” to recent news of there-branding of its consumer-facing side to “Big Lead Sports.” This month Inc. Magazine featured FSV/BLS as a case study on branding titled: Could a New Name Fix a Company? [...]