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Blogs With Balls Radio, Episode 34

Kevin Owens knows a thing or two about playing basketball overseas.  The 7-footer (who recently hung up the hightops) caught up with fellow Euro-vet Brandon Jennings. Jennings recently partnered with MISSION Athletecare™ in promoting their groundbreaking and game-changing Court Grip™ technology, “a proprietary, patent-pending formula that is scientifically engineered to enhance traction and combat the [...]

Media Power List: Up and Comers Get Well-Deserved Recognition Post-BWB4

From Richard Deitsch’s column today on SI.com: 7. Andrew Bucholtz (Yahoo! Canada), Emma Carmichael (Deadspin), Ty Duffy (The Big Lead) and Sebastian Pruiti (SB Nation and NBAPlaybook.com): The fourth annual Blogs with Balls conference was held last month in New York City (recommended to anyone in sports interested in social media) and the four names above [...]

First Annual Untitled Sports Media Awards Project (USMAP) Winners Announced At BwB4

First Annual Untitled Sports Media Awards Project (USMAP) Winners Announced At BwB4

Honoring the Best in Sports Media. NEW YORK – More than 15 of the best and brightest in sports media were honored at the First Annual Untitled Sports Media Awards Project this Saturday, part of BWB4. Presented by TURF (Tailgaters Urging Responsibility and Fun), USMAP is the first awards project to honor every facet of [...]

SB Nation #BWB4 Postgame Party presented by Jose Cuervo & Smirnoff

SB Nation #BWB4 Postgame Party presented by Jose Cuervo & Smirnoff

  RSVP Here:  http://bwb4postgame.eventbrite.com/ Invite is non-transferable. Must be 21 and over; and RSVP to attend.  Space limited to BWB4 conference attendees.

SI Releases Free Football Rivals App for iPhone, iPad, Droid

Today, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED unveiled Sports Illustrated Football Rivals one of SI’s most ambitious app productions. The app explores 10 great football rivalries through SI’s unmatched editorial coverage — with video and audio enhancements—delivering the seminal games, deciding plays and dominant performances within a dynamic, easy-to-use interface featuring 3D interactivity. The free app, presented by Coke [...]

Yardbarker without Alana G?

Yardbarker without Alana G?

While we try to fathom the unfathomable, we’d still like to extend our best wishes to longtime friend of BWB, Alana Nguyen, who will now be taking up residence at SFGate.com, the Bay Area’s online home of the San Francisco Chronicle. Alana G’s Blog:  Holy crap, I work for the mainstream media now

Vote for All TURF #USMAP Awards Here

As if you haven’t already done so, you can now vote for all of the #USMAP awards presented by TURF below. Winners will be announced on September 24 at BWB4 at Bloomberg HQ. Get your tickets for the full event here.

#BWB4 Host Bloomberg Sports Releases Decision Maker

BLOOMBERG Sports LAUNCHES IMPROVED FANTASY FOOTBALL Tools NFL Veteran, fantasy football aficionado Maurice Jones-Drew, announcer/analyst Anita Marks added as spokespeople For “Decision Maker” product team New York, August 30 – Bloomberg Sports today announced the launch of their newly enhanced and improved Decision Maker 2011, a web-based and mobile interactive fantasy football application that uses [...]

Bleacher Report Gets an Infusion of Cash and Talent

Bleacher Report Gets an Infusion of Cash and Talent

Amidst our flurry of #BWB4 and #USMAP announcements recently, certainly not lost in this little corner of the Internet in which we dwell is the fact that early last week BWB3 partner Bleacher Report made waves by hiring a series of writers it is deeming their “lead writers.” Among those lead writers are a trio [...]

TURF Presents BWB4 Hosted by Bloomberg Sports

TURF Presents BWB4 Hosted by Bloomberg Sports

Sports new media conference announces return to New York City, All-Star lineup and primary sponsor and host. New York, August 30, 2011 — HHR Media Group and Modern Hombre are proud to announce the lineup and primary sponsors of this year’s sports and new media conference, BWB4 to be held September 24 2011.  The event will be [...]

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