By hhr on June 14, 2011
Seemingly everything these days is going digital – and if you ask me, for the better. Movies, books, and (of course) music are so much more available and user friendly when consumed on-demand and in digital form. Since our involvement in various events at SxSW this Spring, we’ve been made aware of and opened up dialogue with the [...]
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| Tagged Fan Freedom Project, NFL, San Francisco 49ers, Ticketmaster
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By hhr on June 13, 2011
There is not one female on the web out there as knowledgable or passionate about motorsports as The Fast & the Fabulous‘ Valli Hilaire is about NASCAR. In the short time I was able to bend her ear at BwB 2 in Vegas, that much came through. So much so, that we asked her to [...]
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By hhr on June 9, 2011
Philly vs. Chicago, Phils vs. Cubs kicks off with Comcast vs. WWL as the 700 Level‘s Enrico Campitelli Jr. is joined on his site to talk some hardball with ESPN Chicago’s Jon Greenberg: We’ve heard things were bad, but we thought we’d ask him just how bad. I’ve also had beers with Jon in the past [...]
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| Tagged Chicago Cubs, Enrico Campitelli, ESPN, ESPN Chicago, Jon Greenberg, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, The 700 Level
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By hhr on June 7, 2011
Blogs with Balls is heading to the Nation’s Capital on the evening of June 15 for a special event at Buffalo Billiards where we’ve arranged a look at Bloomberg Sports’ Front Office 2011, along with a few other surprises. Attendees will have an opportunity to sample both the professional and the consumer products. Joining us will longtime [...]
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By hhr on June 1, 2011
Visit Amazon now and download the latest novel from our good friend, the multi-talented Mr. Jay Busbee of From the Marbles, Devil Ball Golf, Why is This News Podcast and Blogs With Balls 3 fame, Bluff City. At the affordable price of $2.99 and the plethora of Kindle readers available for smart phones, you really [...]
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| Tagged books, Jay Busbee, Kindle, Yahoo, Yahoo Sports
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By hhr on May 19, 2011
Blogs with Balls is heading to Beantown on the evening of May 25 for a special event at West End Johnnies, where we’ve arranged a look at Bloomberg Sports’ Front Office 2011, along with a few other surprises. Attendees will have an opportunity to sample both the professional and the consumer products. Joining us will longtime [...]
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| Tagged Bloomberg Sports, Boston
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By hhr on May 18, 2011
In a world where wacky Minor League Baseball promotional shenanigans are all the norm, the Bowling Green Hot Rods tapped into another common societal element for their latest game-day marketing scheme – Facebook. For more than two months, fans cast votes on a variety of elements they will see and experience on May 18. The winning elements are: • [...]
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| Tagged Bowling Green Hot Rods, Facebook, MiLB, Minor League Baseball
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By hhr on April 14, 2011
Darko, Zerkle, Lang Whtaker. There have been a lot of goodbyes this week in this little online sports blog world of ours. Today was Dan Levy’s (and Nick Tarnowski’s) turn at On the DL Podcast /Press Coverage. Dan’s work ethic to produce something of such high-quality and originality – on a daily basis – will forever leave a footprint on this community [...]
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| Tagged Dan Levy, On the DL, podcasting, Podcasts, Press Coverage
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By hhr on April 11, 2011
From Shoals: Shoals here. This is the final FreeDarko post. The store will be open through the playoffs; then it too will close. My Twitter and Tumblr will go on, and I’ll be blogging about the playoffs on GQ.com. For this final post, I asked everyone who has contributed to FreeDarko to tell me what the hell [...]
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