Hey, basketball fans are you still stinging after picking Villanova or Duke as the big winner in your bracket? Well, sports giant ESPN is literally offering another way win a bracket with its Tournament Challenge Second Chance. Now, you can pick who will emerge as a new national champion among the Sweet 16 teams left …
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I (still) think I can beat Bing Predicts. I was fairly confident I can take down Microsoft’s forecasting engine by picking the winner of this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament. We’re sure Bing had a similar reaction like Villanova guard Donte DiVincenzo after the defending NCAA basketball champs were upset Saturday by Wisconsin, busting many tournamnent brackets in the process. …
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Twitter is teaming up with Turner Sports and CBS Sports to stream a 30-minute pregame show that focuses on the NCAA Division I basketball Tournament and how fans are chattering about it on the social network. The show, “NCAA March Madness Now,” is set to begin Thursday and Friday on Twitter, featuring game predictions, celebrity tweets, fan polls and office …
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Twitter is adding indoor lacrosse to its roster of live-stream sporting events. The social network said Wednesday it is teaming up with the National Lacrosse League to broadcast one game a week this season and next. The action begins Friday as the Colorado Mammoth take on the Toronto Rock. Twitter will also air the NLL’s playoffs and show highlights across …
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US soccer fans will soon be able to get their kicks from stars Kaká, Clint Dempsey and David Villa live on Facebook. The social network said Friday that it will be partnering with Univision to stream at least 22 Major League Soccer matches this season. The games will be shown in English on Univision Deportes’ Facebook page. The first match …
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The (March) Madness is officially under way. With anticipation building for college basketball’s big dance later this month, two rival conferences are broadcasting their respective championship tournaments in virtual reality. The ACC is partnering with EON Sports VR to show its tourney from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Fans can watch the games by downloading the ACC VR app for …
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The backstage screwup at the Oscars keeps getting more interesting. With the world still buzzing about what could have triggered the biggest flub in the Academy Awards’ history, a few more behind-the-scenes details from Sunday’s ceremony are emerging. Questions remain about whether a tweet may have caused the mix-up. And now there are pictures of Brian Cullinan — the PricewaterhouseCoopers …
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Baseball just nabbed one of digital media’s biggest hitters. Michael Paull, an Amazon executive who oversaw the e-commerce giant’s popular Prime Video service, is becoming the new CEO of BAMTech, Major League Baseball’s video-streaming service, the MLB said Tuesday. Amazon exec Michael Paull is leaving the e-commerce giant to run Major League Baseball’s popular video-streaming service. Greg Doherty, Getty Images …
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Hey, wanna watch the NBA slam dunk contest on Facebook along with basketball great Kevin Garnett? Well, you’re in luck. The NBA and Turner Sports are teaming up with Facebook Live for the annual All-Star slam dunk contest. The show will feature Garnett, an analyst at Turner-owned TNT, and some of his friends during the popular exhibition event, which features …
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Aaron Gordon would become the center of the basketball universe when he stepped on the court Saturday night for the NBA’s annual slam dunk contest. He’d be turning to an app to help get his mind right. The third-year Orlando Magic forward, who’s on the cusp of a breakout season, says a nearly year-old app called Lucid is helping make …
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