Interactive sports sites, also referred to as sports social networking sites, are increasingly becoming popular among sports enthusiasts. There are general sports social networking websites as well as sites that provide entertaining and interactive content for fans of a particular sport. The general ones serve as a dedicated platform for sports buffs from all over the world to get together on and chat, sharing opinions on all things hot in the world of sports. Some of these sites have changing sports-related themes or designs to keep members entertained and motivated. All of these sites conduct polls about upcoming events and share results for the entertainment of their members. Some of these sites also offer blogging facility, allowing members to broadcast their opinion on any latest news and rumor, optionally adding fan arts to their blog posts to raise the quality of their compositions. Most of such sites also offer fantasy sports to add to the interactive aspect.
Some popular sports social networking sites for a particular sport or sports team include:
·IamATrailBlazersFan.com, the site by the Portland Trail Blazers, who were the first NBA team to launch a sports social networking site
·NHL Connect (fans.nhl.com), the official fan site of the National Hockey League
·MyColts.net, the site for the fans of the Indianapolis Colts
·UltimateFrisbee.com
·MyAFL (arenafootball.com), the official online fan community of the Arena Football League
Jasonfpeck.com has put together a list of 50 interactive sports sites including both general sports and particular sport or sports team sites. The complete list can be found here: http://www.jasonfpeck.com/2007/12/10/50-sports-social-networking-websites/
One general sports social network backed by high-profile investors is FanIQ.com. Such prominent angel investors as Facebook board member and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, Yelp board member and Slide executive Keith Rabois, Tribe Network founder and Aggregate Knowledge CEO and co-founder Paul Martino, and StubHub co-founder Jeff Fluhr are behind FanIQ.
Moreover, FanIQ is backed by VantagePoint Venture Partners, a leading venture capital firm with over $4.5 billion of committed capital. On FanIQ, there are more than 12 million registered sports fans. FanIQ is unique in that there are points or IQs to be scored by members, who can get the IQ points by taking polls, quizzes and trivia as well as participating in other, no-brainer activities on the site.
Finally, ESPN Fantasy Sports site can’t be left out from an article such as this one, for it is one of the well established interactive sports sites and is operated by the worldwide leader in sports. Some of the most popular sections on this website include Free Fantasy Games, Fantasy Video Games, and Fantasy Focus Podcast.
In the presence of such websites, sports fans can never die of boredom.
My favorite place to talk about sports is always the sports social networking sites I come across. Nothing better than talking sports with people that want to talk sports.
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