FOX Sports used Facebook Live to stream the sight of Wrigleyville during Game 7 of the World Series, and viewers were rewarded with some emotional footage of Chicago Cubs fans reacting as their team won it all in Cleveland. Then after the final out in a classic 8-7 win against the Cleveland Indians, as television […]
During the 2016 World Series, FOX Sports Digital and Sports Illustrated have teamed up to co-produce pregame Facebook Live shows. The live streaming initiative is part of a larger content and advertising sales partnership between FOX and Sports Illustrated that was announced in late August. Additionally, the Facebook Live program is the first joint video […]
The race for to secure live streaming deals with professional sports leagues and athletic conferences is still continuing in 2016, with the Atlantic 10 Conference partnering with Facebook around men’s college basketball games for the upcoming season. It is the first time a Division I conference will broadcast a series of regular season basketball games […]
Any avid sports fan would love the opportunity to sit down with one of the all-time greats of a given sport, watch a game with him, and soak up all of his knowledge and opinions on what is happening in the game. FOX Sports gave fans as close to that opportunity as they will ever […]
Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops recently admitted he doesn’t usually sleep for 24 hours after a Sooners game because he is so hyped up on adrenaline. And in order to fill the time, he’ll pull out the trusty iPad and start critiquing the game. Stoops offered up some fun facts Tuesday night during his weekly […]