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Turner Sports Leads the PGA Championship’s Digital Drive

Despite being ranked first in the world, Tiger Woods has yet to capture a major in two years now. The PGA Championship came to a close this past weekend with Jason Dufner matching Jim Furyk’s scores at every hole in the back nine at Oak Hill Country Club. Dufner’s performance marked the third first-time major champion this year, while Woods dealt with his 18th major loss in a row. The former couldn’t have been more pleased with the outcome.

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Stock Up: NBA Digital’s Draft Upgrade

The champagne and confetti hasn’t been cleared up on South Beach, yet the NBA has to quickly shift gears and promote its future, the NBA Draft. While the Miami Heat and the San Antonio Spurs provided fans with must-see TV in Game 7 of the NBA FInals, a large part of the conversation transpired in […]

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[INFOGRAPHIC] NCAA March Madness Live’s Second-Screen Success

Florida Gulf Coast’s #DunkCity and Wichita State’s Final Four appearance have surely taken the nation by storm these last few weeks. Both Cinderella runs benefited from the advances in technology, be it social media and mobile. George Mason’s historic trip in 2006 seems like a distant memory that one has to check YouTube for any remnants. I’m sure they wish their Big Dance story was talked about then through the sundry of outlets available at that time. In fact, Twitter’s Founder, Jack Dorsey, sent out his first tweet during March Madness seven years ago and now half of the 165 million users access the platform via mobile; and there’s about 3 billion more mobile phones by comparison today as noted...

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