If your Simple Bracket or printed out bracket hasn’t been busted by now, then you’re simply from another planet.
There are still some bets to be made off this Final Four Weekend. But, by and large, college basketball season is over and baseball enters into sports fans’ minds. Last night, the Houston Astros defeated the Texas Rangers with a final score of 8-2 in MLB’s Opening Night. The Astros debut in the American League isn’t the only new highlight this baseball season, though.
By now, you’ve filled out a bracket (it’s as easy as a Simple Bracket). What will you do once it’s busted? Why not catch up on some much-needed reading? For greater context on some of the key voices involved and the tournament at hand, here’s a list of five noteworthy reads. This literature can read […]
Remember when Marshawn Lynch went all Beast Mode on the New Orleans Saints and caused an earthquake? A French physicist and his colleague may have just found a way to detect earthquakes from space. Using a gravity field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) instrument, the pair discovered clear infrasound signals from a 2011 quake […]
XFINITY is sending ten semifinalists to Philadelphia to go head-to-head at XFINITY Live! to prove they have what it takes to be the next voice of @XFINITYSports. They’ve already selected eight semifinalists, but need the public’s help picking the final two. Check out the gallery and vote to tell them what contender is worthy of […]
The NBA embraces social media and it looks to build on their success from last year’s All-Star Weekend. During the 2012 All-Star Weekend, the NBA reached a pulse of 2,949 Twitter and Facebook mentions per hour. This was because the NBA allowed fans backstage access to the festivities via the “NBA.com Social Spotlight.” It featured some of the best content of the weekend, and allowed fans, for the first time, to vote via social media for the winner and MVP of the Dunk Contest, Rising Star Game, and All-Star game.
