News tagged with college sports fans


Student warned over Facebook site wooing prospect

Technology / Internet

created Apr 11, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(AP) -- College sports fans, be careful of the company you keep on Facebook. You might get yourself - and the program you support - in trouble.





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Researchers pay football fans to watch games

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 26, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Glasgow are looking for 15 football fans to take part in a study which will see them being paid to watch matches in the comfort of their own home.


John Madden welcomes Favre, Vick to his video game (AP)

John Madden welcomes Favre, Vick to his video game

Technology / Software

created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- It's been a busy week in professional football, with a couple of big, controversial stars - Brett Favre and Michael Vick - joining NFL rosters. No worries, though, for John Madden, because both men ...


Athletes' and spectators' brains light up when talking sports

Playing, and even watching, sports improves brain function

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 01, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (16) | comments 0

Being an athlete or merely a fan improves language skills when it comes to discussing their sport because parts of the brain usually involved in playing sports are instead used to understand sport language, ...


Carnegie Mellon engineers create mobile video service

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Carnegie Mellon University engineering faculty, Priya Narasimhan and Rajeev Gandhi, and their students have created a new, unique large-scale mobile wireless video service designed to enhance sports fans' experience at games. ...


Research: Male, female reporters cover sports differently

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Male and female reporters differ in the way they cover sports, especially in regard to the athleticism of female athletes, according to a recent study.


Don't be happy, be worried: Sports fans need dose of negative

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

For sports fans watching their favorite team play, the greatest enjoyment comes only with a strong dollop of fear and maybe even near-despair, a new study suggests.


Sports franchises have been quick to embrace Twitter

Technology / Internet

created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sports fans are always looking for more news, insider information and opportunities for trash talking about their favorite teams. Those with accounts on social messaging system Twitter.com are getting that kind of satisfaction ...


Study: Ballplayers use different tactics to repair images

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 26, 2008 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

As steroid-use scandals have threatened the reputations of Major League Baseball’s most prominent players during the past several years, those players have used a variety of strategies to repair their images, a new study ...


Scientists call for ban on alcohol-industry sponsorship of sport

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created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The alcohol industry's sponsorship of sport should be banned and replaced with a dedicated alcohol tax modelled on those employed by some countries for tobacco, say scientists.


On demand FB cell phone replays created

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 27, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

People attending Purdue University home football games this fall might be the first U.S. college fans able to call up instant replays on their cell phones.



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