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CBS Sports to open fantasy platform to developers

(AP) -- CBS Sports is opening its fantasy sports platform to third-party developers, allowing them to sell league-specific apps that will likely make this year's games a lot more competitive for millions of players and - ...

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Take-Two lands Michael Jordan for NBA video game

(AP) -- Basketball superstar Michael Jordan will help develop the upcoming "NBA 2K11" video game and will be on its cover.

Technology / Software

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Cardinals manager Tony La Russa sues Twitter

(AP) -- St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa is suing the social-networking site Twitter, claiming an unauthorized page that used his name to make light of drunken driving and two Cardinals pitchers ...

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New procedure bests standard of care for fixing damaged cartilage

A new study has demonstrated that a procedure wherein healthy cartilage is transplanted to fix an area of damaged cartilage (osteoarticular cartilage transplantation or OATS procedure) is superior to the standard of care ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Time Warner 4Q earnings edge up, beats Street

(AP) -- Time Warner Inc. got a boost from its movie studio and cable TV networks in the last three months of the year, and the company expects growth to continue in 2012 even with the end of its lucrative ...

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Feds in NY shut down 16 sports streaming websites

(AP) -- With the Super Bowl days away, federal authorities announced a crackdown Thursday on websites that stream unauthorized broadcasts of sports events just hours after New England quarterback Tom Brady ...

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created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Optimal basketball shooting rate proposed based on mathematical model

NBA players may be too conservative with their shots, according to a comparison with a theoretical model describing shot selection reported Jan. 25 in the online journal PLoS ONE.

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Pro athletes bolster star status through team selection, teammates and career evolution: study

Basketball fans in Cleveland may disagree, but two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Lebron James' decision to play with a higher-profile Miami Heat team and all-star teammates shows sound marketing and career-management acumen, ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New operating system for space: High-tech tycoons

The tycoons of cyberspace are looking to bankroll America's resurgence in outer space, reviving "Star Trek" dreams that first interested them in science.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 7

Allen, Rutan plan huge plane to launch spaceships

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan are building the biggest plane ever to haul cargo and astronauts into space, in the latest of several ventures fueled by technology tycoons ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (14) | comments 32

Sports medicine researcher studies impact of lockouts, warns NBA of injuries

With the National Basketball Association (NBA) training camps now underway, serious injuries may come next. A national sports medicine expert, who published an article in a respected medical journal about ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Heads up Kobe Bryant! Research shows that trying for another 3-pointer is a mistake

Basketball fans everywhere recognize the following scenario: Their favorite player scores a three-point shot. A short time later he regains control of the ball. But does the fact that he scored the last time ...

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created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

NBA players not immune to serious illness from norovirus

A new study describes a 2010 outbreak involving several NBA teams, the first known report of a norovirus outbreak in a professional sports association. Published in Clinical Infectious Diseases and available online, the st ...

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created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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